[Vienna Congress Treaty.] wishing to give to the King of Prussia a fresh proof of his desire to remove every object of future discussion between their two Courts, renounces for himself and his successors his rights of Sovereignty over the Margraviates of Upper and Lower Lusatia, which belonged to him as King of Bohemia, as far as these rights concern the portion of these provinces placed under the dominion. of His Majesty the King of Prussia by virtue of the Treaty with His Majesty the King of Saxony, concluded at Vienna on the 18th May, 1815 (No. 16).* As to the right of reversion of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty to the said portion of the Lusatias united to Prussia, it is transferred to the House of Brandenburg now reigning in Prussia, His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty reserving to himself and his successors, the power of resuming that right in the event of the extinction of the said reigning House. His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty renounces also in favour of His Prussian Majesty, the districts of Bohemia inclosed within the part of Upper Lusatia ceded by the Treaty of the 18th May, 1815 (No. 16), to His Prussian Majesty, which districts comprehend the places of Güntersdorf, Taubentraenke, Neukretschen, Nieder-Gerlachsheim, Winkel, and Ginkel, with their territories. Prussia and Saxony. Reciprocal Renunciation of Feudal Rights. ART. XIX. His Majesty the King of Prussia and His Majesty the King of Saxony, wishing particularly to remove every object of future contest or dispute, renounce, each on his own part, and reciprocally in favour of one another, all feudal rights or pretensions which they might exercise or might have exercised beyond the frontiers fixed by the present Treaty. Prussia and Saxony. Reciprocal Freedom of Emigration.† ART. XX. His Majesty the King of Prussia promises to direct that proper care be taken relative to whatever may affect the property and interests of the respective subjects, upon the most liberal principles. The present Article shall be observed, particularly with regard to the concerns of those individuals who possess property both See Treaty between Prussia, Saxony, &c., of 18th May, 1815. + See Treaty between Prussia, Saxony, &c., of 18th May, 1815, Art. XIII. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] without being subject to * under the Prussian and Saxon Governments, to the commerce of Leipsic, and to all other objects of the same nature; and in order that the individual liberty of the inhabitants, both of the ceded and other provinces, may not be infringed, they shall be allowed to emigrate from one territory to the other, without being exempted, however, from military service, and after fulfilling the formalities required by the laws. They may also remove their property any fine or drawback (Abzugsgeld). Prussia and Saxony. Property of Religious Establishments.* ART. XXI. The communities, corporations, and religious establishments, and those for public instruction in the provinces ceded by His Majesty the King of Saxony to Prussia, or in the provinces and districts remaining to His Saxon Majesty, shall preserve their property, whatever changes they may undergo, as well as the rents becoming due to them, according to the act of their foundation, or which they have acquired by a legal title since that period under the Prussian and Saxon Governments; and neither party shall interfere in the administration and in the collection of the revenues, provided that they be conducted in a manner conformable to the laws, and that the charges be defrayed, to which all property or rents of the like nature are subjected, in the territory in which they occur. Prussia and Saxony. General Amnesty in Saxony.† ART. XXII. No individual domiciliated in the provinces which are under the dominion of His Majesty the King of Saxony, any more than an individual domiciliated in those which by the present Treaty pass under the dominion of the King of Prussia, shall be molested in his person, his property, rents, pensions, or revenues of any kind, in his rank or dignities, nor be prosecuted or called to account in any manner for any part which he, either in a civil or military capacity, may have taken in the events that have occurred since the commencement of the war, terminated by the Peace concluded at Paris on the 30th of May, 1814 (No. 1). This Article equally extends to those who, not being domiciliated in either part of Saxony, may possess in it landed property, rents, pensions or revenues of any kind. * See Treaty between Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Saxony of 18th May, 1815, Art. XVI. + See Treaty between Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Saxony of 18th May, 1815, Art. XXI. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] Designation of the Provinces of which Prussia resumes Possession. ART. XXIII.