Principality of Salm














































Principality of Salm


Fürstentum Salm

1802–1811


Flag of Salm


Flag

Status
Client of the First French Empire,
State of the Confederation of the Rhine
Capital Bocholt
Government Principality
Historical era Napoleonic Wars
• Created from Cty Anholt and Bp Münster
1802
• Joined Confed.
    of the Rhine
 
1806
• Annexed by France
1811
• Mediatised to Prussia
1815












Preceded by

Succeeded by











Bishopric of Münster

County of Anholt






Lippe (department)



The Principality of Salm was a short-lived client state of Napoleonic France located in Westphalia.



History


Salm was created in 1802 as a state of the Holy Roman Empire in order to compensate the princes of Salm-Kyrburg and Salm-Salm, who had lost their states to France in 1793–1795. The territory of the new principality was formally assigned by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803. The new territory was not near most of the old territories of the princes, but instead extended the County of Anholt, which had been a minor possession of the prince of Salm-Salm. Most of the area was taken from the dissolved Bishopric of Münster.


The Principality of Salm was ruled jointly by the princes of Salm-Kyrburg and Salm-Salm, Frederick IV, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg, and Constantine Alexander, Prince of Salm-Salm; each line had equal sovereign rights, but neither had a separate territory. Salm became independent and joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806. It was annexed by France in 1811. Its territory was given to Prussia by the Congress of Vienna in 1815; it became the westernmost part of the Prussian Province of Westphalia.



Geography


The capital of Salm was Bocholt. Salm had an area of about 1,760 km² and a population of 59,086. It covered approximately the same area as the present-day District of Borken.



External links



  • Principality of Salm, at flaggenlexikon.de (in German and in English)










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