Upper Rhine District

The Upper Rhine District (officially Upper Rhine District) was a central instance of the state administration of the Grand Duchy of Baden that existed from 1832 to 1864 .

history

On May 1, 1832, the previous six districts were dissolved and replaced by four newly founded districts to save costs. The authority was no longer called the district directorate , but the district government . The new Upper Rhine District with its seat in Freiburg was formed from the Dreisamkreis and parts of the previous Kinzigkreis .

Each of the districts received a district government headed by a government director. The district government also included government councils and government assessors. The district government of the Upper Rhine District was z. B. equipped with a total of 37 positions.

The district governments were responsible for all subject areas belonging to the state administration: supervision of the offices ( district offices ), supervision of most of the local and district foundations, granting of indigenous people (home law), trade concessions, service and criminal police and others.

With the law concerning the organization of the internal administration of October 5, 1863, effective October 1, 1864, the four old circles were dissolved and the middle administrative level was abolished. State commissioner districts took the place of the central authorities as pure supervisory bodies. The area of ​​the former Upper Rhine District was assigned to the regional commissioner district of Freiburg .

The Baden districts in comparison

Extract from the court and state handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden. 1834 with the key data of the districts (area in geographical square miles; number of district offices; number of parishes; inhabitants (number of souls), including Protestant, Catholic, Mennonite, Israelite); one geographic square mile was equivalent to 55.06 square kilometers (7.420439 km × 7.420439 km).

In terms of area, the Upper Rhine District was the largest of the Baden districts (4295 km²) and ranked second in terms of population. The area corresponded to about 43% of the area of ​​the later government district of South Baden . Since the formerly Upper Austrian Breisgau largely belonged to the district, around 70% of the population were Catholics.

Area of ​​the Upper Rhine District

In 1832, the Upper Rhine District was formed from the offices of the Dreisamkreis and the offices of Ettenheim, Hornberg and Triberg of the Kinzigkreis. The seat of the district government was Freiburg im Breisgau .

18 district offices with 471 communities belonged to the district:

1. Freiburg City Office (merged with the Landamt to form the Freiburg District Office in 1864 )
2. Landamt Freiburg (merged with the municipal office to form the Freiburg district office in 1864)
3. Office of Breisach
4. Ettenheim Office
5. Office Hornberg (repealed in 1857)
6. Office Emmendingen
7. Office Jestetten (abolished in 1857, re-established as a district office in 1864)
8. Kenzingen Office
9. Office Loerrach
10. Office of Muellheim
11. Office of Säckingen
12. Office of St. Blasien
13. Office Schönau
14. Office Schopfheim
15. Office of Staufen
16. Triberg Office
17. Waldkirch Office
18. Office Waldshut

Government directors

• 1832-1835: Carl August Beck
• 1835–1845: Friedrich von Reck
• 1845–1850: August Marschall von Bieberstein
• 1851–1864: Friedrich Theodor Schaaf

See also

• Administrative division of Baden

literature

• Adam Ignaz Valentin Heunisch : Geographical-topographical description of the Grand Duchy of Baden: according to the regulations of the organization of 1832 mostly according to official sources: together with a detailed map of the Grand Duchy of Baden, according to the new district division, with the addition of the neighboring states and with details of the post offices and hourly distances. Heidelberg 1833, II. The Upper Rhine District. Pp. 298–346 digitized version
• Division of the Grand Duchy into four circles and the establishment of governments. In: Grand Ducal Baden State and Government Gazette No. IX. of February 18, 1832, p. 133

Web links

Wikisource: Grand Ducal Baden Ordinance Sheet for the Upper Rhine District. Freiburg 1839-1855  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grand Ducal Baden State and Government Gazette 1832, p. 133
2. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden. 1834, p. 218
3. ^ Grand Ducal Baden Government Gazette 1863, p. 399
4. ↑ For the enforcement ordinance, see Grand Ducal Baden Government Gazette 1864, p. 333
5. ^ Extract from the Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden. 1834; P. 417
6. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden. 1834, p. 218
7. ^ Karl August Ferdinand von Wechmar: Handbook for Baden and his servants or directory of all Baden servants from the year 1790 to 1840, with an addendum to 1845. Heidelberg 1846, p. 118
8. ^ Entry Reck, Friedrich; Early on to discover regional studies online - leo bw