Kurmark

The Electorate, older spelling also Chur Mark, was that the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, on which the electoral dignity of the Margrave of Brandenburg was based, as it had in 1356 established the Golden Bull. The term Kurmark prevailed until the 17th century.

Conceptual history

Until 1535, the Electorate of Brandenburg Hohenzollern and Brandenburg as a fiefdom were territorially identical.

This did not change until the country's division from 1535 between Joachim II, who received and Margrave John, who received the Neumark and more peripheral areas such as the Brandenburg Cottbus. The term Kurmark remained at this time limited to the Mark Brandenburg. Even after Mark and Neumark were reunited, remained the country and corporative management of both parts are made. Such was the usual term for the whole area of Brandenburg Churchill and Mark Brandenburg. If necessary, additives were like this side or beyond the Oder used to resolve ambiguities about the geographical expansions in the respective context.

The name Mark Churchill is no longer uniquely assigned only since 1640. Initially used as a synonym for the term Churchill and Mark Brandenburg, he was watching only used for the western half. In the name of Churchill Mark was due to various territorial gains, from 1648 usually the Neumark not included, while used in the 18th century for the whole Mark the name Chur and Neumark.

Generalsuperintendentur Kurmark

The Evangelical Church in Prussia, which was divided into nine ecclesiastical provinces, this in turn subdivided into Generalsuperintendenturen. In the north, northwest and west (especially government district of Potsdam ) of the ecclesiastical province Brandenburg was the Generalsuperintendentur Kurmark based in Potsdam. The term General Superintendent of Kurmark here included in the official title of former General Superintendent at that (but without Brandenburg- Schwedt or Pomerania ) officiated for the entire electorate of Brandenburg with its headquarters in Berlin. In the ecclesiastical province of Brandenburg two more Generalsuperintendenturen passed one for the city of Berlin and the Neumark - Lower Lusatia based in Cottbus. The Generalsuperintendentur Kurmark was established in 1829 and existed - with the interruption from 1933 to 1945, as deaneries took the place of Generalsuperintendenturen -. Thereafter, until 1949 their territory was in favor of the 1945 reduced to Brandenburg Generalsuperintendentur in Cottbus and 1963, again in favor of the new created diocese Eberswalde reduced and head office relocated to Neuruppin and the name in Sprengel Neuruppin changed.

General Superintendent of the Electorate in 1829:

Territorial outline

The Kurmark consisted of the parts of the country:

This does not included the Neumark and Lusatia. The Kurmark comprised 1804 434 square miles, the Neumark 206 square miles and the total Brandenburg 640 square miles.