Foreword Forest Office Bischbrunn: Administrative history: The Forest Office Bischbrunn has its roots already in the 17th/18th century. For the area of the Spessart, a Oberförster was responsible at that time, to whom individual precinct-försters were subordinated. Bischbrunn belonged to these districts. However, after these areas came to the Kingdom of Bavaria at the beginning of the 19th century, a fundamental reorganization of the entire forestry service took place on 22.12.1821. Among other things, the Bischbrunn Forestry Office was created, but its seat was in city tents. To it belonged the districts Altenbuch, Krausenbach, Rohrbrunn, Torhaus Aurora and the municipal districts Collenberg and Michelrieth. The changes in the ruling conditions after the revolution of 1848 necessitated a new forest organisation, which came into force on 1.7.1853. The Bischbrunn Forestry Office now became the Stadtprozelten Forestry Office. With renewed reorganisation of the forestry in Bavaria, own forestry offices were created from the former hunting grounds with the execution order of 23.6.1885. The Bischbrunn forestry office was established with its external staff in the Aurora and Zwieselmühle gatehouse. After the first dissolution of the forestry office Marktheidenfeld (see Reperotrium 5.1.-58) its places Kreuzwertheim, Röttbach, Ober- und Unterwittbach, Wiebelsbach, Rettersheim, Trennfeld, Altfeld Michelrieth, Kredenbach, Esselbach, Glasofen, Marienbrunn, Hafenlohr and Windheim were placed under the administration of the forestry office Bischbrunn. This forestry office existed until the forest reform of 1973. 1974 it was finally dissolved and its area of responsibility was subordinated to the forestry office of Marktheidenfeld, whereby the forestry office of Marktheidenfeld, re-established in 1973, for a short time (until 1.3.1975) even bore the name "Forstamt Bischbrunn mit dem Sitz in Marktheidenfeld" (see chronicle of the forestry office of Marktheidenfeld 1885 - 1985). Only with the final renaming in forestry office Marktheidenfeld there was no more forestry office Bischbrunn. A large part of the Spessart Game Park also belonged to his territory, which was created as early as the 18th century for the hunting care of the authorities and was only finally abolished around 1945. Its care and administration, which were not unproblematic, were the responsibility of the forestry office. Inventory formation: Some of the existing older files were already begun in the administration of the Bischbrunn district before the establishment of the forestry office and then continued at the forestry office. However, they all end in 1974. Hardly any files were kept at the forestry office in Marktheidenfeld. A file repertory has been preserved for the older files. All files available here, which were completed before the introduction of the standard file plan of the forest administration (1953), were assigned to this old file plan. The more recent transactions have been adapted to the unit file plan. to the State Archives: The files were largely taken over by the State Archives from the Marktheidenfeld Forestry Office in 2005. Of course, earlier smaller file duties were incorporated. Instructions for use: The files were divided into two groups, those which could be assigned to the older file plan and those which could be assigned to the unit file plan. In the case of research, the finding aids of the forestry office (ä.O.) Stadtprozelten with its associated districts and those of the forestry office Marktheidenfeld should be consulted in any case. In the registers, only the locations were taken into account to a large extent. Many keywords result from the headings of the file plans, which are in each case prebound. Würzburg, December 2008 Barbara Hellmann

Foreword Forest Office Marktheidenfeld: Administrative history: After the Napoleonic wars, Franconia and some parts of the Kurmainz territory were assigned to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In order to create a uniform administrative basis, a comprehensive forestry organisation was carried out. The boundaries of the forestry offices were redesigned and the older forestry offices with their districts were created. The noble territories dissolved by the revolution of 1848 were subordinated to the State Forestry Administration. New state precincts emerge. The large community forest Marktheidenfeld remains with the community district Neubrunn and was not assigned to its home district, but to the forestry office Würzburg. As time went by, forest districts acquired more rights of their own. This finally prepared the foundation of the new forestry office Marktheidenfeld. After the war of 1866, the assignment of the district offices Orb and Gersfeld, these forestry offices with their districts were dissolved. As far as the latter remained with Bavaria, they came to the Lohr forestry office, which in turn ceded the Michelrieth municipal district to the Stadtprozelten forestry office. By order of 12.9.1866, the Michelrieth district was renamed and its seat moved to Marktheidenfeld. In 1868 the formation of the territory was improved: Schollbrunn was ceded and Karbach and Marktheidenfeld were taken over. By executive order of 23. 6. 1885 58 forestry offices were founded in Lower Franconia including the forestry office Marktheidenfeld. Although some minor border changes and displacements still occurred during the years, the forestry office, to which extensive community forest belonged, remained in existence until 30.4.1962 (for forestry settlement see administrative history of the forestry office Marktheidenfeld II; Rep. 5.1.-58.2). Inventory formation: The present find book mainly comprises files from the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. While few begin before 1850, others reach into the 1950s. They are arranged according to the file plan of the 19th century, which precedes the find book. Especially on older files, file numbers of earlier file plans are noted, which however can no longer be assigned exactly. Hand it over to the State Archives: The files were taken over in the course of the 2005 forest reform. Previously submitted files have been incorporated as well as municipal business plans. Instructions for use: Since the recorded files are preceded by the Forstamtsaktenplan, a subject index was dispensed with. A factual search must therefore be carried out using the file plan. A closed block of general files was recorded, the contents of which can be easily overlooked by means of the "Containment notes". In any case, the file Marktheidenfeld II should be used for research purposes. Würzburg, June 2009 Barbara Hellmann

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