Canton of Baumholder

The canton Baumholder (French: Canton de Baumholder ) was one of nine administrative units into which the Birkenfeld arrondissement in the Saardepartement was divided. The Canton was in the years 1798 to 1814 part of the First French Republic (1798-1804) and the First French Empire (1804-1814). Most of the administrative area was in today's Birkenfeld district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), some places in today's St. Wendel district ( Saarland ).

In 1817, a "canton Baumholder" was also set up in the Principality of Lichtenberg , which, however, differed in terms of territorial status from the previous French canton (see also the list of municipalities in the Principality of Lichtenberg ).

history

Before the annexation of the Left Bank of the Rhine in the French Revolutionary Wars (1794), the administrative district of the canton Baumholder established in 1798 belonged mainly to the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken , Mittelbollenbach and Nahbollenbach belonged to the condominium Herrschaft Oberstein , Ausweiler , Frauenberg , Hammerstein and Reichenbach belonged to the rear county of Sponheim .

The administration of the Left Bank of the Rhine was reorganized by the French directorate in 1798 based on the French model. a. a division into cantons has been adopted. The cantons were also district courts of justice . Initially, the Saar department was divided into three arrondissements , with the canton Baumholder being assigned to the Saarbrücken arrondissement . After a reallocation in 1799 and the establishment of the fourth arrondissement of Birkenfeld , the canton of Baumholder was assigned to it.

The canton was divided into five mairies : Baumholder, Berschweiler, Mittelbollenbach, Nohfelden and Reichenbach.

After the Allies regained possession of the Left Bank of the Rhine in January 1814 , in February 1814 the Saardepartement and thus also the canton Baumholder became part of the provisional Generalgouvernement Mittelrhein . After the Peace of Paris in May 1814, this Generalgouvernement was divided up in June 1814, the area on the left of the Rhine and on the right of the Moselle , in which the canton Baumholder was also located, was assigned to the newly formed Community Land Administration Commission , which was administered by Austria and Bavaria stood.

Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna , the canton came provisionally to Prussia in April 1815 , and the area was taken over by Duke Ernst von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld in September 1816 through subsequent additional agreements . In relation to the French canton Baumholder, the places Nohen , Nohfelden , Gimbweiler and Wolfersweiler , which remained Prussian for the time being, were ceded to the Duke of Oldenburg to form the new Principality of Birkenfeld in April 1817, together with almost 100 other communities . The ducal-Saxon-Coburg territory in the previous Saardepartement was divided into three cantons in January 1817, one of which was the "Canton Baumholder", which comprised 30 communities and was divided into the mayorships Baumholder, Berschweiler, Burglichtenberg and Reichenbach. In March 1819 the territory was named the Principality of Lichtenberg . The principality came to Prussia by state treaty in July 1834 and was assigned to the district of Trier in the Rhine province as the district of St. Wendel .

Municipalities and localities

According to official tables from the years 1798/1799, the following municipalities and localities belonged to the canton Baumholder (in brackets the spelling in the French-language tables):

Aulenbach , Ausweiler , Baumholder , Berglangenbach ( Berlengerbach ), Berschweiler , Breungenborn ( Breinchenborn ), Eckersweiler , Ehlenbach ( Elenbach ), Erzweiler , Fohren , Frauenberg , Freisen , Frohnhausen , Gimbweiler , Grünbach ( Grimbach ), Hahnweiler ( Hanweiler ), Hammerstein , Heimbach , Kirchenbollenbach ( Kirchbollenbach ), Leitzweiler , Linden , Mambächel , Mettweiler , Mittelbollenbach , Nahbollenbach ( Nohbollenbach ), Nohen , Nohfelden ( Nohfeld ), Reichenbach ( Rachenbach ), Rohrbach , Ronnenberg , Rückweiler ( Rickweiler ), Ruschberg , Wieselbach ( Viselbach ) and Wolfersweiler .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Josef Hoffmann: Guide through the administration of the Rhineland from then and now ... , Düsseldorf: Selbstverl., 1918, pp. 11, 16, 42 ( dilibri.de )
2. ↑ Wilhelm Dieterici : Mittheilungen des statistical bureau in Berlin , Volume 9, ES Mittler and Son, 1856, p. 313 ff. ( Google Books )
3. ↑ ^{a b} Complete collection of ordinances and resolutions of the citizen government commissioner and the central administrations of the four new departments on the left bank of the Rhine , Volume 2, Edition 3, 1798, p. 270 ( Google Books )
4. ↑ ^{a b} JE Gräff: Chronological collection of the Rhenish Prussian legal sources excluding the five statutes , Fr. Lintz, 1846, p. 21 ( Google Books )
5. ^ Georg Bärsch : Description of the government district of Trier: edited according to official sources and on behalf of the Königl. Prussia. Government , Lintz, 1849, p. 125 ( Google Books )
6. ↑ ^{a b} Charles Oudiette: Dictionnaire géographique et topographique ... , Volumes 1 and 2, 1804, page 18 and Table from page 123 ( Google Books )
7. ↑ FWA Schlickeysen: Repertory of laws and ordinances for the royal. Prussian Rhine provinces , Trier: Leistenschneider, 1830, p. 13 ff. ( dilibri.de )
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Friedrich August Lottner: Collection of the ducal Saxe-Coburg-Gothaic ordinances issued for the Principality of Lichtenberg from 1816 to 1834 , Sander, 1836, pp. 1, 29, 144, 596 ( Google Books )
9. ↑ Otto Beck: Description of the Trier District , Volume 1, F. Lintz, 1868, p. 69 ( Google Books )