Exchange and epuration contract
The Exchange and Epuration Treaty was a state treaty between the Kingdom of Württemberg and the Grand Duchy of Baden , which was signed by both parties in Karlsruhe on October 17, 1806 . King Friedrich I was represented by Ludwig von Taube , Grand Duke Karl Friedrich by Georg Ludwig von Edelsheim .
With Article 14 of the Rhine Federation Act of July 12, 1806 a. a. the city of Tuttlingen and the part of the upper office Tuttlingen , which was located on the right of the Danube . The exchange and depuration agreement regulated the return of Tuttlingen for an appropriate equivalent. In addition, the barter and epuration deal should be completed, the preliminary contract of which was signed on December 10, 1802 in Regensburg by the same representatives of the two rulers.
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article 1
In addition to Tuttlingen and part of the Oberamt of the same name, Baden also ceded the rule of Mühlheim an der Donau to Württemberg. Added to this were the dealerships of Mengen (formerly St. Blasien Monastery ) and Bissingen an der Teck (formerly St. Peter Monastery in the Black Forest ) as well as their rights and property in Württemberg territory.
Article 2
In return, Württemberg ceded the share in the Breisgau that it had received through the Peace of Pressburg in 1805. Baden also received the portion of the city forest and area of Villingen that was on the left side of the Brigach , as well as three villages owned by the Villinger Johanniter : Neuhausen , Obereschach and Thierheim ( Bad Dürrheim ). Weigheim , the fourth village of the order, kept Württemberg in exchange for Oberacker in what is now the district of Karlsruhe. The Villingen possessions of the Sankt Georgen monastery , which were located in the Württemberg region, were explicitly excluded from this . For this, the came Sponeck Castle and the Württemberg goods in the Ortenau .
Article 3
Both parties did not reserve any rights to the assigned locations. They promised to hand them over, including outstanding debts etc., without examining or comparing them in detail again. In addition, Württemberg promised to participate in the pension of the clergy from Breisgau monasteries, to which the kingdom had acquired or retained rights.
Article 4
With reference to “the old barter deals”, the localities that Württemberg ceded on Baden were listed: Altlußheim , Neulußheim , Waldangelloch (the Württemberg half), Unteröwisheim , Gochsheim , railway bridges , Grünwettersbach , Palmbach , Mutschelbach , Nussbaum and Nordweil im Breisgau. In addition to many slopes , Baden also received royal Württemberg care in Pfullendorf and the wineries in Markdorf on Lake Constance and Hedingen in Switzerland. The 1/6 tithe of Östringen went to the Grand Duchy, as did the tithe of the local spiritual administration and the parish rate . The parish of Bleichheim also changed hands, as did that of Gemmingsche Jagen in the Hagenschieß forest area , which today belongs to Pforzheim .
Württemberg also waived individual rights, such as the one that only Württemberg priests could be nominated for Zaisenhausen and Gelshausen .
In addition, Baden received feudal lordship over the Strahlberg Castle and the town of Schriesheim, as well as Epfenbach and Spechbach , after it had received ownership as part of the Electoral Palatinate in 1803 as a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . The feudal lordship over Stahlenburg and Schriesheim previously belonged to the Prince Provost of Ellwangen , which Württemberg had agreed to accept from France in the separate peace of 1796 in Paris to replace the Principality of Mömpelgard . Württemberg had taken possession of two thirds of the fiefdom of Epfenbach in 1770 as a fallen man fief , while the last third remained with the noble family Wambolt von Umstadt . Therefore, Baden only acquired two thirds of the fiefdom of Epfenbach.
Article 5
For its part, Baden ceded the following localities to Württemberg: Weilheim , Wurmlingen , Seitingen , Oberflacht and Durchhausen (all formerly the rule of Konzenberg ), the Baden part of Großgartach and the towns of Unteriebelsbach , Pfauhausen and Neuhausen on the Fildern (excluding valuation / knight tax and assets of the Franciscan convent ).
