Principality of Erfurt
The Principality of Erfurt existed from 1806 to 1814 and comprised Erfurt and the surrounding country including the County of Blankenhain . It was directly subordinate to the French emperor .
history
The Principality of Erfurt, d. H. the former Electoral Mainz Erfurt State , was together with the rule Blankenhain after the defeat of Prussia in the twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt as an imperial state domain ( domaine réservé à l'Empereur ) under the name of province of Erfurt directly Napoléon Bonaparte , assumed while the surrounding Thuringian states the Join the Rheinbund .
Erfurt was administered by a civil and a military senate, which were subordinate to the imperial French governor (later "Intendant"). This had its seat in the Electoral Mainz Lieutenancy .
In 1808 Napoléon had the Erfurt Princely Congress staged in the French exclave .
From October 25, 1813, after the Battle of Leipzig , Erfurt was besieged by Prussian, Austrian and Russian units ( siege of Erfurt ). After the conclusion of an armistice, the Prussians entered the city on January 6, 1814 as agreed. In May they took over the Petersberg and Cyriaksburg citadels without a fight . At the Congress of Vienna in 1815 it was awarded to Prussia, which, however, ceded the eastern and southern parts of the Erfurt land area and the Blankenhain area to Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach . Erfurt itself became the capital of the newly created administrative district of Erfurt in the province of Saxony .
literature
- Marina Moritz, Horst Moritz: The principality of Erfurt and the rule of the great emperor. Living and dying in turbulent times (1806-1814) , Erfurt 2008, ISSN 0947-952X
- Frank Boblenz : The Kingdom of Westphalia and the provinces of Erfurt and Fulda. To the extent of the "French" Thuringia from 1806 / 07-1813 / 14. - In: “The oldest preserved in faithfulness, the new in a friendly way”. Festschrift for Volker Wahl for his 65th birthday. Published on behalf of the Thuringian Archives Association by Katrin Beger, Dagmar Blaha, Frank Boblenz and Johannes Mötsch. Rudolstadt 2008, pp. 333-348, ISBN 978-3-00-024781-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief historical overview . In: Napoleon's Prince Congress Erfurt . Euratibor . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ↑ 1806–1814: Erfurt under French occupation . Erfurt city administration. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ↑ 1814-1850: Erfurt in the Prussian state . Erfurt city administration. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
