Principality of Regensburg

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The Principality of Regensburg emerged from the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 and was one of the territories of the Kurerzkanzler until 1810, and since 1806 it was the primate of the Rhine Confederation .

history

Territory of the Principality of Regensburg on a map from 1807
Residence of the Prince Primate von Dalberg in Regensburg

The principality of Regensburg was formed with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 and consisted of the former areas of the Hochstift Regensburg with the dominions Donaustauf , Wörth and Hohenburg , the imperial city of Regensburg , the prince Abbey of St. Emmeram , the imperial monasteries Obermünster and Niedermünster and all possessions of the indirect monasteries and monasteries Regensburgs. It was under the rule of Karl Theodor von Dalberg , who also held the dignity of elector , the office of Imperial Chancellor, as well as the offices of Archbishop of Mainz and Primate for Germany . Since the Electorate of Bavaria wanted to rule over the old Bavarian capital Regensburg, the official appointment of Dalberg as Archbishop of Regensburg was delayed until February 1, 1805. With the creation of the Rhine Confederation in 1806, Dalberg was moved by Napoleon to become the prince of the protocol of the new state structure. The Austrian corps Liechtenstein occupied Regensburg on April 20, 1809 in the Fifth Coalition War between France and the allied Austrians and British. On April 23, 1809, the city was set on fire and stormed by French troops. Dalberg tried to support the owners of the 150 burned houses with silver from the cathedral treasury.

On May 22, 1810, Dalberg ceded the Principality of Regensburg as a result of the Paris Treaty of February 28, 1810 . In return he received most of the principalities of Hanau and Fulda with the title of Grand Duke of Frankfurt . He remained Archbishop of Regensburg until 1817. The Principality of Regensburg came to the Kingdom of Bavaria . Regensburg became the capital of the Regenkreis , which in 1837 largely became part of today's Upper Palatinate administrative district.

literature

  • Karl von Beaulieu-Marconnay : Karl von Dalberg and his time. Böhlau, Weimar 1879.
  • Konrad M. Färber: Carl von Dalberg - archbishop and statesman. Mittelbayerische Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Regensburg 1994, ISBN 3-927529-03-6 .