Canton of Boppard

The canton of Boppard (French: Canton de Boppard ) was one of twelve administrative units into which the arrondissement of Koblenz in the Rhine-Mosel department was divided. The Canton was in the years 1798 to 1814 part of the First French Republic and the First French Empire (1804-1814).

Before the annexation of the left bank of the Rhine in the First Coalition War , the administrative district of the canton of Boppard belonged mainly to the Electorate of Trier , the municipality of Rhens to the Electorate of Cologne and the communities of Alken and Oberfell were jointly owned as a condominium by the Electorate of Cologne and Electorate of Trier .

In 1814, the Rhine-Moselle department and thus also the canton of Boppard temporarily became part of the Generalgouvernements Mittelrhein and came to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna . Under the Prussian administration, the canton of Boppard was added to the newly formed district of St. Goar in the Koblenz administrative district in 1816 .

Administrative division

The canton of Boppard was divided into 24 municipalities with 58 localities, which were administered by four Mairies . In 1808 a total of 10,338 inhabitants lived in the canton.

Mairie Boppard

Four parishes with a total of 4047 inhabitants belonged to the Mairie; Mayor: Heinrich Joseph Knoodt.
Municipalities:

Boppard
Hirzenach , since 1976 district of Boppard
Salzig , since 1976 district of Boppard
Hamlet , since 1976 district of Boppard

Mairie Halsenbach

The Mairie Halsenbach (Halzenbach) included seven communities with a total of 1282 inhabitants; Mayor: Collet (1808), Michael Bergmann (1811).
Municipalities:

Basselscheid , part of Emmelshausen since 1935

Bickenbach

Buchholz , since 1976 district of Boppard

Halsenbach

Herschwiesen , since 1976 district of Boppard

Kratzenburg

Ney

Mairie Niederfell

The Mairie included 24 localities in six municipalities with a total of 2232 inhabitants; Mayor: Johann Sabel.
Municipalities:

Alkene
Thieving
Niederfell
Nörtershausen
Upper skin
Oppenhausen , since 1976 local district of Boppard

Mairie Rhens

The Mairie Rhens included twelve villages in seven parishes with a total of 2705 inhabitants; Mayor: Will (1808), Friedrich Iser (1811).
Municipalities:

Brey

Capellen, later called Kapellen-Stolzenfels, since 1969 the Stolzenfels district of Koblenz

Niederspey, part of Spay since 1969

Oberspey, part of Spay since 1969

Rhens

Udenhausen , since 1976 local district of Boppard

Waldesch

Individual evidence

↑ Andreas van Recum : Years of the Department of Rhine and Moselle , 1799/1800, p. 12 ( dilibri.de )
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, p. 47 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, p. 30 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
↑ ^a ^b Recueil des actes de la préfecture de Rhin-et-Moselle, 1813, p. 438 ff ( dilibri.de )

[jahrzähler1799-1] Andreas van Recum : Years of the Department of Rhine and Moselle , 1799/1800, p. 12 ( dilibri.de )

[handbuch1808-2] Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, p. 47 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[statistique-3] Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, p. 30 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[gemeinden-4] Recueil des actes de la préfecture de Rhin-et-Moselle, 1813, p. 438 ff ( dilibri.de )