Principality of Eichsfeld

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Principality of Eichsfeld and neighboring territories, 1806 with the upper and lower districts, maps were probably made as early as the time of Kurmainz

The Principality of Eichsfeld as part of the Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1802 to 1806 and included the historic Eichsfeld .

history

For the loss of its areas on the left bank of the Rhine to France, the Electorate of Eichsfeld (after the Electorate of Mainz, also often referred to as the Principality of Eichsfeld ) was awarded to the Kingdom of Prussia . Prussian cuirassiers and hunters under the leadership of Lieutenant General von Wartensleben occupied the Eichsfeld in 1802. In the Electoral Lieutenancy, the Heiligenstadt Palace , the Prussian authorities began with civil administration. King Friedrich Wilhelm III. took possession of the entire former Eichsfeld for Prussia , the media principality of Eichsfeld was created. It was part of the Eichsfeld-Erfurt Chamber Department consisting of the Principality of Eichsfeld with Mühlhausen and Nordhausen, the Principality of Erfurt and the rule of Blankenhain. From 1803 to 1806 Gottfried Samuel Borsche was director of the War and Domain Chamber in Heiligenstadt.

In 1803 the Eichsfeld was divided into two districts, the upper district based in Heiligenstadt and the lower district based in Duderstadt , which also included the Worbis area . District administrators for the upper district were Anton Christoph Ludwig von Bodungen and for the lower district Friedrich von Motz . Heiligenstadt was also the seat of the Prussian government president for a time until she moved to Erfurt.

After Napoleon's victory over Prussia, the Eichsfeld became part of the Kingdom of Westphalia and was initially continued as a principality. With the reorganization of the Kingdom of Westphalia , the upper district came as the Heiligenstadt district , the lower district as the Duderstadt district to the Harz Department. Only the place Lindau was removed from the sub- district and assigned to the Osterode district . After Napoleon's defeat in the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, the Eichsfeld came back to the Kingdom of Prussia. At the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the system of rule in Germany and Europe was redefined and the Eichsfeld was divided with subsequent treaties. The former offices of Lindau , Gieboldehausen and Duderstadt , which belonged to the Untereichsfeld , came to the Kingdom of Hanover . After Hanover was annexed by Prussia, the Duderstadt district emerged from the offices in 1885 . With the Prussian administrative reform of 1816, the parts of the Obereichsfeld remaining with Prussia were divided into the newly formed districts Obereichsfeld , Untereichsfeld and Mühlhausen .

literature

  • Karl Paul Haendly: The Electoral Mainz Principality of Eichsfeld in the course of its history, its economy and its people from 897 to 1933. Expanded to 1963 . Mecke, Duderstadt 1996, ISBN 3-923453-77-9 .
  • Elmar Golland: The Prussian occupation of the Eichsfeld. In: EJb 10 (2002), pp. 195-204.
  • Herman Bäsecke: The establishment of Prussian rule on the Eichsfelde 1802–1806. Inaugural dissertation Dieterichsche Universitätsdruckerei Göttingen 1905

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Emmanuel Küster: Contributions to Prussian State Studies. Berlin 1806
  2. ↑ Bernhard Sacrifice man : shaping the calibration field. St. Benno-Verlag Leipzig and Verlag FW Cordier Heiligenstadt 1968
  3. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 .

Web links

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