Left of the Rhine
Left bank of the Rhine is a fixed geographical location designation for those areas in Germany that lie on the left bank of the Rhine in the direction of the current .
Use in cities
For example, districts of Duisburg , Düsseldorf , Cologne and Bonn are referred to as left bank of the Rhine. In Cologne and Bonn, the urban area on the right bank of the Rhine is also called Schäl Sick (in High German, wrong side ), while in Düsseldorf the area on the left bank of the Rhine is called. The two railway lines along the Rhine are accordingly called Left Rhine Line and Right Rhine Line.
Other uses
From the French point of view, the area on the left bank of the Rhine is called Cisrhenan ("this side of the Rhine"), as was the case with the Cisrhenan Republic , which was planned in 1797.
The full-time Rhenish notary's office , also known as a notary- only office, goes back to a French revolutionary decree of October 6, 1791, which was introduced in the areas on the left bank of the Rhine initially annexed by France in 1798 and 1801, and in the areas annexed in northwest Germany in 1811. T. still applies today.
The term "left bank of the Rhine" is documented by name at the Railway Directorate Cöln left bank of the Prussian State Railways on April 1, 1880. Later it can also be found in the terms of the Compiègne armistice of November 11, 1918.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Neisser: 100 years of Düsseldorf on the left bank of the Rhine or how Düsseldorf came across the Rhine . Grupello Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89978-099-4 , p. 30–32 ( online [PDF] 490 kB).
- ↑ Heinz Dick, Theo Koch: Schäl Sick - On the trail of the origin . In: Ooßeköpp op d'r Schäl Sick . Flittard 1990, p. 35-83 .
- ^ Text of the Compiègne Armistice in German.