Arrondissement of Jever
The Arrondissement de Jever (German: Arrondissement Jever ) was one of three administrative units in the Ems-Oriental department . The arrondissement was part of the French Empire from January 1, 1811 to April 11, 1814 .
history
After the battle of Jena and Auerstedt (1806) and the ensuing Peace of Tilsit (1807), East Frisia and the Jever rule first went to France and in March 1808 were ceded to the Kingdom of Holland, which was under the reign of Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte . In 1810, the Ems-Oriental (East-Ems) department became part of the French Empire.
During the Dutch rule, the government and the War and Domain Chamber continued to exist as the highest administrative organs and the ten offices and twelve splendors as a subdivision of East Frisia. After the French Empire annexed the Kingdom of Holland on July 9, 1810 , it implemented an administrative reform. It dissolved the offices and glories. The arrondissements took their place. At the head there was always a sub-prefect. There were also eleven arrondissement councils. The Jeveraner arrondissement was formed by the French from the former rule of Jever, the city of Jever and the former offices of Esen, Wittmund and Friedeburg. From then on it was divided into the cantons of Esens, Hooksiel, Jever, Rüstringen and Wittmund.
After Napoleon's defeat and the collapse of his rule, the Prussians again moved in between 1813 and 1815. East Frisian soldiers took part in the battles of Ligny and Belle Alliance (Waterloo). The hopes of remaining Prussian were disappointed by the Congress of Vienna in 1814/15. Prussia had to cede East Frisia to the Kingdom of Hanover.
Administrative division
The arrondissement of Jever was divided into 5 cantons .
Individual evidence
- ^ Tileman Dothias Wiarda : Latest Ostfriesische Geschichte , Volume 10, 2nd section: From 1806 to 1813, Leer, 1817, p. 440 ( Google Books )
- ^ Rudolf Nassua: The French period 1810-1813 in East Frisia . Retrieved April 7, 2016.