Principality of Leyen

The Principality of Leyen was a 1806 to 1813 existing small state in the southwest of Germany and the Rhineland state under the protectorate of the French Emperor. It fell in 1818 to the Grand Duchy of Baden.

History

The principality was established in 1806 in succession to the county Hohengeroldseck and was encircled by Badischer territory. Its existence owes the small state the fact that Count Philipp Franz was a nephew of Prince Primate Karl Theodor von Dalberg von der Leyen. The Principality was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine dominated by Napoleon.

After the Battle of Leipzig Prince Philip, who lived in Paris for years, the coalition led by Prussia, Russia and Austria did not join. Therefore Hohengeroldseck was canceled on December 12, 1813 as " unclaimed land " and placed under the administration of the victorious powers. When Prince Philip endeavored later to join the coalition, it has now denied this.

By the Congress of Vienna Hohengeroldseck concluded, first of 1815 Austria. On the Aachen Congress in 1818 it passed by exchange of territory to the Grand Duchy of Baden: Baden received Hohengeroldseck, but it resigned the office Steinfeld from Austria, which in turn left it to the Kingdom of Bavaria. The handover took place Hohengeroldsecks in Baden on October 4, 1819. The area was initially managed as a " Temporary Office Hohengeroldseck " until it was added to the official Lahr on March 1, 1831.