Arrondissement de Coblence

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The Arrondissement de Coblence (German: Arrondissement Koblenz , also district of Koblenz ) was one of three administrative units in the Rhine-Mosel department . The district was in the years 1798 to 1814 of the French Republic (1798-1804) and the French Empire (1804-1814).

As a result of the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna , the area came to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 , became part of the Koblenz administrative district in 1816 and became part of the Rhine Province in 1822 . The area has belonged to Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

Administrative division

The arrondissement of Koblenz was divided into 12 cantons , 30 mairies and 204 municipalities , in which a total of 97,544 inhabitants lived in 1812.

Canton Andernach
  • Mairie Andernach with 19 villages in 6 municipalities and 5188 inhabitants; Mayor: Johann Michael Nachtsheim
  • Mairie Burgbrohl (Bourgbrohl) with 5 municipalities and 1582 inhabitants; Mayor: Ferdinand Bourscheidt
  • Mairie Niederbreisig with 5 municipalities and 2085 inhabitants; Mayor: Matoni (1808), H. Kaifenheim (1811)
  • Mairie Saffig with 6 villages in 4 municipalities and 2249 inhabitants; Mayor: Peter Kleudgen
Canton of Boppard
  • Mairie Boppard with 4 parishes and 4047 inhabitants; Mayor: Heinrich Joseph Knoodt
  • Mairie Halsenbach with 7 parishes and 1282 inhabitants; Mayor: Collet (1808), Michael Bergmann (1811)
  • Mairie Niederfell with 24 villages in 6 municipalities and 2232 inhabitants; Mayor: Johann Sabel
  • Mairie Rhens with 12 villages in 7 municipalities and 2705 inhabitants; Mayor: Will (1808), Friedrich Iser (1811)
Coblence Canton
Canton of Cochem
  • Mairie Cochem with 15 villages in 7 communities and 2892 inhabitants; Mayor: Peter Franz Oster
  • Mairie Eller with 9 villages in 7 municipalities and 2086 inhabitants; Mayor: Johann Kaspar Friederichs
  • Mairie Pomerania with 5 parishes and 1530 inhabitants; Mayor: Tippel (1808), Vandael (1811)
Canton Kaisersesch
  • Mairie Kaisersesch with 23 villages in 17 municipalities and 3327 inhabitants; Mayor: Kerpen (1808), Remigius Joseph Culot (1811)
Canton of Lutzerath
  • Mairie Lutzerath with 17 villages in 11 municipalities and 2977 inhabitants; Mayor: Wust (1808), Theisen (1811)
Canton of Mayen
  • Mairie Mayen with 27 villages in 7 parishes and 4244 inhabitants; Mayor: Franz Peter Hartung
  • Mairie St. Johann (St. Jean) with 8 parishes and 3660 inhabitants; Mayor: Hirschbrun (1808), Anton Josef Breuer (1811)
Canton of Münstermaifeld
  • Mairie Karden (Carden) with 8 parishes and 2306 inhabitants; Mayor: Sontag (1808), Johann Baptist Erpeldinger (1811)
  • Mairie Gondorf with 6 parishes and 1850 inhabitants; Mayor: Heinrich Seegmüller
  • Mairie Münstermaifeld (Munstermayfeld, Münster-Mayenfeld) with 11 communities and 2971 inhabitants; Mayor: Jakob Schmitt
Canton of Polch
  • Mairie Mertloch with 9 parishes and 2128 inhabitants; Mayor: Münch (1808), Johann Stildorf
  • Mairie Polch with 6 parishes and 2755 inhabitants; Mayor: Luxem (1808), Johann Wilhelm Münch (1811)
Canton of Rübenach
  • Mairie Bassenheim with 12 villages in 6 parishes and 3770 inhabitants; Mayor: Wirz (1808); Andre Joseph Emmerich (1811)
  • Mairie St. Sebastian (St. Sébastien) with 5 parishes and 1861 inhabitants; Mayor: Anheyer (1808), Joseph Schüller (1811)
  • Mairie Winningen with 6 parishes and 3391 inhabitants; Mayor: KU Rheinhard
Canton of Treis
  • Mairie Beulich with 5 parishes and 1229 inhabitants; Mayor: Erpeldinger (1808), Kaiserswerth (1811)
  • Mairie castles with 5 parishes and 1806 inhabitants; Mayor: Jakob Lay
  • Mairie Treis (Treiss) with 5 municipalities and 2042 inhabitants; Mayor: Nikolaus Reiss
Canton of Zell
  • Mairie Beilstein with 19 villages in 9 municipalities and 2983 inhabitants; Mayor: Philipp Kläser
  • Mairie Blankenrath with 11 parishes and 2544 inhabitants; Mayor: Sebastian Koch (1808), FL Heibel (1811)
  • Mairie Zell with 5 communities and 3780 inhabitants; Mayor: Johann Adams

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, p. 26 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
  2. ↑ Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department, year 1812 , Koblenz, Pauli , 1812, p. 65 ff. ( Dilibri.de )