Landdrost
Sign in to saveLanddrost () was the title of various officials with local jurisdiction in the Netherlands and a number of former territories in the Dutch Empire. The term is a Dutch compound, with land meaning "region" and drost, from Middle Dutch drossāte (droes-state, bloke-castle, state-holder) which originally referred to a lord’s chief retainer (who later became the medieval seneschal or steward), equivalent to: an English reeve or steward; a Low German Drost(e) of Northern Germany (cognate with German Truchsess); or German Meier (from Latin majordomus).
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- Feudal era
- South Africa
- Civil Commissioners, magistrates
- Netherlands under Napoleonic rule
- In 19th century Hanover
- Post-World War II Dutch-occupied Germany
- Openbaar Lichaam Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders
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Landdrost () was the title of various officials with local jurisdiction in the Netherlands and a number of former territories in the Dutch Empire. The term is a Dutch compound, with land meaning "region" and drost, from Middle Dutch drossāte (droes-state, bloke-castle, state-holder) which originally referred to a lord’s chief retainer (who later became the medieval seneschal or steward), equivalent to: an English reeve or steward; a Low German Drost(e) of Northern Germany (cognate with German Truchsess); or German Meier (from Latin majordomus).
==Feudal era== Originally, a drost in the Low Countries – where various titles were in use for similar offices – was essentially a steward or seneschal under the local lord, exercising various functions depending on the endlessly varied local customary law, e.g. tax collection, policing, prosecution, and carrying out sentences.
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