Bacharach Canton

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The canton Bacharach (French: Canton de Bacharach ) was one of ten administrative units into which the arrondissement Simmern in the Rhine-Moselle department was divided. The Canton was in the years 1798 to 1814 of the French Republic (1798 to 1804) and the French Empire (1804-1814).

The canton was also a district court of justice . The canton president and justice of the peace was Friedrich Philipp Horstmann in 1808.

history

Before the annexation of the left bank of the Rhine in the War of the First Coalition administrative district in the canton Bacharach belonged to the Electoral Palatinate Upper offices Bacharach and Simmern , partly to Kurtrier and Kurmainz .

In 1814, the Rhine-Moselle department and thus also the canton of Bacharach temporarily became part of the Generalgouvernement Mittelrhein , then came under joint Austrian - Bavarian administration and came to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 on the basis of the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna . Under the Prussian administration of the Canton Bacharach went in 1816 the newly formed district St. Goar in Koblenz on.

Administrative division

The canton of Bacharach was divided into 14 municipalities with 44 localities, which were administered by four Mairies . Then there were the communities Dichtelbach and Erbach, which were administered by the Mairie Rheinböllen in the canton of Simmern . In 1808 a total of 8,550 inhabitants lived in the canton. There was a teacher in almost every church.

Mairie Bacharach

Mairie Bacharach included four parishes with a total of 2,961 inhabitants who lived in 636 houses; Area: 1,537 hectares , including 226 hectares of vineyards and 949 hectares of forest; Mayor: PG Kellermann (1808, 1812), Frédéric Hildebrandt (1813).

Municipalities:

Mairie Niederheimbach

The Mairie Niederheimbach included three communities with a total of 1,531 inhabitants and 307 houses; Area 1,107 hectares, including 46 hectares of vineyards and 783 hectares of forest; Mayor: Fischer (1808), Nicolas May (1813).

Municipalities:

Mairie Oberwesel

This mairie consisted only of the town of Oberwesel with a total of 2,110 inhabitants and 360 houses; Area 1,199 hectares, including 85 hectares of vineyards and 1,050 hectares of forest; Mayor: Chardon (1808), according to another source Balbiano (1808), Jean-Philippe Görtz (1811, 1813).

Municipalities:

Mairie Wiebelsheim

Six parishes with a total of 1,466 inhabitants and 286 houses belonged to Mairie Wiebelsheim; Area: 2,631 hectares, including 547 hectares of arable land, 183 hectares of vineyards and 986 hectares of forest; Mayor: Peter Hartel (1808, 1811, 1813).

Municipalities:

Dichtelbach and Erbach

The canton Bacharach also included the communities Dichtelbach and Erbach, which belonged to Mairie Rheinböllen with regard to the lower administrative level . The Mairie Rheinböllen was otherwise assigned to the canton of Simmern .

Municipalities:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, p. 153 ff., 188 ( dilibri.de )
  2. ↑ Andreas van Recum : Years of the Department of Rhine and Moselle , 1799/1800, p. 75 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
  3. ^ The government district of Coblenz according to its location, limitation, size, population and division , Coblenz: Pauli , 1817, p. 6 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
  4. ↑ a b c d e Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, p. 154 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
  5. ↑ a b c Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1812, p. 68 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
  6. ↑ a b c d Recueil des actes de la préfecture de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1813, p. 108 ( dilibri.de )