Canton of Bernkastel

The canton of Bernkastel (also canton of Berncastel ; French: Canton de Berncastel ) was one of eight administrative units into which the Arrondissement of Trier in the Saardepartement was divided. The Canton was in the years 1798 to 1814 of the French Republic (1798-1804) and the Napoleonic Empire (1804-1814). The administrative area essentially corresponds to that of the present-day community of Bernkastel-Kues in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate .

history

Before the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine in the First Coalition War (1794), the administrative district of the canton Bernkastel established in 1798 belonged mainly to the Electorate of Trier , some communities to the right of the Moselle previously belonged to the County of Veldenz , which was owned by the Electoral Palatinate ; Zeltingen and Rachtig were an exclave of the Electorate of Cologne , Erden belonged to the Kröver Empire .

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 . The canton of Bernkastel belonged to the Arrondissement of Trier in the Saar department .

From 1800 the canton was divided into four Mairies : Bernkastel ( Berncastel ), Lieser, Mülheim ( Mulheim ) and Zeltingen. The first president of the canton was the winery owner Karl Everad Ellinckhuysen (1763-1837) in 1798 .

After the Allies regained possession of the Left Bank of the Rhine in January 1814 , the Saar Department and thus also the Canton of Bernkastel became part of the provisional Central Rhine General Government in February 1814 . After the Peace of Paris in May 1814, this Generalgouvernement was divided up in June 1814, the municipalities of the canton Bernkastel lying to the left of the Moselle were assigned to the Lower and Middle Rhine Generalgouvernement under Prussian administration, the municipalities lying to the right of the Moselle (Mairies Bernkastel, Mülheim and Zeltingen ) assigned to the joint state administration commission , which was under the administration of Austria and Bavaria .

Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna , the area became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in April 1815 . Under the Prussian administration, the canton of Bernkastel was merged into the Bernkastel district, newly formed in 1816, in the administrative district of Trier , which belonged to the Rhine province from 1822 onwards.

