Canton of Sankt Goar

The canton Sankt Goar (French: Canton de Saint Goar ) was one of ten administrative units into which the arrondissement Simmern 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 Sankt Goar belonged mainly to the left bank of the Lower County of Katzenelnbogen , which last belonged to Hesse-Rotenburg . In addition, individual communities in the canton previously belonged to Kurtrier , the Electoral Palatinate and the Counts of Metternich .

In 1814, the Rhine-Moselle department and with it the canton of Sankt Goar temporarily became part of the Generalgouvernements Mittelrhein and came to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna . Under the Prussian administration, the canton of Sankt Goar was added to the newly formed district of St. Goar in the Koblenz administrative district in 1816 .

Administrative division

The canton of Sankt Goar was divided into 22 municipalities with 45 localities, which were administered by two Mairies . In 1808 a total of 4790 inhabitants lived in the canton.

Mairie Sankt Goar

The Mairie Sankt Goar had nine parishes with a total of 2928 inhabitants; Mayor: Rice.
Municipalities:

Sankt Goar

Badenhard

Biebernheim, since 1969 district of Sankt Goar

Birkheim

Holzfeld , part of Boppard since 1975

Niederburg

Arable

Utzenhain

Werlau , since 1969 district of Sankt Goar

Mairie Pfalzfeld

The Mairie Pfalzfeld included 13 communities with a total of 1862 inhabitants; Mayor: Wachter (1808); according to another source: Denys.
Municipalities:

Individual evidence

↑ Andreas van Recum : Years of the Department of Rhine and Moselle , 1799/1800, p. 85 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
↑ ^a ^b ^c Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, p. 178 ff. ( Dilibri.de )
^ ^A ^b ^c Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, p. 154 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[jahrzähler1799-1] Andreas van Recum : Years of the Department of Rhine and Moselle , 1799/1800, p. 85 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[handbuch1808-2] Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , 1808, p. 178 ff. ( Dilibri.de )

[statistique1808-3] A ^b ^c Charles François Philibert Masson: Annuaire statistique du Département de Rhin-et-Moselle , 1808, p. 154 ff. ( Dilibri.de )