Arrondissement de Bonn

The Arrondissement de Bonn in the north of the Département de Rhin-et-Moselle

The Arrondissement de Bonn ( German Arrondissement Bonn ) was a French administrative unit in the Rhine-Moselle department . The arrondissement existed from 1798 to 1814.

Administrative history

After French revolutionary troops had conquered the areas on the left bank of the Rhine in October 1794 , they began to introduce the French administrative structures in 1798 by dividing the regions on the left bank of the Rhine into departments . The arrondissements were headed by a sub-prefect .

On June 6, 1802, the Mayor of Bonn, Johann Joseph Eichhoff , took up the post of sub-prefect of the Bonn arrondissement . Napoleon Bonaparte withdrew all offices from Eichhoff during a visit to Bonn and appointed Peter Joseph Maria Boosfeld (* 1750 in Bonn, † 1819) as sub-prefect on September 16, 1804. He was sub-prefect of the arrondissement for 10 years.

On the basis of the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna (1815), the Rhine-Moselle department and with it the area of the Bonn arrondissement were added to the Kingdom of Prussia . The northern parts of the area became part of the Cologne district , the southern parts of the Koblenz district . In 1822 both administrative districts became part of the Prussian Rhine Province . Since 1946 the area of the arrondissement has been part of the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate .

Administrative division

The arrondissement was divided into nine cantons , 27 mairies and 201 municipalities , in which in 1808 a total of 81,092 inhabitants lived.

Canton Adenau (9,036 inhabitants)

Mairie Adenau with 9 parishes and 4,603 inhabitants; Mayor: Köller ^1808a , Franz Aloys Berger ¹⁸⁰⁸
Mairie Aremberg with 5 parishes and 1,738 inhabitants; Mayor: Hartmann ^1808a , Kirchrath ¹⁸⁰⁸ , Kaufmann ¹⁸⁰⁹ , FJ Lefebure ¹⁸¹⁰
Mairie Barweiler with 6 parishes and 2,695 inhabitants; Mayor: Manderfeld ^1808a , Johann Geisen ¹⁸⁰⁸

Canton of Ahrweiler (President Georg Kriechel, 9,036 inhabitants)

Mairie Ahrweiler with 2,380 inhabitants; Mayor: Georg Kriechel ^1808a
Mairie Brück with 7 parishes and 2,668 inhabitants; Mayor: Brixius ^1808a , Linden ¹⁸⁰⁸ , Müller ¹⁸⁰⁹ , Wichterich ¹⁸¹⁰ , Chorus ¹⁸¹²
Mairie Gelsdorf with 4 communities and 1,437 inhabitants; Mayor: Rolshoven ^1808a , Gruben ¹⁸⁰⁸
Mairie Mayschoss with 6 parishes and 2,241 inhabitants; Mayor: Eichhaass ^1808a , vacant ¹⁸⁰⁸ , Mathias Held ¹⁸⁰⁹

Canton of Bonn City (Canton President Fischenich)

Mairie Bonn with 9,149 inhabitants; Mayor: Johann Joseph Eichhoff (1802–1804), Anton Maria Karl von Belderbusch (1804–1816)

Canton of Bonn Land (Canton President Bernhard Franz Josef von Gerolt , 11,570 inhabitants)

Mairie Godesberg with 7 parishes and 3,184 inhabitants; Mayor: Windeck ^1808a , Engelbert Kamp ¹⁸⁰⁸
Mairie Oedekoven with 7 parishes and 2,269 inhabitants; Mayor: Moll ^1808a , Zachäus Zerres ¹⁸⁰⁸
Mairie Poppelsdorf with 8 communities and 3,891 inhabitants; Mayor: Johann Cassel ^1808a
Mairie Villip with 10 parishes and 2,049 inhabitants; Mayor: Johann Sontag ^1808a,, Maximilian Friedrich Gudenau ¹⁸⁰⁸ alias von Vorst – Lombeck (1807–1812)

Canton of Remagen (10,165 inhabitants)

Mairie Heimersheim with 8 parishes and 2,651 inhabitants; Mayor: St. Steinhauer ^1808a
Mairie Remagen with 4 parishes and 3,122 inhabitants; Mayor: Jäger ^1808a , Nicolaus Adams ¹⁸¹⁰
Mairie Ringen with 4 parishes and 1,563 residents; Mayor: JH Reifferscheid ^1808a
Mairie Sinzig with 5 parishes and 2,551 inhabitants; Mayor: Hertgen ^1808a , JP Weckbecker ¹⁸⁰⁸

Canton Rheinbach (Canton President Deuster, 19,491 inhabitants)

Mairie Adendorf with 8 parishes and 3,202 inhabitants; Mayor: Max Friedrich Lombeck ^1808a (1805–1809), Franz Kaufmann ¹⁸¹⁰ (1809–1814)
Mairie Rheinbach with 9 parishes and 4,657 inhabitants; Mayor: Leopold Josef Wolff ^1808a
Mairie Kuchenheim with 4,361 residents; Mayor: Karl Deuster ^1808a
Mairie Münstereifel with 8 communities and 4,160 inhabitants; Mayor: Nuss ^1808a , Pützfeld ¹⁸⁰⁸ , FJ Balbiano ¹⁸¹⁰
Mairie Ollheim with 11 parishes and 3,566 inhabitants; Mayor: Joseph Jordans ^1808a