* His Majesty the King of Prussia having in consequence of the last war, reassumed the possession of the provinces and territories which had been ceded by the Peace of Tilsit [1807], it is acknowledged and declared by the present Article that His Majesty, his heirs and successors, shall possess anew, as formerly, in full property and Sovereignty, the following countries, that is to say; Those of his ancient provinces of Poland specified in Article II;t The City of Dantzig and its territory, as the latter was determined by the Treaty of Tilsit [1807]; § The Circle of Cottbus ; The Old March; The part of the Circle of Magdeburg situated on the left bank of the Elbe, together with the Circle of the Saale ; The Principality of Halberstadt, with the Lordships of Derenburg, and of Hassenrode; The Town and Territory of Quedlinburg (save and except the rights of Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Albertine of Sweden, Abbess of Quedlinburg, conformably to the arrangements made in 1803); The Prussian part of the County of Mansfield; The Prussian part of the County of Hohenstein; The Town of Nordhausen with its territory; The Town of Mühlhausen with its territory; The Prussian part of the district of Trefourt with Dorla; The Town and Territory of Erfurth, with the exception of Klein-Brembach and Berlstedt, inclosed in the Principality of Weimar, ceded to the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar by Article XXXIX; The Bailiwick of Wandersleben, belonging to the County of Unter-gleichen; The Principality of Paderborn, with the Prussian part of the * See Treaty between Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Saxony of 18th May, 1815, Art. LXXVI, § 2. + Annulled. Treaty between France and Russia of 7th July, 1807, Art. VI. Annulled. § Treaty between Prussia, France, and Russia of 7th July, 1807. Annulled. See Art. XXXIX, p. 237. See also Art. XXXIX, p. 237. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] Bailiwicks of Schwallenberg, Oldenburg, and Stoppelberg, and the jurisdictions (Gerichte) of Hagendorn and Odenhausen, situated in the territory of Lippe; The County of Mark, with the part of Lipstadt* belonging to it; The County of Werden; The County of Essen; The part of the Duchy of Cleves on the right bank of the Rhine, with the town and fortress of Wesel; the part of the Duchy, situated on the left bank, specified in Article XXV; The secularised Chapter of Elten; The Principality of Munster, that is to say, the Prussian part of the former Bishopric of Munster, with the exception of that part which has been ceded to His Britannic Majesty, King of Hanover, in virtue of Article XXVII; The secularised Provostship of Cappenburg; The County of Tecklenburg; The County of Lingen, with the exception of that part ceded to the kingdom of Hanover by Article XXVII; The Principality of Minden; The County of Ravensburg; The secularised Chapter of Herford; The Principality of Neufchatel,† with the County of Valengin, such as their Frontiers are regulated by the Treaty of Paris (No. 1), and by Article LXXVI of this General Treaty. The same disposition extends to the rights of Sovereignty and suzeraineté over the County of Wernigerode, to that of high protection over the County of Hohen-Limbourg, and to all the other rights or pretensions whatsoever which IIis Prussian Majesty possessed and exercised, before the Peace of Tilsit [1807], and which he has not renounced by other Treaties, Acts, or Conventions. Prussian Possessions on this side (en deça) of the Rhine. ART. XXIV. His Majesty the King of Prussia shall unite to his Monarchy in Germany, on this side of the Rhine, to be pos* See Treaty between Prussia and Lippe of 17th May 1850. + The King of Prussia renounced his Sovereign Rights over the Principality of Neufchatel and the County of Valengin, by the Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, and Switzerland of 26th May, 1857, by which Treaty it was also declared that the Principality should continue to form part of the Swiss Confederation in conformity with Article LXXV, p. 254, of the Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June 1815. See also Arts. XXIX and XLII, pp. 232, 238. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] sessed by him and his successors in full property and Sovereignty, the following countries: The provinces of Saxony designated in Article XV, with the exception of the places and territories ceded, in virtue of Article XXXIX, to His Highness the Grand Duke of SaxeWeimar ; The territories ceded to Prussia by His Britannic Majesty, King of Hanover, by Article XXIX; Part of the Department of Fulda, and such of the territories comprehended therein as are specified in Article XL; The Town and Territory of Wetzlar, according to Article XLII; The Grand Duchy of Berg with the Lordships of Hardenberg, Broik, Styrum, Schöller and Odenthal, formerly belonging to the said Duchy under the Palatine Government; The districts of the ancient Archbishopric of Cologne, lately belonging to the Grand Duchy of Berg; The Duchy of Westphalia, as lately possessed by Ilis Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse; The County of Dortmund; The Principality of Corbey: The Mediatised Districts specified in Article XLIII. The ancient possessions of the House of Nassau-Dietz, having been ceded to Prussia by His Majesty the King of the Netherlands (No. 22), and a part of these possessions having been exchanged for the districts belonging to their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Prince of Nassau (No. 23), the King of Prussia shall possess them, in sovereignty and property, and unite them to his monarchy; 1. The Principality of Siegen with the Bailiwicks of Burbach and Neunkirchen, with the exception of a part containing 12,000 inhabitants, to belong to the Duke and Prince of Nassau* (No. 23); Ehrenbreitstein, &c. 2. The Bailiwicks of Hohen-Solms, Greifenstein, Braunfels, Frensberg, Friedewald, Schönstein, Schönberg, Altenkirchen, Altenwied, Dierdorf, Neuerburg, Linz, Hammerstein, with Engers and Heddesdorf; the town and territory (Banlieue Gemarkung) of Neuwied; the parish of Ham, belonging to the Bailiwick of Hackenberg; the parish of Horhausen, constituting part of the Bailiwick of Hersbach, and the parts of the Bailiwicks of Vallendar and Ehrenbreitstein, on the right bank of the Rhine, designated in the Convention concluded between His Majesty the King of * See Treaty between Prussia and Nassau of 31st May, 1815. |