Municipalities and localities

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

place	Mairie	belonging to before 1792	belongs to today
Andel	Mülheim	County of Veldenz , Oberamt Veldenz	Bernkastel-Kues , Andel district
Bernkastel ( Berncastel )	Bernkastel	Kurtrier , Bernkastel Office, Bernkastel Court	Bernkastel-Kues , Bernkastel district
Brauneberg ( Dousemond )	Mülheim	County of Veldenz , Oberamt Veldenz	Brauneberg
Castles with pale	Mülheim	County of Veldenz , Oberamt Veldenz	Castles
Emmeroth ( Emmerodt )	Bernkastel	Hochgericht Kleinich ( Sponheim and Steinkallenfels )	Kleinich , district of Emmeroth
Earth	Zeltingen	Kröver Reich , trio	Earth
Felting with Neudorf	Readers	Kurtrier , Wittlich Office , Wintrich Court	Brauneberg , Filzen district
Fronhofen	Bernkastel	Hochgericht Kleinich ( Sponheim and Steinkallenfels )	Kleinich , Fronhofen district
Gonzerath ( Gunzerodt )	Bernkastel	Kurtrier , Hunolstein Office	Morbach , Gonzerath district
Gornhausen	Mülheim	County of Veldenz , Oberamt Veldenz	Gornhausen
Götzeroth ( Gotzrodt )	Bernkastel	Hochgericht Kleinich ( Sponheim and Steinkallenfels )	Kleinich , district of Götzeroth
Graach	Bernkastel	Kurtrier , Bernkastel Office , Graach Court	Graach on the Moselle
Ilsbach	Bernkastel	Hochgericht Kleinich ( Sponheim and Steinkallenfels )	Kleinich , district of Ilsbach
Kautenbach	Bernkastel	Hochgericht Kleinich ( Sponheim and Steinkallenfels )	Traben-Trarbach , Kautenbach district
Kesten	Readers	Kurtrier , Wittlich Office , Wintrich Court	Kesten
Kleinich ( Kleinig )	Bernkastel	Hochgericht Kleinich ( Sponheim and Steinkallenfels )	Kleinich , district of Kleinich
Come ( come )	Bernkastel	Kurtrier , Amt Baldenau , Court Bernkastel	Come
Kues ( cues )	Bernkastel	Kurtrier , Bernkastel Office, Bernkastel Court	Bernkastel-Kues , Kues district
Readers	Readers	Kurtrier , Wittlich Office , Bernkastel Court	Readers
Longkamp ( Longchamp )	Bernkastel	Kurtrier , Amt Baldenau , Court Bernkastel	Longkamp
Losnich ( Loetzenich , Lœsenich )	Zeltingen	Imperial Knighthood	Losnich
Makers	Readers	Kurtrier , Wittlich Office , Wehlen Court	Bernkastel-Kues , Machern Monastery
Maring ( Mahring )	Readers	Kurtrier , Wittlich Office , Maring Court	Maring-Noviand , district of Maring
Monzelfeld	Bernkastel	Kurtrier , Bernkastel Office, Bernkastel Court	Monzelfeld
Mülheim ( Mulheim )	Mülheim	County of Veldenz , Oberamt Veldenz	Mülheim on the Moselle
Noviand with Siebenborn	Readers	Kurtrier , Wittlich Office , Maring Court	Maring-Noviand , district of Noviand
Pilmeroth	Bernkastel	Hochgericht Kleinich ( Sponheim and Steinkallenfels )	Kleinich , district of Pilmeroth
Great	Zeltingen	Kurköln , Amt Zeltingen	Zeltingen-Rachtig , district of Rachtig
Thalveldenz ( Veldenz la Vallée )	Mülheim	County of Veldenz , Oberamt Veldenz	Veldenz , district Thalveldenz
Ürzig ( Urzig )	Zeltingen	Kurtrier , Wittlich Office , Ürzig Court	Urzig
Veldenz	Mülheim	County of Veldenz , Oberamt Veldenz	Veldenz
Wehlen ( Velen )	Readers	Kurtrier , Wittlich Office , Wehlen Court	Bernkastel-Kues , Wehlen district
Wintrich	Readers	Kurtrier , Wittlich Office , Wintrich Court	Wintrich
wolf	Zeltingen	Rear county of Sponheim , Oberamt Trarbach , Schultheißerei Wolf	Traben-Trarbach , Wolf district
Zeltingen	Zeltingen	Kurköln , Amt Zeltingen	Zeltingen-Rachtig , district of Zeltingen

The municipality of Kleinich with the associated villages of Emmeroth, Fronhofen, Götzeroth, Ilsbach and Pilmeroth was in dispute with the canton of Trarbach and was later assigned to the Rhine-Moselle department .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Dieterici : Mittheilungen des statistical bureau in Berlin , Volume 9, ES Mittler and Son, 1856, pp. 316, 327, 328 ( Google Books )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Josef Hoffmann: Guide through the administration of the Rhineland from then and now ... , Düsseldorf: Selbstverl., 1918, p. 12 ( dilibri.de )
3. ^ ^{A b} Georg Bärsch : Description of the government district of Trier: edited according to official sources and on behalf of the Königl. Prussia. Government , Lintz, 1849, pp. 125, 135 ( Google Books )
4. ↑ ^{a b} Charles Oudiette: Dictionnaire géographique et topographique ... , Volumes 1 and 2, 1804, page 12 and Table from page 123 ( Google Books )
5. ↑ FWA Schlickeysen: Repertory of laws and ordinances for the royal. Prussian Rhine provinces , Trier: Leistenschneider, 1830, p. 13 ff ( dilibri.de )
6. ↑ Complete collection of the 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, Issue 3, 1798, p. 266 ( Google Books )
7. ↑ Territorial division of the Saar Department , "Excerpt from the register of advisory services of the Central Administration of the Saar Department", Trier, 1798, p. 16 ( dilibri.de )
8. ^ JE Gräff: Chronological collection of the Rhenish Prussian legal sources with the exclusion of the five statutes , Fr. Lintz, 1846, p. 17 ( Google Books )
9. ↑ Heinrich Simon van Alpen: History of the Franconian banks of the Rhine, what it was and what it is , Volume 1, Sedenkoven and Thiriart, 1802, p. 186 ( Google Books )