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Historischer Atlas Schleswig-Holstein. Vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 2004 | Historischer Atlas Schleswig-Holstein. Vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 2004 | ||
===Jurisdictions in the Duchy of Schleswig=== | |||
The Duchy of Schleswig was partitioned into Harden and Syssel (several Harden). A Harde consisted of several settlements. A speaker of a Harde was the Hardesvogt. He was chosen by the sovereign to administrate matters of the lower court. The law was called Gewohnheitsrecht (common law).Syssels were later replaced by the term Amt. An Amt had no influence in cities, manors (Adlige Güter), possessions of the Church, i.e., the Bischop of Schleswig and the monasteries (Klöster), the wetland districts in North Friesland (oktroyierte Köge) and the Kanzleigüter (newly formed manors) which all were endowed with their own laws and administrative powers. | |||
In 1791 a reform in the Kingdom of Denmark organized the existing administrative borders of Harden. The Duchy of Schleswig was excluded from this reform. Here, in 1850 some borders of Amt, Harde and parish were re-arranged and in 1853 the manors, wetlands and remaining Church properties were attached to Harden and Ämter. After Schleswig-Holstein came under Prussian rule in 1867, a new judicial administration was set in place. The Harde and city courts were replaced by Amtsgerichte (lower courts). Then the Harden only functioned as police administrations and were known as Hardesvogteien. The manors (Adlige Güter)were separated from the Harde. Since January 1, the Hardesvogteien were replaced by Amtsbezirke. | |||
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