District committee of Bentheim

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Osnabrück

Scope and content:: Within this collection, the following file is of particular relevance: No. 154 Commercial facilities in the area of the County of Bentheim, 1862-1931.

Administrative/biographical history:: As a result of the district administrative order, the local authorities were given limited self-government in certain police matters as well as in municipal, school, health and settlement matters. Organs were the district council as a legislative branch and the six-member district committee as an executive. The district committee was also a decision-making committee and administrative court of first instance. Introduced in 1872 in the Prussian provinces, the district administrative order was introduced in 1885 in the area of the former Kingdom of Hannover, newly acquired in 1866. Through it, the two administrative districts of Bentheim and Neuenhaus, which had formerly belonged to the County of Bentheim, were reunited in the County of Bentheim administrative district. The new order granted limited self-government to the district, whose organs were the district council as an organ of the legislative branch and the district committee as that of the executive branch. Although the administration was also carried out by the district administrator, who was in addition to his state role also chairman of the district committee, a separate secretary and treasurer in the administrative district office were responsible for the interests of the district committee.

System of arrangement:: There is no system or arrangement. The material is kept in order of accession.

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