- Rhin-et-Moselle
Rhin-et-Moselle ( _de. Rhein-und-Mosel) is the name of a département of the
First French Empire in presentGermany . It is named after the riversRhine and Moselle. It was formed in1798 , when the left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France. Prior to the French occupation, its territory was divided between theArchbishopric of Cologne , theArchbishopric of Trier , and theElectoral Palatinate . Its territory is part of the present German landsRhineland-Palatinate andNorth Rhine-Westphalia . Its capital wasCoblenz . The département was subdivided into the followingarrondissement s and cantons:*
Coblenz , cantons:Coblenz ,Andernach ,Boppard ,Cochem ,Kaisersesch ,Lutzerath ,Mayen , Münstermaifeld, Polch, Rübenach, Treis andZell (Mosel) .
*Bonn , cantons:Bonn (2 cantons),Adenau , Ahrweiler,Remagen ,Rheinbach , Virneburg and Wehr.
*Simmern , cantons:Simmern ,Bacharach ,Kastellaun ,Kirchberg (Hunsrück) ,Kirn ,Bad Kreuznach ,Sankt Goar ,Bad Sobernheim , Stromberg and Trarbach. AfterNapoleon was defeated in1814 , the département became part ofPrussia .
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