Canton of Zell

The canton of Zell (French: Canton de Zell ) was one of twelve administrative units into which the arrondissement of Koblenz 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).

Before the annexation of the left bank of the Rhine in the First Coalition War , the administrative district of the canton of Zell belonged mainly to the Electorate of Trier and to the " tri-lordship area on the Hunsrück ". 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 Zell became part of the Generalgouvernements Mittelrhein and came to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 due to the agreements reached at the Congress of Vienna . Under the Prussian administration of the Canton cell was in 1816 the newly formed county cell in Koblenz on. Bruttig , Fankel and Valwig came to the district of Cochem at the same time .

Administrative division

The canton of Zell was divided into 22 municipalities with 43 localities, which were administered by three Mairies . In 1808 a total of 9,478 inhabitants lived in the canton.

Mairie Beilstein

To Mairie Beilstein belonged 19 villages in nine municipalities with a total of 4021 inhabitants; three of these communities did not belong to the canton of Zell, but to the canton of Treis ; of the total area of 3234 hectares , 360 hectares were designated as vineyards; Mayor: Philipp Kläser (1808, 1812) Remy-Joseph Culot (1813).
Municipalities:

Beilstein , known as the “town”, had a total of 53 houses in 1808
Briedern
Bruttig , 94 houses and 425 inhabitants, a district of Bruttig-Fankel since 1969 , belonged to the canton of Treis
Fankel , 53 houses and 271 inhabitants, part of Bruttig-Fankel since 1969, belonged to the canton of Treis
Grenderich
Mesenich
Mittelstrimmig ( Mittelstrimmich )
Senheim
Valwig , 46 houses and 212 inhabitants, belonged to the canton of Treis

Mairie Blankenrath

Mairie Blankenrath included 13 villages in eleven parishes with a total of 2589 inhabitants who lived in 520 houses; Mayor: Sebastian Koch (1808), FL Heibel (1812), Jean Best (1813).
Municipalities:

Blankenrath , 52 houses and 156 inhabitants
Hesweiler
Öffelscheid , since 1970 district of Peterswald -akenofelscheid
Mastershausen
Panzweiler
Peterswald , since 1970 part of Peterswald-Löffelscheid
Reidenhausen
Rödelhausen
Show with Walhausen
Sosberg
Tellig

Mairie Zell

Mairie Zell had five parishes with a total of 3780 inhabitants; Mayor: Johann Adams (1808, 1812, 1813).
Municipalities:

Briedel
Bullay
Merl , since 1969 district of Zell (Mosel)
Neef
Zell mit Kaimt , had a total of 313 houses in 1808

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, p. 90 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
^ The government district of Coblenz according to its location, limitation, size, population and division , Coblenz: Pauli, 1817, p. 31 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
↑ ^a ^b ^c Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, p. 49 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
↑ ^a ^b ^c Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1812, p. 68 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
↑ ^a ^b ^c Recueil des actes de la préfecture de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1813, p. 108 ( dilibri.de )

[handbuch1808-1] Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, p. 90 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[pauli1817-2] The government district of Coblenz according to its location, limitation, size, population and division , Coblenz: Pauli, 1817, p. 31 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[annuaire1808-3] Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, p. 49 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[handbuch1812-4] Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1812, p. 68 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[jahrbuch1813-5] Recueil des actes de la préfecture de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1813, p. 108 ( dilibri.de )