Jade Treaty
The Jade Treaty of July 20, 1853 regulated the handover of an initially 340 hectare formerly Oldenburg area on the Outer Jade , the only natural deep water port on the German North Sea coast, to Prussia , which wanted to create a naval port here. As compensation for this, Prussia paid Oldenburg half a million thalers in three tranches. Prussia set up a naval base on the area, the nucleus of today's Wilhelmshaven .
background
Prussia had begun to expand its fleet in 1852 , in particular through the efforts of Prince Adalbert of Prussia . For this purpose, a base on the North Sea was sought, to which the country had no access since the Congress of Vienna . The area near Heppens and Fährhuck on the Jadebusen was ideal , as there was deep water, good anchorage and no ice in winter . Oldenburg met the Prussian request with benevolence and saw in Prussia a powerful ally. In addition, financial resources were needed to end the Bentinck succession dispute. The negotiator on the Prussian side was the Secret Admiralty Councilor Samuel Gottfried Kerst and on the Oldenburg side the Secret Councilor Theodor Erdmann . Erdmann used the Prussian payments in 1854 for a comparison with the controversial heirs of the Kniphausen and Varels rule , who thereby waived their rights and gave the rule to grand ducal ownership. This settled the 180-year-old Bentinck succession dispute between the Oldenburgers and the Bentinck family over these gentlemen.
literature
- State treaty between Oldenburg and Prussia on the creation of a war port on the Jade. In: arcinsys.niedersachsen.de. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .
- Martin Wein: City against its will. Municipal development in Wilhelmshaven / Rüstringen 1853–1937 . Tectum, Marburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-8288-9201-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Die Welt : “Prussia's Secret” , July 19, 2003
- ^ Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Lexicon of German history . Events, institutions, people. From the beginning to the surrender in 1945. 3rd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-81303-3 , p. 596.