Arrondissement de Birkenfeld

The Arrondissement de Birkenfeld ( Arrondissement Birkenfeld ) was an administrative subdivision in France that existed from February 17, 1800 to April 11, 1814. It was subordinate to the Département de la Sarre ( Saardépartement ), which had its seat in Trier .

In the Birkenfeld arrondissement, based in Birkenfeld (Nahe) , there were the following 9 cantons with a total of 38 Mairien (mayor's offices):

1. Canton Baumholder , 5 Mairien: Baumholder , Börschweiler , Mittelbollenbach , Nohfelden and Reichenbach
2. Canton Birkenfeld , 4 Mairien: Achtelsbach , Birkenfeld , Leisel , and Niederbrombach
3. Canton Grumbach , 4 Mairien: Grumbach , Offenbach , Sien and Schmidthachenbach
4. Canton Hermeskeil , 5 Mairien: Farschweiler , Hermeskeil , Kell , Otzenhausen and Thalfang
5. Canton Herrstein , 4 Mairies: Herrstein , Fischbach , Hottenbach and Oberstein
6. Canton Kusel , 5 Mairien: Burg Lichtenberg , Konken , Kusel , Quirnbach and Ulmet
7. Canton Meisenheim , 4 Mairie: Hundebach , Meisenheim , Merxheim and Meddersheim
8. Canton of Rhaunen , 4 Mairien: Morbach , Merscheid , Rhaunen and Wirschweiler
9. Canton Wadern , 3 Mairien: Neunkirchen , Wadern and Weyerweiler

In 1802/1803 the arrondissement comprised 10,377 buildings, houses, mills etc. and 63,802 inhabitants in a total of 302 municipalities.

Today the area belongs to the districts of Birkenfeld , Kusel , Trier-Saarburg , Bernkastel-Wittlich and Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate and to the districts of St. Wendel and Merzig-Wadern in Saarland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Georg Bärsch : Description of the government district of Trier: edited according to official sources and on behalf of the Königl. Prussia. Government , Lintz, 1849, p. 125 ( Google Books )
2. ↑ Statistique du Departement de la Sarre, Trèves: Préfecture, 1802 - 1803, p. 88 ( dilibri.de )
3. ↑ Statistique du Departement de la Sarre, Trèves: Préfecture, 1802 - 1803, p. 89 ( dilibri.de )