Canton of Münstermaifeld

The canton Münstermaifeld (also Münstermayfeld , Munstermayfeld or Münster-Mayenfeld ; French: Canton de Munster-Mayenfeld ) was one of twelve administrative units into which the arrondissement Koblenz in the Rhine-Mosel department 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).

Before the annexation of the left bank of the Rhine in the First Coalition War , the administrative district of the canton of Münstermaifeld belonged mainly to the Electorate of Trier , some communities previously belonged to the Lords of Eltz and von Bassenheim .

In 1814, the Rhine-Moselle department and thus also the canton of Münstermaifeld temporarily became part of the Generalgouvernement Mittelrhein and in 1815 came to the Kingdom of Prussia due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna . Under the Prussian administration, the canton of Münstermaifeld was absorbed into the newly formed districts of Cochem and Mayen in the Koblenz administrative district .

Administrative division

The canton of Münstermaifeld was divided into 25 municipalities with around 70 localities, which were administered by three Mairies . In 1808 a total of 7127 inhabitants lived in the canton.

Mairie Gondorf

Six parishes with a total of 1850 inhabitants belonged to Mairie Gondorf; Mayor: Heinrich Seegmüller.
Municipalities:

• Gondorf, 45 houses, since 1969 district of Kobern-Gondorf
• Hatzenport
• Kattenes (Catenes), since 1976 district of Löf
• Clay
• Löf
• Moselsürsch , since 1976 district of Lehmen

Mairie Karden

The Mairie Karden (also Carden) included eight communities with a total of 2306 inhabitants; Mayor: Sontag (1808), Johann Baptist Erpeldinger (1811).
Municipalities:

• Binningen
• Brohl
• D Fünfus
• Forest
• Karden (Carden), 83 houses, since 1969 district of Treis-Karden
• Mighty me
• Mosel core
• Tired

Mairie Münstermaifeld

The Mairie Münstermaifeld (also Münstermayfeld, Munstermayfeld, Münster-Mayenfeld) included eleven communities with a total of 2971 inhabitants; Mayor: Jakob Schmitt.
Municipalities:

• Gierschnach (Girschenach)
• Cold
• Keldung , since 1976 a locality or district of Münstermaifeld
• Küttig , since 1976 locality or district of Münstermaifeld
• Lasserg , since 1976 locality or district of Münstermaifeld
• Metternich , since 1976 locality or district of Münstermaifeld
• Mörz , since 1976 locality or district of Münstermaifeld
• Münstermaifeld , 196 houses
• Pillig
• Roes
• Wierschem (Wirschem)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, page 73 ff.
2. ^ ^{A b c d} Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, page 42 ff.
3. ↑ Recueil des actes de la préfecture de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1813, page 438