Saarburg Canton

The canton of Saarburg (French: Canton de Sarrebourg ) was one of eight administrative units into which the Trier arrondissement 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 was in today's districts of Trier-Saarburg ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) and Merzig-Wadern ( Saarland ).

history

Before the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in the War of the First Coalition (1794) of 1798 established county belonged to the Canton Saarburg primarily for the electorate Trier , Wiltingen and Wincheringen belonged to the Duchy of Luxembourg , Freudenburg with some surrounding villages was a rich direct rule, which the Abbey of St. Maximin belonged .

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 Saarburg was part of the Trier arrondissement in the Saar department .

The canton was divided into seven Mairies : Freudenburg, Irsch, Meurich, Perl, Saarburg, Sinz, Zerf.

After the Allies regained possession of the Left Bank of the Rhine in January 1814 , the Saar Department and thus also the Canton of Saarburg 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, and the canton of Saarburg on the right bank of the Moselle was assigned to the newly formed Community State Administration Commission , which was under the administration of Austria and Bavaria .

Contrary to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna , the area came under the Kingdom of Prussia on the basis of the Paris Protocol of November 3, 1815, with effect from May 1, 1816 . Under Prussian sovereignty of Canton Saarburg went into the 1816 newly formed county Saarburg in Trier on that from 1822 to the Rhine province belonged.

Municipalities and localities

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

Ayl , Baldringen , Beuren , Beurig ( Beurich ), Biebelhausen ( Bibelhausen ), Bilzingen , Berg, Butzdorf ( Butschdorf ), Dilmar ( Dillmar ), Esingen ( Essingen ), Faha , Freudenburg ( Freudenbourg ), Frommersbach ( Frommesbach ), Greimerath , Hamm , Helfant ( Helfand ), Hentern ( Hentren ), Irsch , Kahren ( Cahren ), Kastel ( Castel ), Kelsen , Keßlingen ( Kesselingen ), Kirf , Kollesleuken ( Collesleucken ), Körrig , Krutweiler ( Crutweiler ), Kümmern ( Cumeren ), Mannebach , Merzkirchen ( Mertzkirch ), Meurich ( Meurig ), Münzingen ( Munzingen ), Nennig , Niederleuken , Niederperl , Niedersehr ( Niederseer ), Niederzerf , Oberleuken , Oberperl , Obersehr ( Oberseer ), Oberzerf , Ockfen ( Okfen ), Palzem , Perdenbach ( Patenbach ), Portz , Rehlingen ( Roehlingen ), Rommelfangen , Saarburg ( Sarrebourg ), Schoden ( Schuden ), Serrig , Sehndorf ( Sendorf ), Sinz ( Sintz ), Südlingen ( Siedlingen ), Staadt , Taben , Tettingen , Trassem ( Trasem ) and Wies .

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Dieterici: Mittheilungen des Statistischen Bureaus in Berlin , Volume 9, ES Mittler und Sohn, 1856, S. 316 ff. ( Google Books )
^ The Saarburg office at the end of the electoral era , unknown author around 1789, Trier Chronicle - Journal of the Society for Trier History and Monument Preservation, XI. Year 1915, p. 164 ( dilibri.de )
^ ^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, p. 125 ( Google Books )
↑ FWA Schlickeysen: Repertory of laws and ordinances for the royal. Prussian Rhine provinces , Trier: Leistenschneider, 1830, p. 13 ff. ( dilibri.de )
↑ Josef Hoffmann: Guide through the administration of the Rhineland from then and now ... , Düsseldorf: Selbstverl., 1918, p. 40 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
↑ 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, Edition 3, 1798, p. 267 ( Google Books )
^ JE Gräff: Chronological collection of the Rhenish Prussian legal sources with the exclusion of the five statutes , Fr. Lintz, 1846, p. 18 ( Google Books )

[dieterici1836-1] Wilhelm Dieterici: Mittheilungen des Statistischen Bureaus in Berlin , Volume 9, ES Mittler und Sohn, 1856, S. 316 ff. ( Google Books )

[chronik1915-2] The Saarburg office at the end of the electoral era , unknown author around 1789, Trier Chronicle - Journal of the Society for Trier History and Monument Preservation, XI. Year 1915, p. 164 ( dilibri.de )

[baersch1849-3] 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, p. 125 ( Google Books )

[schlickeysen1830-4] FWA Schlickeysen: Repertory of laws and ordinances for the royal. Prussian Rhine provinces , Trier: Leistenschneider, 1830, p. 13 ff. ( dilibri.de )

[hoffmann1918-5] Josef Hoffmann: Guide through the administration of the Rhineland from then and now ... , Düsseldorf: Selbstverl., 1918, p. 40 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[kantone1798-6] 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, Edition 3, 1798, p. 267 ( Google Books )

[graeff1846-7] JE Gräff: Chronological collection of the Rhenish Prussian legal sources with the exclusion of the five statutes , Fr. Lintz, 1846, p. 18 ( Google Books )