Department of the Rhine

The Rhine department was a department of the Grand Duchy of Berg , which existed from 1808 to 1813.

history

By decree of Napoleon on 14 November 1808, the old court and administrative structure of the country has been suspended and in France since the Revolution valid administrative divisions introduced. The Grand Duchy of Berg was divided into four départements with twelve arrondissements (districts) and 78 cantons . Munizipalitäten or Mairien (mayor's offices) were later formed on the lowest administrative level .

It consisted of the old Duchy of Berg , without Windeck and part of the Blankenberg office , of the previously Nassau and originally Electoral Cologne offices of Vilich , Wolkenburg ( Königswinter ) and Deutz , of the dominions of Broich , Styrum and Hardenberg as well as Elten , Essen and Werden and from the part of the Duchy of Cleve on the right bank of the Rhine , excluding Wesel (to France) and the districts of Huissen , Sevenaer and Malburgen (to Holland).

From that point on, the Rhine department comprised the capital Düsseldorf with the four arrondissements

• Arrondissement Dusseldorf with canton Dusseldorf , canton Ratingen , canton Velbert , canton Mettmann , canton Richrath and canton Opladen
• Arrondissement Elberfeld with canton Elberfeld , canton Barmen , canton Ronsdorf , canton Lennep , canton Wipperfürth , canton Wermelskirchen and canton Solingen
• Arrondissement Mülheim with canton Mülheim , canton Bensberg , canton Lindlar , canton Siegburg , canton Hennef , and canton Königswinter
• Arrondissement of Essen with Canton Essen , Canton Werden , Canton Duisburg , Canton Dinslaken , Canton Emmerich , Canton Rees and Canton Ringenberg

After an announcement by the Minister of the Interior on January 28, 1811, the former Vest Recklinghausen was merged with the Grand Duchy of Berg and assigned to the Arrondissement of Essen. The occupation took place on February 2, 1811, the area was divided into the cantons of Recklinghausen and Dorsten .

Prefects

• 1809: Heinrich von Borcke

See also

• Administrative units in the Grand Duchy of Berg

swell

• Prefecture acts of the Rhine department . Stahl, Düsseldorf 1810–1813 ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Johann Josef Scotti : Collection of laws and ordinances, which ... in the former Grand Duchy of Berg ... , Düsseldorf: Wolf, 1822, p. 1151 ( digital edition at the Bonn State Library )
2. ↑ Otto von Mülmann : Statistics of the government district Düsseldorf , J. Baedeker, 1864, page 383 ( digital edition at Google Books )
3. ^ Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Berghaus : Germany for a hundred years: History of territorial division and the political constitution of the fatherland, Volume 5 , Voigt u. Guenther, 1862, page 352 ( digital edition from Google Books )
4. ↑ KT Bormann, Alexander von Daniels: Handbook for the Royal. Prussia. Rhine provinces proclaimed laws ... , Volume 7, Bachem, 1842, p. 1 ( digital edition at Google Books )