In addition, there was the Baden foster care in Eßlingen , Schorndorf , Bietigheim , Mönsheim and Gechingen , the valid and tithe slopes in Trossingen and Schura , the cathedral factory and the cathedral fiefdoms in Aldingen , the Schuppes slopes of Seitingen and all slopes of Tuttlingen.
In addition, fiefdoms were transferred over half the village of Kaltenwestheim , over Obermönsheim Castle and over the Reichenau fiefs in Trossingen, Deißlingen and Tuttlingen.
Parish records and fiefdoms of the Principality of Constance and the Baden Abbey were given up as well as claims to Herrenalb and Reichenbach . In addition, all hunts in the former area of the Pforzheim Forestry Office were returned, with the exception of those in and around the Dobel .
Article 6
After accounting for all exchange items and the Württemberg liabilities of 40,000 guilders , a possible settlement should take place. In addition, as a result of the contract, the drawing of the new borders at Dobel and Eberstein should be initiated. A corresponding contract was signed with Württemberg on April 16, 1807.
Article 7
The handover should take place alternately step by step.
Article 8
In addition, all relevant files on the exchange items from archives and registries should be handed over within half a year.
Article 9
Military members who came from ceded locations became subjects of the new owner.
Article 10
In a maximum of 8 days after the joint signature, the contract should be ratified and the relevant documents, including the handover orders, exchanged in Karlsruhe. On October 19, 1806, the ratification documents were exchanged in Karlsruhe.
implementation
The Grand Duchy of Baden decided in the Privy Council on October 20, 1806 administrative details: The places Gochsheim, Bahnbrücken, Oberacker and Unteröwisheim were combined in the Gochsheim office . Alt- and Neulußheim were added to the Schwetzingen office , the Württemberg part went to the Odenheim office , to which the Baden part of the place already belonged. Nussbaum came to the Bretten Office , Mutschelbach to the Pforzheim Office , Grünwettersbach and Palmbach to the Durlach Office and Nordweil to the Kenzingen Office . Because of the places Neuhausen, Dürrheim and Obereschach, as well as because of Sponeck am Kaiserstuhl, a special resolution was to be opened later. The places Marbach and Klengen came under the rule of the city of Villingen.
With the publication on the following October 21, 1806, the Grand Duchy urged its officials and subjects to obey the treaty. On October 22nd, the contract was also printed in the Württemberg newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung.
There followed contracts between Württemberg and Baden, which dealt with further assignments of territories and rights, on July 17 and 27, 1807, April 23, 1808 and December 31, 1808.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Pfeifer: Ellwangen. Art and history from 1250 years. Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Ulm 2000, ISBN 3-88294-295-9 , pp. 105–110.
- ^ Johann Goswin Widder : Attempt of a complete geographical-historical description of the electoral prince. Palatinate on the Rhine. First part , Frankfurt and Leipzig 1786, p. 441 f., Full text in the Google book search
- ↑ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Dept. Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe: Holdings 72: Lehen- und Adelsarchiv , landesarchiv-bw.de, accessed on December 9, 2013
- ↑ Ortlexikon Baden-Württemberg: Epfenbach ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 9, 2013
- ^ State treaty with Württemberg in: Erwin Johann Joseph Pfister : Historical representation of the state constitution of the Grand Duchy of Baden and the administration of the same: The government of Carl Friedrich the First Grand Duke of Baden 1806 to 1811, Winter, Heidelberg 1829, p. 83 ff, full text / preview in the google book search
- ↑ Wirtembergische custody document, against the assignment of Tuttlingen in: CD Voss (Hrsg.): Die Zeiten: Or archive for d. Latest state history and Politics , Volume 8, Weimar 1806, p. 295 ff., Full text / preview in the Google book search
- ^ Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger : JDG v. Memminger's description of Württemberg , Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1841, p. 142 f., Full text / preview in the Google book search
