Canton of Simmern

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The canton of Simmern (French: Canton de Simmern ) was one of ten administrative units into which the Simmern arrondissement in the Rhine-Moselle 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).

The canton was also a district court of justice . The canton president was Nikola Deuster in 1808, and Joseph Anton Steinberger was the judge of the peace. Both were civil servants in Simmern during the time of the Electoral Palatinate.

Before the annexation of the Left Bank of the Rhine in the First Coalition War , the administrative district of the canton of Simmern belonged almost entirely to the Upper Palatinate Office of Simmern .

In 1814, the Rhine-Moselle department and with it the canton of Simmern initially became part of the Generalgouvernements Mittelrhein , then was under joint Austrian - Bavarian administration and in 1815 became part of the Kingdom of Prussia on the basis of the agreements reached at the Congress of Vienna . Under the Prussian administration, the canton of Simmern was incorporated into the newly formed district of Simmern in the Koblenz administrative district . The entire area is now part of the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate .

Administrative division

The canton of Simmern was divided into 42 municipalities with 62 localities, which were administered by six Mairies . In 1808 a total of 10,857 inhabitants lived in the canton.

Mairie Argenthal

The Mairie Argenthal included three parishes with a total of 1,092 inhabitants who lived in 170 houses; Area 2,488 hectares, of which 166 hectares are arable land and 2,045 hectares are forest; Mayor: Geromont (1808), Friedrich Neuer (1812), Charles Ernest (1813).
Municipalities:

Mairie Laubach

Mairie Laubach included eight communities with a total of 1,723 inhabitants; 279 houses; Area 2,298 hectares, of which 419 hectares are arable land and 1,410 hectares are forest; Mayor: Maus (1808), Peter (Pierre) Weckmann (1812, 1813).
Municipalities:

Mairie Ohlweiler

The Mairie Ohlweiler included six communities with a total of 1,662 inhabitants; 266 houses; Area 3,943 hectares, of which 267 hectares are arable land and 2,419 hectares are forest; Mayors: Balbiano (1808), Johann Anton Dicht (1812), Jean-Baptiste Kaiserswerth (1813).
Municipalities:

Mairie Rheinböllen

Six communities belonged to Mairie Rheinböllen, then also Rheinbellen , of which the two communities Dichtelbach and Erbach belonged to the canton of Bacharach . In 1808 the Mairie had a total of 1,856 inhabitants; 292 houses; Area 3,697 hectares, of which 1,893 hectares are forest; Mayor: Jakob (Jaques) Mades (1808, 1812, 1813).
Municipalities:

  • Dichtelbach , 52 houses and 313 inhabitants; was assigned to the Mairie Rheinböllen at the lowest administrative level, but belonged to the canton of Bacharach
  • Ellern
  • Erbach , 28 houses and 169 inhabitants; belonged like Dichtelbach to the canton of Bacharach
  • Kleinweidelbach , since 1974 a locality or district of Rheinböllen
  • Mörschbach
  • Rheinböllen ( Rheinbellen ), 108 houses

Mairie Simmern

Mairie Simmern included 13 parishes with a total of 3,983 inhabitants who lived in 548 houses; there were 26 mills; Area: 5,624 hectares , of which 800 hectares are arable land and 3,677 hectares are forest; Mayor: Thuringia (1808), Franz (Frédéric) Chardon (1812, 1813).
Municipalities:

Mairie Unzenberg

Eight parishes with a total of 1,268 inhabitants belonged to the Mairie Unzenberg; 297 houses; Area: 2,460 hectares, of which 218 hectares are arable land and 1,720 hectares are forest; Mayor: MI Weygold (1808, 1812, 1813).
Municipalities:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, p. 182 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
  2. ↑ Churfürstlicher Hof- und Staatskalender for the year 1790, Munich, Franz, 1790, p. 153 ( Google Books )
  3. ↑ Andreas van Recum : Jahrzähler des Departements von Rhein and Mosel , 1799/1800, p. 46 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
  4. ^ The government district of Coblenz according to its location, limitation, size, population and division , Coblenz: Pauli, 1817, p. 13 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, p. 145 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1812, p. 68 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
  7. ↑ a b c d e f Recueil des actes de la préfecture de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1813, p. 109 ( dilibri.de )