Fonds Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Abt. Staatsarchiv Sigmaringen, FAS DS 92 T 9 NVA - Princely Hohenzollern Court Chamber

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History of transmission<br /><br />The Court Chamber was created by the highest decree of September 10 with effect from November 1, 1832 as an authority for the administration of "all chamber and domain matters", which had previously been the responsibility of the Princely Hohenzollern State Government. It was initially an intermediate authority and was subordinate to the 2nd Department of the Privy Conference (Wochenblatt 24, 1832, p. 214), which was then replaced by the Supreme Domain Directorate by decree of January 31, 1840 (Verordnungs- und Anzeigeblatt 5, 1840, p. 35). It was replaced by the Privy Chancellery by decree of May 31, 1850 (Verordnungs- und Anzeigeblatt der Königlich Preußischen Regierung zu Sigmaringen 9, 1850, p. 99). After the abolition of the Privy Chancellery in 1867, the Court Chamber was established as the supreme authority, subordinate only to the Prince of Hohenzollern (Sigmaringen), for the administration of the Princely Hohenzollern Domanial and Forest Estate, a position which it has retained to this day, with the exception of the years from 1931 to 1935, during which the General Plenipotentiary of the Princely Hohenzollern House of Hohenzollern performed this function.<br />In the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, the Princely Hohenzollern Court Chamber had the character of a public authority. After the cession of sovereignty to Prussia, the Court Chamber, to which the administration of the Hohenzollern-Higmaringen Household Fideikomiss had also been assigned since May 1, 1850 (Verordnungs- und Anzeigeblatt der Königlich Preußischen Regierung zu Hechingen 9, 1850, p. 43), lost this character. By Supreme Decree of August 14, 1852, the Princely Hohenzollern Court Chamber in the Hohenzollern Lands and also the authorities which administered the Princely Hohenzollern ancestral property there were granted the character of public authorities to the same extent as the Court Chamber of the Royal Prussian Family Estates and its sub-authorities (Gesetzessammlung, 1852, p. 771), a position which was extended by Supreme Decree of August 2, 1875 to the area of the entire Hohenzollern Lands. <br />The position as a public authority had above all the significance that declarations, information and negotiations of the Princely Hohenzollern administrative authorities, insofar as they concerned public matters, had the same public credibility as those of state authorities. This character of the Princely Hohenzollern Court Chamber and the authorities subordinate to it was abolished by the Prussian Nobility Act of June 23, 1920 (Prussian Law Gazette 1920, p. 367). Contrary to the strict wording of the supreme decree of September 10, 1832, the Court Chamber was by no means solely responsible for the administration of the entire Princely Hohenzollern estate, but was in competition with the court authorities, which were primarily responsible for the administration of the Princely Hohenzollern palaces, palaces, country houses in Sigmaringen and outside, as well as the theater and museum building and individual buildings in Sigmaringen, including building administration. The Princely Hohenzollern Library and Collections as well as the stables were also under the control of the respective court authorities.<br />According to the highest decree of August 12, 1904, however, the Princely Hohenzollern court authorities had to obtain the opinion of the Princely Hohenzollern Court Chamber for all transactions relating to changes in the substance of the entailed assets under their administration. The budgets of the court treasury had to be agreed with the Court Chamber from the outset.<br />In contrast, the Princely Hohenzollern Court Chamber was indisputably responsible for the administration of the Princely Hohenzollern domain and forest property with the exception of the Jo sefslust zoo administration, which was under the court administration until 1850. It was the superior authority of the Princely Hohenzollern Court Chamber Treasury, the Auditor's Office, the Land Registry Office and the House and Domain Archives, offices that were designated as attributes of the Court Chamber, and the middle and lower administrative authorities and offices created for the administration of the domains and forests in and outside Hohenzollern, whose structure and number underwent major changes in the course of the 19th century and then in the 1st half of the 20th century. <br />The position of the Court Chamber vis-à-vis the authorities subordinate to it was dominant, as can be seen from the service instructions for the domain administrations, forest inspectorates, rent offices and forest administrations. However, it must be emphasized that this position was based on the will of the respective Fideikommiss holder, who could change and revoke it at any time. The respective heads of the House of Hohenzollern were and still are free to take over all matters of domanial administration and to issue the relevant instructions to the Court Chamber.<br />The abolition of the privileges of the nobility, including above all the tax privilege, and the cession of estates forced by the land reform in Czechoslovakia after the First World War made it necessary to simplify the princely administration. <br />The reform work carried out by Prince Friedrich von Hohenzollern in 1928/29 consisted primarily of a drastic reduction of the court administration (see Court Administration II) in favor of the Court Chamber. The latter was entrusted with the entire building administration of the Princely Hohenzollern palaces and country houses and the court hunts. On the other hand, the Laucherthal Ironworks was separated from the Court Chamber Administration and created as the third administrative department of the overall administration.<br />The loss of the remaining estates in northern Germany and Czechoslovakia after the Second World War led to a further concentration of the Court Chamber Administration. With effect from January 1, 1955, the Sigmaringen Rent Office and the Auditor's Office were abolished and incorporated into the Court Chamber as departments. With effect from January 1, 1965, the Court Administration was dissolved and its remaining responsibilities were transferred to the Princely Hohenzollern Court Chamber as the Palace Administration. The Arber chairlift, which was built in Bayerisch Eisenstein after the Second World War, is also under the administration of the Court Chamber. Following the conversion of the Laucherthal smelting works into a limited partnership in 1989, the Sigmaringen electrical center, which remained in the sole ownership of the Prince of Hohenzollern, was placed under the control of the Princely Hohenzollern Court Chamber with effect from January 1, 1990.<br />The Court Chamber initially had a collegial constitution. The college consisted of a president and five to ten court chamber councillors, one of whom was a legal advisor, one a forestry advisor and one a building advisor. In 1855, in addition to the collegial division of responsibilities, the bureau-like division of responsibilities was introduced. After the First World War, a purely bureaucratic constitution was introduced. From then on, the President was the only responsible representative of the Court Chamber and the Court Chamber Councillors were his assistants.<br />The number of Court Chamber Councillors declined continuously thereafter. In the 1950s, the Justiciar and the Forestry Officer remained. After the retirement of Court Chamber President Dr. Krezdorn in 1988, the position was no longer filled. Since then, the Court Chamber has been managed by a triumvirate consisting of the Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern as General Plenipotentiary, the Chief Forestry Director and the Administrative Director. Since January 18, 2006, the Court Chamber has been transformed into the Prince of Hohenzollern Group of Companies.<br />Archives of the same provenance in FAS DS 1 (County of Sigmaringen/ Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen).<br />Dr. Otto H. Becker<br /><br />Contents and evaluation<br /><br />Editor's report:<br />The files of the present fonds were indexed by Ingeborg Oberdorfer, Michael Göhner and Maria Hirtreiter based on the card indexes available for the fonds DS 92 Hofkammer Sigmaringen. The indexing of the documents up to 1850 was carried out as part of a project of the Stiftung Kultutgut Baden-Württemberg. The collection comprises 15,585 indexing units, the number of documents completed up to 1850 is 2916 indexing units.

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