Landau regional commissioner

The Landkommissariat Landau in der Pfalz 1818–1862

The Landkommissariat Landau (officially: Land-Commissariat Landau ) was one of twelve administrative districts in the Bavarian Rhine District (renamed "Kreis Pfalz" in 1837), which existed from 1818 and was renamed in 1862 as the Landau District Office . The administrative area was mainly in today's Rhineland-Palatinate district of Südliche Weinstrasse and in the area of ​​the independent city of Landau in the Palatinate , the administrative seat was in Landau.

Cantons and municipalities

Landau's Landkommissariat was divided into the cantons of Edenkoben and Landau and comprised 49 municipalities (all places in the official spelling from 1817):

Canton of Edenkoben

Altdorf Boebingen Böchingen Burweiler Diedesfeld Edenkoben Edesheim Flemings

Freimersheim Gleisweiler Gommersheim Groß-Fischlingen Hainfeld Kirrweiler Small fishlings Knöringen

Maikammer and Alsterweiler Rhodt Rossbach St. Martin Venningen Weyher

Canton of Landau

Arzheim Birkweiler Bornheim Dammheim Eschbach Essingen Frankweiler Godramstein Goecklingen

Herxheim Herxheimweiher Ilbesheim Vaccinees Insheim Landau Leinsweiler Mörlheim Moerzheim

Nieder-Hochstadt Nussdorf Upper Hochstadt Offenbach Queichheim Ranschbach Siebeldingen Walsheim Wolmesheim

history

On April 30, 1816, the Bavarian King Maximilian Joseph I formally took possession of the area of ​​the Rhine district, which was later established, on the basis of an exchange agreement with the Austrian Emperor Franz I.

From the so-called French era , Bavaria in the Palatinate initially essentially adopted the administrative structure that had been in place since 1798. The newly created Rhine district was divided into four "district directorates", later also called "district directorates". The subordinate administrative levels of the cantons and mayor's offices , apart from minor area adjustments, remained in place.

The area of ​​the Landkommissariat Landau belonged to the Donnersberg department ( canton Edenkoben ) until 1814 and to the Niederrhein department ( canton Landau ) until 1815 . After Bavaria took possession and the district directorates were set up, the area belonged to the Landau district directorate.

With effect from April 1, 1818, the districts of the previous four "Bezirks-Directionen" of the Rhine district were redistributed into twelve "Land Commissariats". The scope and responsibilities did not change. Wilhelm Petersen , who until then was “District Director” of Landau, was appointed “Land Commissary” . The Land Commissioner had an actuary , two clerks and a messenger at his disposal, and salaries and office costs were estimated at 3900 guilders per year.

On July 1, 1862, the state commissioners in the Palatinate received the designation "District Offices", from which in 1938 the districts emerged.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Bavarian government of the Rhine district of November 26, 1817: Announcement of November 17, 1817, cantonal division of the Rhine district ( bavarica.digitale-sammlungen.de )
2. ↑ Official Journal for the Kings. Bavarian area on the left bank of the Rhine from July 1, 1816: Possession patent from April 30, 1816 ( bavarica.digitale-sammlungen.de )
3. ↑ Official Journal for the Kings. Bavarian area on the left bank of the Rhine from July 25, 1816: Announcement of July 22, 1816, list of the cantons belonging to the district directorates ( bavarica.digitale-sammlungen.de )
4. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Bavarian government of the Rhine district of February 18, 1818: Highest Rescript of November 6, 1817, announcement of February 17, 1818, introduction of the Land Commissariate ( bavarica.digitale-sammlungen.de )
5. ↑ Royal Bavarian District Official Gazette of the Palatinate of May 22, 1862: Royal Very Highest Ordinance of April 19, 1862, changing the designation of the Land Commissariate of the Palatinate ( bavarica.digitale-sammlungen.de )