Ourthe department
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The Département de l'Ourthe ( German Departement der Ourthe ) was a department belonging to the French state from 1795 to 1814 , which was mainly in the area of today's province of Liège in Belgium . Individual places belong to Germany today. It was named after the river Ourthe (German Urt ).
history
It consisted of parts of the former duchy of Liège , the southern Hesbaye (northwest of today's province of Liège), the center of the former duchy of Limburg , the abbey of Stablo-Malmedy , the northern edge of the duchy of Luxembourg and the lands of Landen and Hannut .
On the 9th Vendémiaire of the year IV of the Republic (October 1, 1795), the area was annexed to France on the basis of the "Law on the Unification of Belgium and the Liège Country with the Republic" , as established by the Treaties of Campo Formio (1797) and Lunéville (1801) was confirmed under international law .
The area was divided into nine departments in accordance with the administrative structure newly introduced in France , which were subdivided into arrondissements , cantons and communes. The cantons were also district courts of justice .
After Napoleon's defeat in the Battle of Leipzig (1813) and the withdrawal of the French (1814), most of the region came under the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna (1815) first to the Kingdom of the United Netherlands and in 1830 to the Kingdom of Belgium . The cantons of Eupen, Kronenburg, Malmedy, Sankt Vith and Schleiden as well as part of the canton of Aubel from the Malmedy arrondissement were assigned to Prussia . In 1920 the area was ceded to Belgium with the exception of Schleiden and some surrounding villages.
The places in Germany today are: Kronenburg (now part of Dahlem ), Schleiden , Hallschlag , Ormont , Scheid and the enclave in the Eifel Schüller , Steffeln and Dohm .
structure
The main town ( chef-lieu ) of the department or seat of the prefecture was the city of Liège . The prefecture was located in the building of the Hôtel de Hayme de Bomal (Féronstrée 122). The department was divided into three arrondissements , 27 cantons and 383 communes:
| Arrondissement | Main towns in the cantons, seat of the courts of justice |
|---|---|
| Liege ( Liége ) | Dalhem , Fléron , Glons , Herve , Hollogne , Louveigné , Liège (4 cantons), Seraing , Waremme |
| Huy | Avennes , Bodegnée , Ferrières , Héron , Huy , Landen , Nandrin |
| Malmedy | Aubel , Eupen , Kronenburg , Limbourg , Malmedy , Sankt Vith , Schleiden , Spa , Stablo , Verviers , Vielsalm |
The department had an area of 3,984 square kilometers and in 1812 a total of 352,462 inhabitants.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jean-Baptiste Nothomb : Historical-diplomatic presentation of the foundation of the Kingdom of Belgium under international law , Tübingen, Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1836, p. 450 ( Google Books )
- ^ Albrecht Friedrich Ludolph Lasius : The French Kayser State under the government of the Kayser Napoleon the Great in 1812 . A Geographical-Historical Manual, First Department, Osnabrück: Johann Gottfried Kißling, 1813, p. 363 ( Google Books )
- ↑ a b Almanach Impérial 1812 , Paris, p. 447 ( Bibliothèque nationale de France )
- ^ Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Berghaus : Germany for a Hundred Years , Second Section, Third Volume, Leipzig: Voigt & Günther, 1862, p. 80 ( Google Books )
Deux-Nèthes (Both Nethes) | Dyle (Dyle) | Escaut (Scheldt) | Forêts | Jemappes (Jemappes) | Lys (Leie) | Meuse-Inférieure (Niedermaas) | Ourthe (Ourthe) | Sambre-et-Meuse (Sambre and Meuse)