Ruhr (department)
The Department of Ruhr, Ruhr Department also was the administrative unit for the eastern Ruhr or the County of Mark and areas north of the lip inside the Grand Duchy of Berg under French rule from 1806 to the year 1813.
It consisted of the previous counties Mark, Dortmund and Limburg, the southern part of the Principality of Münster, the rule Rheda and the city of Lippstadt with their field.
History
In the train of the Napoleonic campaigns taken by the French troops in 1806, owned by the County of Mark. In the subsequent Treaty of Tilsit on July 9, 1807, the Prussian king his Westphalian territories ceded including the County of Mark to the French Empire.
The County of Mark was annexed to the Grand Duchy of newly formed Mountain on January 21, 1808. Dusseldorf was since 1806 the capital of the Grand Duchy. Drastic administrative reforms after the French model, however, were carried out only since 1808 and in more restrained form. After the four main rivers, it was divided into four departments:
- The department Rhine
- The department Ruhr (Dortmund Prefecture)
- The department victory
- The Département Ems.
Sovereign was until the summer of 1808 formally Joachim Murat, Napoleon's brother in law and later King of Naples. He was succeeded as formally until 1812 Napoleon's nephew Louis Napoleon, who was still in the infancy. Napoleon controlled the Grand Duchy of Berg and thus the industrially important department Ruhr actually personally. The introduction of freedom of trade, especially in 1808 by Napoleon was exemplary for the further development of the administrative area or the resulting Ruhr area and is counting on the positive achievements of the French rule in the so-called satellite states.
The Ruhr Department consisted of the three arrondissements Dortmund, Hamm and Hagen. At the top tip of the prefect of the Ruhr departments, Baron Gisbert von Romberg was to Brünninghausen.
Dortmund was determined as the capital of the Ruhr departments. Because it had a more favorable situation and more appropriate administrative building as Hamm, the former imperial city was the seat of numerous administrative and judicial authorities.
After Napoleon's defeat in the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, the French withdrew on the left side of the Rhine. The Ruhr Department thus broke up and went into the Prussian control or management circle.
From 1 January 1815, the region was under the sovereignty of the Prussian king again. On 1 August 1816, the new Prussian province of Westphalia was with the administrative districts of Arnsberg, Minden and Münster.
Structure
After 1808 introduced administrative divisions on the French model, each department was divided into arrondissements and on the lower level in cantons and mairies ( mayors ). The Ruhr Department consisted of the three arrondissements Dortmund, Hagen and Hamm.
Arrondissement Dortmund
Initially belonged to the cantons Arrondissement Dortmund Dortmund, Bochum, Horde, Unna, Werne and Luedinghausen. Later, the Canton sending Horst was added.
The Canton Dortmund were the mairies Dortmund, Lünen and Castrop.
The Canton Bochum formed among others, the Mairie Herne and Witten Mairie.
The Canton Unna formed under different Unna, Mulhouse and Uelzen.
Arrondissement Hagen
For Arrondissement Hagen were among the cantons Hagen, Hattingen, Iserlohn, Limburg (now Hagen- Hohenlimburg), Neuenrade, Lüdenscheid and Schwelm.
The Canton Hagen formed the mairies Hagen, Herdecke, Enneperstraße, Boele and Breckerfeld.
The Canton Schwelm formed the mairies Ennepe, Volmarstein, Long box, Haßlinghausen, ...
The Canton Hattingen formed the mairies Hattingen, Sprockhövel and Blankenstein.
The Canton Neuenrade formed the mairies Plettenberg, ...
The Canton Iserlohn formed the mairies Hemer, ...
The Canton Lüdenscheid formed the mairies Lüdenscheid, Meinerzhagen, Low Tide, ...
Arrondissement Hamm
For Arrondissement Hamm among the cantons Ahlen, Beckum, Hamm, Lippstadt, Oelde, Soest and Rheda. Later, the cantons sassenberg and Warendorf were added.
The Canton Ahlen formed the mairies Ahlen, Drensteinfurt, Heessen and sending Horst.
The Canton Beckum were the mairies Beckum, Lippborg and Vorhelm.
The Canton Hamm were the mairies Hamm, Pelkum and Rhynern.
The Canton Lippstadt included only the city Lippstadt.
The Canton Oelde formed the mairies Liesborn, Oelde, Ostenfelde and Wadersloh.
The Canton Rheda formed the mairies Gütersloh, Herzebrock, clear wood and Rheda.
The Canton sassenberg formed the mairies Beelen, Harsewinkel and Sass mountain.
The Canton Warendorf formed the mairies Old Warendorf, Freckenhorst, Hoetmar and Warendorf.