Ourthe (department)
The Département de l' Ourthe ( German department of the Ourthe ) was a 1795 to 1814 the French State belonging to the department, which was mainly in the area of present-day province of Liege in Belgium. Individual places are now among Germany. Named after the river Ourthe was the ( German: Urt ).
History
It consisted of parts of the former Principality of Liège, the southern Hesbaye ( northwest of the present province of Liège ), the center of the former Duchy of Limburg, the Abbey of Stavelot - Malmedy rule, the northern edge of Luxembourg and the country of landing and Hannut.
On 9 Vendemiaire Year IV of the Republic (1 October 1795), the area was united on the basis of the "law on the unification of Belgium and Liege Region of the Republic " with France, which by the Treaties of Campo Formio (1797 ) and Luneville (1801 ) was confirmed by international law.
The area was classified according to the newly introduced in France Administrative divisions in nine departments, which were divided into arrondissements, cantons and municipalities. The cantons were also justice of the peace districts.
After Napoleon's defeat in the Battle of Leipzig (1813 ) and the withdrawal of the French ( 1814) was the largest part of the region is a participant in the Congress of Vienna (1815 ) agreements made initially to the Kingdom of the United Netherlands and 1830 to the Kingdom of Belgium. The cantons of Eupen, Kronenburg, Malmedy, St. Vith and Schleiden and a part of the canton of Aubel from the Arrondissement Malmedy were assigned to Prussia. 1920, the region with the exception of Schleiden and some surrounding villages to Belgium was ceded.
The places today lying in Germany are: Crown Castle ( now the district of Dahlem ), Schleiden, Hallschlag, Ormont, Scheid and the enclave in the Eifel Schüller, Steffeln and Dohm.
Structure
Capital ( chef-lieu ) of the department or office of the prefecture was the city of Liege. It was divided into three arrondissements, 27 cantons and 383 municipalities divided:
The Department had an area of 3,984 square kilometers and in 1812 a total of 352 462 inhabitants.