sarre, department, sarre, french, saʁ, department, first, french, republic, first, french, empire, territory, part, germany, belgium, named, after, river, saar, french, sarre, created, 1798, aftermath, treaty, campo, formio, october, 1797, which, ceded, left, . Sarre French saʁ was a department in the First French Republic and First French Empire Its territory is now part of Germany and Belgium Named after the river Saar French Sarre it was created in 1798 in the aftermath of the Treaty of Campo Formio of 18 October 1797 which ceded the left bank of the Rhine to France Departement de la Saar 1802 Despite its name it covered a much larger area than the historical area known as the Saarland Prior to the French occupation of the area from 1793 onward its territory had been divided between the Electorate of Trier Nassau Saarbrucken and the Electorate of the Palatinate the Duchy of Zweibrucken and the County of Veldenz Its territory is now part of the German states Rhineland Palatinate and Saarland as well as a tiny adjacent section of the Belgian province of Liege Its capital was Trier The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons situation in 1812 1 Trier French Treves cantons Bernkastel Budlich Konz Pfalzel Saarburg Schweich Trier and Wittlich Birkenfeld cantons Baumholder Birkenfeld Grumbach Hermeskeil Herrstein Kusel Meisenheim Rhaunen and Wadern Prum cantons Blankenheim Daun Gerolstein Kyllburg Lissendorf Manderscheid Prum Reifferscheid and Schonberg Saarbrucken French Sarrebruck cantons Blieskastel Lebach Merzig Ottweiler Saarbrucken Sankt Wendel and Waldmohr Its population in 1812 was 277 596 and its area was 493 513 hectares 1 219 500 acres 1 After Napoleon was defeated in 1814 most of the department became part of Prussia with smaller parts assigned to Duchy of Oldenburg Birkenfeld and Bavaria The cantons of Sankt Wendel and Baumholder were given to Saxe Coburg Saalfeld as the Principality of Lichtenberg which was sold to Prussia in 1834 The canton of Meisenheim was given to Hesse Homburg which was annexed to Prussia in 1866 France retained Saarbrucken but after Waterloo it was punished and it lost the town together with Saarlouis from nearby Moselle The former Schonberg canton would later be included in the Eupen Sankt Vith Malmedy plebiscite area following World War I See also editSaar League of Nations governed territory 1920 1935 Saar French protectorate 1947 1959 References edit a b Almanach Imperial an bissextil MDCCCXII p 463 accessed in Gallica 26 July 2013 in French 49 45 00 N 6 38 00 E 49 75 N 6 63333 E 49 75 6 63333 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sarre department amp oldid 1207113278, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
