District Commissioner Zweibrücken

The Landkommissariat Zweibrücken in the Palatinate 1818–1862

The Landkommissariat Zweibrücken (officially: Land-Commissariat Zweibrücken ) 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 Zweibrücken District Office . The administrative area was mainly in today's Rhineland-Palatinate district of Südwestpfalz , in the area of ​​the independent city of Zweibrücken and in the Saarland Saarpfalz district , the administrative seat was in Zweibrücken.

Cantons and municipalities

The Landkommissariat Zweibrücken was divided into the cantons of Blieskastel , Neuhornbach and Zweibrücken and comprised 74 municipalities (all places in the official spelling from 1817):

Canton Blieskastel

Alsbach Asweiler Balweiler Bebelsheim and Neuhof Biesingen Birnbach Blieskastel Blow-out quantities with blow-bolts Blickweiler Ensheim with Sengscheid

Erfweiler and Ehlingen Escheringen Gersheim Habkirchen and Mandelbach Hassel Heckendalheim Herbitzheim Kirkel and Neuhäusl Lautzkirchen Nieder-Würzbach and Selbach

Ober-Würzbach Omersheim Ormesheim Reinheim Rohrbach Rubenheim St. Ingbert Werschweiler Wittersheim Wolfersheim

Canton of Neuhornbach

Alt-Altheim Alt-Hornbach Blies-Dahlheim Bottenbach Böckweiler Breitfurth Brenschelbach and Rissweiler Dietrichingen

Gross-Steinhausen Klein-Steinhausen Mauschbach Medelsheim Neu-Altheim New Hornbach Nieder-Gailbach Pepenkum

Riedelberg Rimschweiler Seyweiler Utweiler Walshausen Walsheim

Canton of Zweibrücken

Battweiler Bubenhausen and Ernstweiler Contwig Dellfeld Einöd and Ingweiler Hengstbach Ixheim Knopp

Maßweiler Mittelbach Niederauerbach Niederhausen Oberauerbach Oberhausen Reifenberg Rieschweiler

Schmittshausen Stambach Wattweiler Webenheim and Mimbach Winterbach Zweibrücken

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 Zweibrücken belonged to the Donnersberg department ( canton Hornbach and canton Zweibrücken ) and the Saar department ( canton Blieskastel ) until 1814 . After Bavaria took possession and the district directorates were established, the area belonged to the Zweibrücken 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. Karl August von Hofenfels , who until then was the “District Directions Assessor” for Zweibrücken, 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.

In 1920, Zweibrücken was spun off as a "district direct city" (today a district-free city ) from the Landkommissariat Zweibrücken.

For more history see: District of Zweibrücken # history

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 )