> > Yes it is correct that 70 % of the county of Bitburg-Pruem (what is the > actually name) belonged to the duchy of Luxemburg untill 1801, 1794-1800 > as french occupation zone. From 1801 when it was officel annext to > France it was a part of this country untill 1814. Then, after Napoleon > last his last battle in Waterloo and after the "Congress of Vienna" the > parts west of the rivers Our ans Sauer (french "la Sure") came to the > "Goverment of Lower-Rhine = Herzogtum Niederrhein" in the "Kingdom of > Prussia = Koenigreich Preussen". Sorry about all your family trouble, Werner. I wonder if you might know the history of the region about 35 kilometers south of Trier that includes Besch, Wochern and Nennig. (This is the area directly east, across the Mosel/Moselle River from Remich, Luxembourg. I have concluded that the area was also part of Luxembourg, then turned over to Prussia in 1815 - but I do not know for sure. Was this area under French rule before 1815? Does anyone know? Thank you in advance, Amy Gray

Hi Amy, Are you sure about your directions? Because 35 km south of Trier you're in the area of Britten in Saarland... For Saarland it has for most of its history belonged to the same entity than Lorraine, France (the duchy of Lorraine for a long time) and during the French Revolution it joined France. I never heard that this area could have belonged to Luxemburg. Anyway Luxemburg has been a county and then a duchy belonging to the German Empire and then to the Netherlands from 1443 (themselves under austrian, spanish and again austrian domination). In 1656 France had obtained the south of the duchy and took it all under the Revolution. In 1815 Luxemburg is detached from the Netherlands and receives the titel of great-duchy. It is given personally to Guillaume 1st of the Netherlands. When Belgium and the Netherlands are separated in 1831, Luxemburg is supposed to be divided amongst those two countries, but a new treaty in 1839 gives officially birth to the great-duchy as entity of itw own even if it's independance is admitted and guaranteed only in 1867. Barbara ----- Message d'origine ----- De : "Amy Gray" <[email protected]> À : <[email protected]> Envoyé : lundi 8 juillet 2002 21:04 Objet : Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Re: Roehl...Trier, etc. > > > > Yes it is correct that 70 % of the county of Bitburg-Pruem (what is the > > actually name) belonged to the duchy of Luxemburg untill 1801, 1794-1800 > > as french occupation zone. From 1801 when it was officel annext to > > France it was a part of this country untill 1814. Then, after Napoleon > > last his last battle in Waterloo and after the "Congress of Vienna" the > > parts west of the rivers Our ans Sauer (french "la Sure") came to the > > "Goverment of Lower-Rhine = Herzogtum Niederrhein" in the "Kingdom of > > Prussia = Koenigreich Preussen". > > Sorry about all your family trouble, Werner. I wonder if you might know the history of the region about 35 kilometers south of Trier that includes Besch, Wochern and Nennig. (This is the area directly east, across the Mosel/Moselle River from Remich, Luxembourg. > > I have concluded that the area was also part of Luxembourg, then turned over to Prussia in 1815 - but I do not know for sure. Was this area under French rule before 1815? > > Does anyone know? > > Thank you in advance, > > Amy Gray > > > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > to unsubscribe >