Canton of Cochem

The canton of Cochem (French: Canton de Cochem ) 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 of the French Republic (1798-1804) and the Napoleonic Empire (1804-1814).

Before the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in the First Coalition War , the administrative district of the canton of Cochem belonged mainly to the Electorate of Trier . In statistics from 1808, school teachers are listed by name in almost all municipalities.

In 1814 the Rhine-Moselle department and with it the canton of Cochem 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 Cochem was incorporated into the newly formed district of Cochem in the Koblenz administrative district in 1816 . Aldegund and Alf came to the Zell district at the same time .

Administrative division

The canton of Cochem was divided into 19 municipalities with 35 localities, which were administered by three Mairies . In 1808 a total of 10,259 inhabitants lived in the canton.

Mairie Cochem

The Mairie included 15 localities in seven communities with a total of 2892 inhabitants; Mayor: Peter Franz Oster .
Municipalities:

Cochem had a total of 288 houses in 1808
Cond , 248 inhabitants in 56 houses, part of Cochem since 1932
Dohr
serious
Faid (Fayd)
Greimersburg
Sehl , part of Cochem since 1932

Mairie Eller

The Mairie Eller included nine villages in seven parishes with a total of 2086 inhabitants; Mayor: Johann Kaspar Friederichs.
Municipalities:

Aldegund , 79 houses and 372 inhabitants
Alf , 120 houses and 634 inhabitants
Bremm
Ediger, since 1969 part of Ediger-Eller
Ellenz
Eller, 86 houses, since 1969 part of Ediger-Eller
Nehren

Mairie Pomeranian

The Mairie Pomerania included five parishes with a total of 1530 inhabitants; Mayor: Tippel (1808), Vandael (1811).
Municipalities:

Briedern (Prieden)
Kail (cail)
Klotten (Clotten)
Pomerania , 82 houses
Wirfus

Brachtendorf community

The municipality of Brachtendorf also belonged to the canton of Cochem, but was assigned to the Mairie Kaisersesch on the lower administrative level , which otherwise belonged to the canton of Kaisersesch .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, page 58 ff.
^ The government district of Coblenz according to its location, limitation, size, population and division , Coblenz: Pauli, 1817, page 32
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, page 36 ff.
↑ Recueil des actes de la préfecture de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1813, page 438 ff.

[handbuch1808-1] Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, page 58 ff.

[2] The government district of Coblenz according to its location, limitation, size, population and division , Coblenz: Pauli, 1817, page 32

[statistique-3] Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, page 36 ff.

[gemeinden-4] Recueil des actes de la préfecture de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1813, page 438 ff.