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a. The bailiwick of Frauensee, including Gosperoda; b. The domain of Völkershausen ;

c. The domain of Lengsfeld;

d. The bailiwick of Vacha, including the town of Vacha with the prefecture of Kreuzberg, but excluding the districts of Kreuzberg, Philippsthal, Thalhausen, Nippe, Hillartshausen, Röhrich, and Neuroda;

e. The districts of Dippech, Gesterode, Vitzerode, and Abterode, of the Friedewald bailiwick;

f. The village of Wenigentaft.

His Royal Highness the Elector of Hesse will transfer the same to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-WeimarEisenach for everlasting and irrevocable possession, with all the supreme, sovereign, feudal, domanial and other rights which he, the Elector, possessed therein, or as appertaining thereto, on the 1st of August last, and the transfer shall take place as soon as possible, and within six weeks at latest.

Renunciation made by the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, in consideration of the ceded territories.

ART. III. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, on the other hand, declares himself entirely satisfied with the above mentioned districts and places falling to his share according to Articles I and II, for the increase of 50,000 inhabitants awarded to him in accordance with the Resolutions of the Congress of Vienna (No. 27), and which His Majesty the King of Prussia undertook to assign to him, and with another population of 27,000 inhabitants to be granted to him from the former department of Fulda. He engages for his posterity and successors, after having received the districts and places falling to his share according to Articles I and II of the present Treaty, never to make any further claim upon His Majesty the King of Prussia on account of the aforesaid increase of 77,000 inhabitants altogether, nor upon any possessor of a share of the department of Fulda.

Exchange of the Villages of Näda and Ringleben,

ART. IV. As it has been agreed to exchange the Villages of Näda and Ringleben with their lands and all the rights and revenues appertaining thereto, IIis Majesty the King resigns the first, and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke the second, recipro

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cally, and the exchange shall take place within 4 weeks, or sooner if possible.

Cession of certain Rights belonging to the Grand Duke, in the Prussian part of Erfurth.

ART. V. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke cedes to His Majesty the King all rights which he, the Grand Duke, may heretofore have exercised or asserted in the part of the territory and town of Erfurth, which, after the execution of the present Treaty, is to remain with Prussia.

This cession does not, however, include the Toll which His Royal Highness the Grand Duke levies in the town and territory of Erfurth.

But His Royal Highness undertakes to give up this Toll also to Prussia by a special Convention to be concluded, on receiving full compensation.

Redemption of the Revenues of Bischoffsrode and Probsteizella.

ART. VI. The manorial revenues of the districts of Bischoffsrode and Probsteizella, already under the Sovereignty of Weimar, and situated in the department of the Eisenach bailiwick, which districts were ceded by Prussia to Weimar by the Treaty of 1st June last (No. 24), shall be taken into account in the redemption of the Toll above reserved.

Cession of Rights belonging to the King of Prussia, as Sovereign of Erfurth, in the territories of the Grand Duke.

ART. VII. His Majesty the King of Prussia cedes to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, in return for the provision in Article V in like manner, all rights which he, in the capacity of Sovereign of the town and territory of Erfurth, may have hitherto exercised or asserted in the Grand Ducal Weimar-Eisenach territories as they will exist after the execution of this Treaty.

Navigation of the Rivers Unstrut and Gera.

ART. VIII. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of SaxeWeimar-Eisenach engages to allow Prussia, if she should deem it for her interest, to make the Unstrut and Gera navigable or floatable also so far as they flow in his territory. He will not burden the navigation and floatage on those waters with any tolls and

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taxes, nor will he place any obstacles in the way of their use by Prussian subjects.

Right of Passage by certain Military Routes ceded to Prussia.

ART. IX. His Highness the Grand Duke undertakes to grant to the Prussian Monarchy the use of the following Military Roads in time of war and peace :-

1. Along the great Frankfort causeway from Leipsig by Weimar and Erfurth to Eisenach, from whence the transport will be either by Berka to Hersfeld, or by Vach to Fulda, as is to be arranged by a further Convention;

2. From Prussian Thuringia by Buttstädt to Erfurth ;

3. From Gera by Amua to Schleitz and Gefäll;

4. A Road to be hereafter definitely arranged from the Prussian territory into that part of the Neustadt Circle, which is not ceded to Weimar by the present Treaty.

