Coordinates : 51°05′42″N 8°01′08″E / 51.0949°N 8.01894°E / 51.0949; 8.01894 Amt Bilstein was an administrative district in what is now the region of Westphalia , Germany . Its territory corresponded more or less with the current municipality of Lennestadt . It was first mentioned in 1434 ("Johan van dem Broike, Amtmann zu Bylstein" = "John of the Broike, Bailiff of Bylstein") and, until 1803, was part of the Duchy of Westphalia and thus the Electorate of Cologne , before it was transferred to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt , from which, in 1806 the Grand Duchy of Hesse emerged. Following a ruling by the Congress of Vienna this association came to an end and, on 1 August 1816, the territory of the Amt became part of the newly formed Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg in the Prussian Province of Westphalia . It became a subdivision of the Kreis Olpe . The Amt was disbanded in 1969.
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Günter Becker und Hans Mieles: Bilstein - Land, Burg und Ort - Beiträge zur Geschichte des Raumes Lennestadt und der ehemaligen Herrschaft Bilstein , Im Auftrag der Stadt Lennestadt zusammengestellt von Günther Becker, Lennestadt, 1975.
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