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