The rights appertaining to Prussia on all these Military Roads, as well as the reciprocal engagements connected therewith, shall be determined in the same manner as has been done for the Military Roads passing through the kingdom of Hanover (No. 21), between the Prussian and Hanoverian Governments.

Obligations imposed on Prussia, in regard to the ceded parts of the Kingdom of Saxony, accepted by the Grand Duke.

ART. X. As His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of SaxeWeimar-Eisenach receives districts and portions of territory which have been transferred from the kingdom of Saxony to the Prussian Monarchy, His Royal Highness acquires all the rights ceded to Prussia with those districts, and undertakes all the engagements undertaken by Prussia in regard thereto, in so far as they, by the present Treaty, and that of the 1st of June last, relate or are applicable to the Saxon districts ceded to Weimar.

His Royal Highness therefore acknowledges, in respect to the said territory, all the stipulations as valid for himself which are contained in the Treaty concluded between Saxony and Prussia on the 18th of May, 1815 (No. 16), and especially those in Articles VI, VII, IX, X, XI, and XVIII, in regard to the Archives, debts, Exchequer bills, central tax, pensions, Exchequer balances, ecclesiastical foundations, and other similar matters, or those which are still to be determined by the Commission to be appointed in accordance with Article XIV of the said Treaty, His Royal Highness

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undertakes all the engagements arising therefrom, and His Majesty the King of Prussia gives up to him all the rights connected therewith. In special regard to the Neustadt circle divided between Prussia and Weimar by the present Treaty, all the burdens and advantages thereby appertaining to the whole Circle will be divided between the two shares according to the principles adopted in the cessions made by Saxony to Prussia, and the same is applicable to the ceded portions of separate bailiwicks of other Circles.

Surrender of Archives, Distribution of Debts.

ART. XI. All Documents and Papers which exclusively relate to the districts and places formerly bel nging to Erfurth and now ceded to Weimar, will be delivered up to the Grand Ducal Weimar Government within three months from the date of the signature of this Treaty, and attested copies of such documents as relate not exclusively but partially to the said districts will be furnished on demand.

In regard to the Debts and burdens, His Royal Highness undertakes not only those specially incumbent on the ceded districts, but also a share of the general debts and burdens of the whole province, to be determined according to the analogy of the principles mentioned in the preceding Article. Those principles are also to serve as a guide in all other matters which it is necessary to arrange in consequence of the present cession.

Engagements in regard to the Grand Duchy of Frankfort, on the part of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

ART. XII. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of SaxeWeimar-Eisenach will, in consequence of the obligation undertaken in the Treaty of 1st June last (No. 24), undertake the obligations attached to the former Grand Duchy of Frankfort and appertaining to the new possessors of shares thereof, according to the proportion of the 27,000 inhabitants in Fulda, originally awarded to him. The same principle is to be applied to the special obligations of the Department of Fulda. On the other hand, the districts of Electoral Hesse allotted to him according to Article II, will pass over to him free from debt.

Commission reciprocally appointed to Arrange the Stipulations of Articles X, XI, and XII.

ART. XIII. The arrangement of the stipulations contained in

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Articles X, XI, XII, is to be made by a Commission to be appointed by both Parties, and which will assemble at Weimar immediately after the territorial transfer, in order to complete the work in the shortest possible time.

Liquidation of the Claims of Weimar of 1805 and 1806.

ART. XIV. His Majesty the King of Prussia will also have the liquidation of the Weimar claims for maintenance of troops in the years 1805 and 1806, brought forward again, and direct the settlement thereof, according to circumstances.

Exchange of Ratifications.

ART. XV. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged within 6 weeks from the signature

thereof.

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and affixed to it the Seal of their Arms.

Done at Paris, 22nd September, 1815.

(L.S.) CHARLES PRINCE V. HARDENBERG. (L.S.) WILLIAM BARON V. HUMBOLDT. (L.S.) ERNEST AUGUSTUS BARON V. GERSDORFF.

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