Hümmling (district)

Hümmling district existed 1815 to 1932 and was a district in what is now western

Hümmling hills, a ground moraine landscape in Emsland region

History

There are over 100 more or less well-preserved dolmens of the megalith culture in the Hümmling hills.

Niederstift Münster

Until 1803, in times of the Holy Roman Empire, Hümmling region was the northern part of the diocese and clerical territory of Münster (Niederstift Münster). When

Imperial Chamber Court

in Wetzlar that they were not enfeoffed to anyone.

Napoleon, Hanover, Prussia

With the

Duchy of Arenberg (1803 to 1810). Then it was part of the French Empire

(1810 to 1814).

By the

Amt of Hümmling. The capital of that district was Sögel

.

In 1866, after the

German War, Prussia annected the Kingdom of Hanover, and the district of Hümmling was called Landkreis Hümmling. Prussian rule was very unpopular. Emsland with the Hümmling was a stronghold of the Roman Catholic Centre Party and of the Welfenpartei (German-Hanoverian Party

).

In 1932, Hümmling district was united with the district of Aschendorf to form the district of Aschendorf-Hümmling

In 1946, Prussia was dissolved, and hence its Province of Hanover, together with the States of Oldenburg, Brunswick, and Schaumburg-Lippe were united to form the State of Hanover later to become the state of Lower Saxony. In 1977, all Lower Saxon parts of Emsland Region were united into the district of Emsland.