Canton weir

The canton Wehr (French: Canton de Wehr ) was one of nine administrative units into which the Arrondissement of Bonn in the Rhine-Moselle department was divided. The Canton was in the years 1798 to 1814 part of the First French Republic (1799-1804) 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 Wehr belonged to the electorate of Cologne , the Electoral Palatinate and other lords.

In 1814 the Rhine-Moselle department and with it the canton of Wehr temporarily became part of the Generalgouvernements Mittelrhein and in 1815 came to the Kingdom of Prussia due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna . Under the Prussian administration, the canton of Wehr became part of the Mayen , Ahrweiler and Adenau districts that were newly formed in the Koblenz administrative district .

Administrative division

The canton of Wehr was divided into three mairies. In 1808 a total of 4877 inhabitants lived in the canton.

Mairie Weir

Five villages with a total of 1303 inhabitants belonged to the Mairie; Mayor: Lenz (1808).

• Weir
• Brenk
• Glees
• Niederzissen
• Oberzissen

Mairie Kempenich

Six towns with 2092 inhabitants belonged to the Mairie; Mayor: Junk (1808).

• Kempenich
• Hannebach
• Lederbach
• Leimbach
• Vineyards
• Women

Mairie Koenigsfeld

Five villages with a total of 1739 inhabitants belonged to the Mairie; Mayor: Geiger (1808).

• Koenigsfeld
• Niederduerenbach
• Oberduerenbach
• Ramersbach
• Schalkenbach

literature

• Jakob Rausch: 150 years of the Ahrweiler district . In: Heimatjahrbuch for the Ahrweiler district 1966 ( online edition ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, page 148 ff.
2. ^ Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, page 110 ff.