[Vienna Congress Treaty.] the Circle of Görlitz from that of Bautzen, in such a manner that Ober-Mittel and Nieder-Sohland, Olisch, and Radewitz remain in the possession of Saxony. The great post road between Görlitz and Bautzen shall belong to Prussia, as far as the limits of the said Circles. Then the line shall follow the frontier of the Circle to Dubrauke; it shall then extend upon the heights to the right of the Löbauer-Wasser, so that this rivulet, with its two banks,and the places upon them, as far as Neudorf, shall remain, with this village, to Saxony. The line shall then fall again upon the Spree, and the Schwarzwasser; Liska, Hermsdorf, Ketten, and Solchdorf are assigned to Prussia. From the Schwarz-Elster, near Solchdorf, a right line shall be drawn to the frontier of the Lordship of Königsbruck, near Gross-graebchen. This lordship remains to Saxony, and the line shall follow its northern boundary as far as the Bailiwick of Grossenhayn, in the neighbourhood of Ortrand. Ortrand, and the road from that place by Merzdorf, Stolzenhayn, Gröbeln, and Mühlberg (with the villages on that road, so that no part of it remain beyond the Prussian territory) shall be under the Government of Prussia. The frontier from Gröbeln shall be traced to the Elbe near Fichtenberg, and then shall follow the Bailiwick of Mühlberg. Fichtenberg shall be the property of Prussia. From the Elbe to the frontier of the country of Merseburg, it shall be so regulated that the Bailiwicks of Torgau, Eilenburg, and Delitsch shall pass to Prussia, while those of Oschatz, Wurzen, and Leipsic, shall remain to Saxony. The line shall follow the frontier of these bailiwicks, dividing some inclosures and demi-Inclosures. The road from Mühlberg to Eilenburg shall be wholly within the Prussian territory. From Podelwitz (belonging to the Bailiwick of Leipsic, and remaining to Saxony) as far as Eytra, which also remains to her, the line shall divide the country of Merseburg in such a manner that Breitenfeld, Haenichen, Gross and Klein-Dolzig, MarkRanstädt and Knaut-Nauendorf, remain to Saxony; and Modelwitz, Skenditz, Klein-Liebenau, Alt-Ranstädt, Schkoehlen, and Zietschen, pass to Prussia. From thence the line shall divide the Bailiwick of Pegau between the Floss-graben and the Weisse-Elster; the former, from the point where it separates itself above the town of Crossen (which forms part of the Bailiwick of Haynsburg) from the [Vienna Congress Treaty.] Weisse-Elster to the point where it joins the Saale, below the town of Merseburg, shall belong, in its whole course between those two towns, with both its banks, to the Prussian territory. From thence, where the frontier touches upon that of the country of Zeitz, the line shall follow it as far as the boundary of the country of Altenburg, near Luckau. The frontiers of the Circle of Neustadt, which wholly falls under the dominion of Prussia, remain untouched. The inclosures of Voigtland, in the district of Reuss, that is to say Gefäll, Blintendorf, Sparenberg, and Blankenberg, are comprised in the share of Prussia. Duchy of Saxony. Titles to be borne by the Kings of Prussia and Saxony.t ART. XVI. The provinces and districts of the Kingdom of Saxony,† which are transferred to the dominion of His Majesty the King of Prussia, shall be distinguished by the name of the Duchy of Saxony, and His Majesty shall add to his Titles those of Duke of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia, Margrave of the two Lusatias, and Count of Henneberg. His Majesty the King of Saxony shall continue to bear the title of Margrave of Upper Lusatia. His Majesty shall also continue, with relation to, and in virtue of his right of eventual succession to the possessions of the Ernestine branch, to bear the title of Landgrave of Thuringia and Count of Henneberg. Prussia and Saxony. Guarantee by Great Britain, Austria, France, and Russia of Countries ceded by Saxony to Prussia. ART. XVII. Austria, Russia, Great Britain, and France guarantee to His Majesty the King of Prussia, his descendants and successors, the possession of the countries marked out in Article XV, in full property and sovereignty. Prussia and Saxony. Renunciation by the Emperor of Austria of Rights of Sovereignty over Lusatia.‡ ART. XVIII. His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, *Neustadt was ceded to the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar by the Treaty of 22nd September, 1815. See Treaty between Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Saxony of 18th May, 1815, Art. IV. See Treaties between Prussia and Schwartzburg-Sondershausen of 15th June, 1816, and Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt of 19th June, 1816. [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.t 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.] 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 without being subject to 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; The City of Dantzig and its territory, as the latter was determined by the Treaty of Tilsit [1807]; S 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. |