Canton of Ulmen (3,000 inhabitants)

Mairie Ulmen with 11 parishes and 1,943 inhabitants; Mayor: Thomas ^1808a , Corn. Metten ¹⁸⁰⁸
Mairie Kelberg with 9 parishes and 1,057 inhabitants; Mayor: Pasbach ^1808a , Kesseler ¹⁸⁰⁸ , Mollier ¹⁸¹²

Canton Virneburg (Canton President Beck)

Mairie Virneburg with 20 parishes and 4,848 inhabitants; Mayor: Kaufmann ^1808a , Freyberger ¹⁸⁰⁸ , VF Schulten ¹⁸⁰⁹

Canton of Wehr (4,877 inhabitants)

Mairie Wehr with 4 parishes and 1,303 inhabitants; Mayor: Sieglohr ^1808a , Lenz ¹⁸⁰⁸ , Kolb ¹⁸¹⁰ , vacant ¹⁸¹² , JA Hertgen ¹⁸¹²
Mairie Kempenich with 5 municipalities and 2,092 inhabitants; Mayor: Arnold Funk ^1808a
Mairie Königsfeld with 5 communities and 1,739 inhabitants; Mayor: Geisen ^1808a , Joh. H. Geiger ¹⁸⁰⁸

Remarks

↑ The information given by the mayors are taken from the German manuals for the country folk of the Rhine-Mosel-Département from 1808, 1809, 1810, 1812 ( dilibri.de ). The information marked with 1808a comes from the Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle from 1808 ( dilibri.de ). The year of the first mention is noted in each case.
↑ Unless otherwise indicated, the information comes from the Handbook for the Country People from the Rhine-Mosel-Département, year 1808 , Koblenz, Prefecture-Buchdruckerey, p. 106 ff, the reference date for the population data is January 1, 1807 ( dilibri.de ).

Population development

year	Residents
1799	70.508
1801/02	77,296
1807	81.092
1808	82,468
1809	83,707
1811	87,891

Individual evidence

↑ Handbook for the country people of the Rhine-Mosel-Département for the year 1808, p. 16 delibri Rhineland-Palatinate
^ ^A ^b Rhineland Regional Association : Johann Joseph Eichhoff (1762-1827), politician and administrative officer
^ Anton Giers: Festschrift for the celebration of the centenary of the reading and recreation society in Bonn (1787-1887) , 1888, p. 19 f. ( https://archive.org )
^ ^A ^b ^c Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, p. 91 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
^ Regional Association of Rhineland: Anton Reichsgraf von Belderbusch (1758-1820), Mayor of Bonn
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Franz Müller: Life around the Wachtberg. A journey through time through 30,000 years of history in a Rhenish landscape . Wachtberg 1993, ISBN 3-925551-60-3 , pp. 279,282,285,288,319 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Gesellschaft für Rheinische Geschichtskunde: Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Bonn, 1895, p. 65 ff. On the population statistics .
↑ Handbook for the residents of the Rhein-Mosel-Département, year 1809 , Koblenz, 1809, p. 18. ( dilibri.de )
↑ Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel-Département, year 1810 , Koblenz, 1810, p. 25. ( dilibri.de )
↑ Handbook for the residents of the Rhein-Mosel-Département, year 1812 , Koblenz, Pauli , 1812, p. 66 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[5] The information given by the mayors are taken from the German manuals for the country folk of the Rhine-Mosel-Département from 1808, 1809, 1810, 1812 ( dilibri.de ). The information marked with 1808a comes from the Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle from 1808 ( dilibri.de ). The year of the first mention is noted in each case.

[6] Unless otherwise indicated, the information comes from the Handbook for the Country People from the Rhine-Mosel-Département, year 1808 , Koblenz, Prefecture-Buchdruckerey, p. 106 ff, the reference date for the population data is January 1, 1807 ( dilibri.de ).

[Handbuch_1808-1] Handbook for the country people of the Rhine-Mosel-Département for the year 1808, p. 16 delibri Rhineland-Palatinate

[LVRonline-2] A ^b Rhineland Regional Association : Johann Joseph Eichhoff (1762-1827), politician and administrative officer

[Festschrift_100-3] Anton Giers: Festschrift for the celebration of the centenary of the reading and recreation society in Bonn (1787-1887) , 1888, p. 19 f. ( https://archive.org )

[statistique1808-4] A ^b ^c Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, p. 91 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[LVRBelder-7] Regional Association of Rhineland: Anton Reichsgraf von Belderbusch (1758-1820), Mayor of Bonn

[Müller-8] Franz Müller: Life around the Wachtberg. A journey through time through 30,000 years of history in a Rhenish landscape . Wachtberg 1993, ISBN 3-925551-60-3 , pp. 279,282,285,288,319 .

[Karten1813u1818-9] Gesellschaft für Rheinische Geschichtskunde: Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Bonn, 1895, p. 65 ff. On the population statistics .

[handbuch1809-10] Handbook for the residents of the Rhein-Mosel-Département, year 1809 , Koblenz, 1809, p. 18. ( dilibri.de )

[handbuch1810-11] Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel-Département, year 1810 , Koblenz, 1810, p. 25. ( dilibri.de )

[handbuch1812-12] Handbook for the residents of the Rhein-Mosel-Département, year 1812 , Koblenz, Pauli , 1812, p. 66 ff. ( Dilibri.de )