Peace of Paris 1796
The separate peace treaties signed in Paris during the First Coalition War are known as the Peace of Paris in 1796 .
Duchy of Württemberg
1796, the French invaded by Jean-Victor Moreau in Wuerttemberg one. Duke Friedrich Eugen concluded the armistice of Baden on July 17th after Austrian defeats . In it he undertook to withdraw his troops from the Reichsheer and to pay a contribution of 4 million guilders. In the Peace of Paris he also resigned Mömpelgard on August 7th against the promise of later compensation to France.
Further provisions in this contract were:
- complete neutrality, even if Wuerttemberg, as a member of the Reich, was asked to provide assistance
- Banishment of all French emigrants from the country
- mutual suspension of all hostile measures
- free passage for France's armies
- Participation of Württemberg in the complete cession of the left bank of the Rhine and abolition of the fiefdom of Italy with the Reich
- Pay a war tax of 8 million francs
- Natural deliveries after further determination
The regulation that Württemberg should be compensated for the transfer of Mömpelgard by several spiritual areas in Swabia was initially concluded as a secret agreement.
Friedrich Eugen's eldest son and successor, Duke Friedrich II , did not want to recognize these burdens and took part in the war of the second coalition against France against the will of the estates . In 1800 the land was again occupied and sacked by Moreau. The Treaty of Paris (1802) not only confirmed the earlier agreement, but also led to the definitive loss of all Württemberg property on the left bank of the Rhine.
Margraviate of Baden
When Moreau invaded southwest Germany, the margraviate of Baden was not excluded. On July 6, 1796, Margrave Karl Friedrich fled to Ansbach outside the country. An armistice was negotiated in Stuttgart on July 25th. His authorized representative, Baron Sigismund von Reitzenstein , signed a separate peace treaty with France on August 25 in the French capital. Baden was given the cession of its possessions on the left bank of the Rhine and the Kehl fortress , a contribution of 2 million francs and very high deliveries. Margrave Karl Friedrich von Baden, among others, should give up his position as imperial prince and commit to neutrality. In addition, the secularization of the monasteries and the cession of the towpath on the right bank of the Rhine to France were determined.
Because Austrian troops marched into Baden on September 2nd, Margrave Karl Friedrich von Baden refused to ratify the separate peace. On December 15, 1797, on the fringes of the Rastatt Congress, a few months later the contract was signed on the original basis.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baden . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 2, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 236.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Heidelberg History Association
