Ehrenbreitstein administrative district

The Nassau administrative district Ehrenbreitstein , also called the lower duchy or administrative district Thal-Ehrenbreitstein , was an administrative unit that existed from 1803 to 1806 in the territory of the Principality of Nassau-Weilburg and from 1806 to 1815 in the Duchy of Nassau . The administrative seat was in Ehrenbreitstein . The government district last comprised 21 offices .

history

Until the beginning of the 19th century, the area of ​​the administrative district of Ehrenbreitstein belonged to a number of different territories: Electorate Trier , Electorate Cologne (with various subordinates), the counties and principalities Sayn-Altenkirchen , Sayn-Hachenburg , Wied-Neuwied , Wied- Runkel , Niederisenburg and Nassau-Dillenburg .

As a result of the peace treaty of Lunéville of 1801 and the compensation plan agreed in the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 , the princes Karl Wilhelm von Nassau-Usingen (1735-1803) and Friedrich Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg (1768-1816) received for their lost possessions on the left bank of the Rhine, among other things, the right bank of the Rhine of the secularized electorates of Trier and Cologne and the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen .

Nassau-Usingen 1803 to 1806

In 1803 Nassau-Usingen received the offices of Linz and Schönstein from Kurköln and the offices of Altenkirchen , Freusburg and Friedewald from Sayn-Altenkirchen . These offices were initially subordinated to the government in Wiesbaden .

Nassau-Weilburg 1803 to 1806

Nassau-Weilburg received the offices of Ehrenbreitstein , Hammerstein , Herschbach , Meudt , Montabaur , Sayn and Wellmich from Kurtrier in 1803, based on the administrative district Ehrenbreitstein . In 1803, Nassau-Weilburg established its own government in Ehrenbreitstein to administer these newly acquired parts of the country . For the offices of Hachenburg and Schöneberg , which originally belonged to Sayn-Hachenburg, and for the offices of Burbach and Neunkirchen , which previously belonged to Nassau-Dillenburg , were temporarily administered from Hachenburg . For the old Weilburg parts of the principality the government existed in Weilburg .

Duchy of Nassau 1806

Nassau declaration of sovereignty dated August 30, 1806

In June 1806, the princes of Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg joined the Confederation of the Rhine , and the two principalities were united into a duchy in August. Various mediatized counties and principalities were assigned to the Duchy of Nassau . A separate “administration commission” was set up in Wiesbaden to manage these “sovereign lands” .

By edicts of July 25th and August 1st, 1809, the administration commission of Wiesbaden and the government of Hachenburg were repealed and the corresponding offices were transferred to the governments of Wiesbaden and Ehrenbreitstein. The Hachenburg authorities Burbach, Hachenburg, Neunkirchen and Schöneberg came to the administrative district Ehrenbreitstein, from Wied-Runkel the offices Altenwied , Dierdorf and Neuerburg and from Wied-Neuwied the offices Grenzhausen , Heddesdorf and Neuwied . The Maischeid Office (Grafschaft Niederisenburg ), which was also one of the sovereign lands , was abolished in 1811 and merged with the Dierdorf Office.

Prussia 1815

According to the provisions of the final act of the Congress of Vienna and the territorial or exchange treaty concluded on May 31, 1815 between Prussia and Nassau, most of the Ehrenbreitstein administrative district came under the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration, the area taken over was assigned to the newly established Koblenz administrative district . The offices were dissolved or assigned to the Altenkirchen , Koblenz , Linz and Neuwied districts formed in 1816 , and mayorships were set up to administer the localities .

The offices of Burbach and Neunkirchen, which previously belonged to Nassau-Dillenburg , went to Prussia in 1816 and came to the Siegen district .

structure

As of 1813, the Ehrenbreitstein administrative district consisted of the following 21 offices:

