Arrondissement de Spire explained

Spire
Native Name:Speyer
Native Name Lang:de
Settlement Type:Arrondissement
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:French Empire
Subdivision Type1:Department
Established Title:Established
Established Date:February 17, 1800
Extinct Title:Disbanded
Extinct Date:1814
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto

The Arrondissement de Spire (German: Arrondissement Speyer) was a former French administrative subdivision of the Department of Mont-Tonnerre that was created on February 17, 1800 from territory captured from the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the First Coalition. It was abolished on April 11, 1814 and the territory was ceded to Austria and Bavaria.

It was located on what is now German territory in Rhineland-Palatinate. It contained the cantons of Dürkheim, Edenkoben, Frankenthal, Germersheim, Grünstadt, Mutterstadt, Neustadt, Pfeddersheim, Speyer and Worms.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/almanac/c_chapter10.html Organisation administrative de l'Empire dans l'almanach impérial pour l'année 1810