Ems-Oriental

The department of Ems - Oriental ( German department of the Eastern Ems; Dutch Department van de Ooster - Eemian ) was a country from 1811 to 1813 to the French belonging Territory. It included parts of East Frisia and Jever country in what is now Lower Saxony.

History

After the battle of Jena and Auerstedt (1806 ) and then made ​​the Treaty of Tilsit (1807 ) fell Ostfriesland and the Jeverland as Department Oost- Friesland to the Kingdom of Holland, and thus in the French sphere of influence. In 1810, the region finally came as the department of Ems - Oriental ( Osterems ) directly to the French Empire. In 1812 should be changed to the French weights and measures system, plus there was not however. After Napoleon's defeat in 1814, the old borders were restored, Ostfriesland finally came to the Kingdom of Hanover, the Jeverland to Oldenburg.

Area

The department of Ems - Oriental consisted essentially of the earlier Prussian Principality of East Frisia and Jever parts of the rule. The Russian Tsar Alexander I had the dominion of Jever ceded to the Kingdom of the Netherlands on July 7, 1807, at the Peace of Tilsit. The East Frisian area west Ems ( Rheiderland ) was spun and the Dutch department of Ems - Occidental with the main town of Groningen slammed the basis of old Dutch claims from Ostfriesland.

Structure

Capital ( chef-lieu ) of the department or office of the prefecture was the city of Aurich. It was divided into three arrondissements, 14 cantons and 108 communes:

The Department had a total of 128,200 inhabitants in 1812.