- Bouches-du-Weser
Bouches-du-Weser ( _de. Wesermündungen) is the name of a département of the
First French Empire in presentGermany . It is named after the mouth of the riverWeser . It was formed in1811 , when the region was annexed by France. Prior to the Napoleonic occupation; its territory was divided between the free city of Bremen, the duchy of Oldenburg, and theElectorate of Hanover . Its territory is part of the present German statesLower Saxony and Bremen. Its capital was Bremen. The département was subdivided into the followingarrondissement s and cantons:* Bremen, cantons:
Achim , Bremen, Lilienthal,Ottersberg ,Rotenburg ,Syke ,Thedinghausen and Verden.
* Bremerlehe, cantons:Beverstedt , Bremerlehe,Dorum ,Hagen im Bremischen , Osterholz and Vegesack.
* Nienburg, cantons:Bassum ,Bruchhausen , Hoya,Liebenau , Nienburg,Rethem ,Stolzenau ,Sulingen andWalsrode .
* Oldenburg, cantons: Berne, Burhave,Delmenhorst ,Elsfleth ,Hatten ,Oldenburg ,Ovelgönne ,Rastede ,Varel andWesterstede .After Napoleon was defeated in
1814 , the département was divided between theKingdom of Hanover , theDuchy of Oldenburg , and the free city of Bremen.
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