Surname	Official seat	Parishes	before	later
Altenkirchen Office	Altenkirchen	Parishes Almersbach , old churches , Mehren	until 1803 Sayn-Altenkirchen until 1806 Nassau-Usingen	went to the Prussian district of Altenkirchen in 1815
Altenwied Office	Asbach	Asbach , Neustadt , Windhagen	until 1803 Kurköln until 1806 Wied-Runkel	went to Prussia district Neuwied in 1815
Office of Burbach	Burbach	Niederdresselnorf or the Hickengrund	until 1799 condominium Sayn and Nassau until 1806 Nassau-Dillenburg	went to Prussia district of Siegen in 1816
Office Dierdorf	Dierdorf	Dierdorf , Freirachdorf , Maischeid , Niederwambach , Oberdreis , Puderbach , Raubach , Urbach , Isenburg	until 1806 Wied-Runkel and Niederisenburg	went to Prussia district Neuwied in 1815
Ehrenbreitstein Office	Ehrenbreitstein	Arenberg , Arzbach , Arzheim , Ehrenbreitstein , Horchheim , Niederberg , Niederlahnstein , Pfaffendorf	until 1803 Kurtrier until 1806 Nassau-Weilburg	In 1815 it went partly to the Prussian district of Koblenz
Freusburg Office	Churches	Gebhardshain , Fischbach , churches .	until 1803 Sayn-Altenkirchen until 1806 Nassau-Usingen	went to the Prussian district of Altenkirchen in 1815
Office Friedewald	Daaden	Daaden	until 1803 Sayn-Altenkirchen until 1806 Nassau-Usingen	went to the Prussian district of Altenkirchen in 1815
Grenzhausen Office	Selters	Alsbach , Dreifelden , Grenzhausen , Maxsain , Nordhofen , Rückeroth	until 1806 Wied-Neuwied	stayed at Nassau's office of Selters
Office Hachenburg	Hachenburg	Hachenburg , old town , Alpenrod , Hamm , Höchstenbach , Kirburg , Kroppach	until 1799 Sayn-Hachenburg until 1806 Nassau-Weilburg	stayed with Nassau , with the exception of Hamm
Hammerstein Office	Narrower	Engers , Oberhammerstein , Hönningen , Irlich , Leutesdorf , Rheinbrohl	until 1803 Kurtrier until 1806 Nassau-Weilburg	went to Prussia, Koblenz, Linz district in 1815
Office Heddesdorf	Heddesdorf	Anhausen , Altwied , Heddesdorf , Niederhonnefeld , Niederbieber , Rengsdorf	until 1806 Wied-Neuwied	went to Prussia district Neuwied in 1815
Office Herschbach	Herschbach	Hartenfels , Herschbach , Horhausen , Marienrachdorf , Peterslahr	until 1803 Kurtrier until 1806 Nassau-Weilburg	in 1815 went partially to Prussia
Office Linz	Linz on the Rhine	Linz , Dattenberg , Ohlenberg Unkel , Bruchhausen , Erpel , Rheinbreitbach	until 1803 Kurköln until 1806 Nassau-Usingen	went to the Prussian district of Linz in 1815
Office Meudt	Montabaur	Berod , Großholbach , Hahn , Hundsangen , Meudt , Nentershausen , Niedererbach , Salz , Schönberg and Weidenhahn .	until 1803 Kurtrier until 1806 Nassau-Weilburg	later remained with Nassau Amt Wallmerod
Montabaur Office	Montabaur	Montabaur , Heiligenroth , Helferskirchen , Wirges , Kirchähr , Oberelbert , Winden	until 1803 Kurtrier until 1806 Nassau-Weilburg	stayed with Nassau
Neuerburg Office	Waldbreitbach	Waldbreitbach	until 1803 Kurköln until 1806 Wied-Runkel	went to Prussia district Neuwied in 1815
Neunkirchen office	Neunkirchen	Burbach and Neunkirchen	until 1799 condominium Sayn and Nassau until 1806 Nassau-Dillenburg	went to Prussia district of Siegen in 1816
Neuwied Office	City of Neuwied	City of Neuwied	until 1806 Wied-Neuwied	went to Prussia district Neuwied in 1815
Schöneberg Office	Schöneberg	Birnbach , Flammersfeld , Hamm , Schöneberg	until 1799 Sayn-Hachenburg until 1806 Nassau-Weilburg	went to the Prussian district of Altenkirchen in 1815
Office Schönstein	Schönstein Castle	Knowledge	until 1803 Kurköln (Hatzfeld) until 1806 Nassau-Usingen	went to Prussia in 1815
Vallendar Office	Vallendar	Bendorf , Breitenau , Heimbach , Hillscheid , Höhr , Nauort , Ransbach , Sayn , Vallendar .	until 1803 rule Vallendar or Kurtrier until 1806 Nassau-Weilburg	In 1815 it went partly to the Prussian district of Koblenz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Nassauische Annalen: Yearbook of the Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research , Volumes 9-10, 1868, page 314 u. a.
2. ^ ^{A b c} Johann Andreas Demian: Statistics of the Confederation of the Rhine , Volume 2, Verlag Varrentrapp, 1812; Page 199 ff.
3. ^ Johann Josef Scotti: Collection of laws and ordinances ... , Part 4, Duchy of Nassau, 1836, p. 1793 ( Google Books )
4. ↑ ^{a b} Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Berghaus: Germany for a Hundred Years: History of Territorial Division and the Political Constitution , Volume 3, Part 2, 1862, page 377
5. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm von Rohrscheidt: Preußen's Staatsvertvertrag , Verlag F. Schneider, 1852, page 434
6. ^ Wilhelm Fix: Overviews on the external history of the Prussian state , Verlag Simon Schropp, Berlin 1858, p. 92 ( digitized version of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek).