Osnabrück District
Osnabrück District (1809) | |
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Basic data | |
Country |
Kingdom of Westphalia (1807–1810) France (1811–1813) |
Department : |
Weser (1807-1810) Upper Ems (1811-1813) |
Sub-prefecture : | Osnabrück |
Residents: | 122,035 (1808) 138,340 (1812) |
Structure: | 22 cantons (1807–1810) 13 cantons (1811–1813) |
Absorbed in: |
Kingdom of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg |
The Osnabrück district was from 1807 to 1810 a district of the Weser department in the Kingdom of Westphalia . From 1811 until its dissolution in 1813 it formed the Arrondissement of Osnabrück in the department of the Upper Ems , which was part of the French Empire . The seat of the sub-prefecture was in Osnabrück .
The district of Osnabrück in the Kingdom of Westphalia 1807-1810
The Principality of Osnabrück , which emerged from the Osnabrück Monastery in 1802 , briefly belonged to Prussia in 1806 and, from 1807, to the Kingdom of Westphalia . The Osnabrück district in the Weser department was formed from the principality . It essentially comprised the area of today's district of Osnabrück , today's city of Osnabrück and the south of today's district of Vechta . In 1808 the district was divided into 22 cantons with a total of 122,035 inhabitants:
The Arrondissement of Osnabrück in the French Empire 1811–1813
After the French Empire annexed the entire north-west of Germany , the Osnabrück district became the Osnabrück arrondissement in the French department of the Upper Ems. The north of the district with the cantons of Quakenbrück, Berge, Ankum, Merzen and Gehrde fell to the arrondissement Quakenbrück and the canton Fürstenau to the arrondissement Lingen . At the same time the Tecklenburger Land as well as parts of the Münsterland and the Ravensberger Land came to the Arrondissement of Osnabrück.
The arrondissement was divided into cantons and Mairien (mayor's offices) based on the French model . In 1812 there were thirteen cantons with 138,340 inhabitants:
Further development
After the end of the French era , most of the old Principality of Osnabrück became part of the Kingdom of Hanover . The parishes of Vörden , Neuenkirchen and Damme were separated and assigned to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg . The Tecklenburg, Münsterländer and Ravensberg areas became part of the new Prussian province of Westphalia .
Individual evidence
- ^ Kingdom of Westphalia, Political-Geographical Division. In: Archives for the latest history of states. Christian Daniel Voß, accessed on August 30, 2010 (digitized version).
- ^ Albrecht Lasius: The French imperial state under the government of the imperial Napoleon the great. (Digitalisat) 1812, p. 181 , accessed on April 21, 2010 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ' N , 8 ° 3' E