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No. 34.-TERRITORIAL CONVENTION between Prussia and Saxe-Weimar. Signed at Paris, 22nd September, 1815.

1. Cessions made and to be made by Prussia, in conformity with the Treaty of 1st June, 1815.

2. Cessions to be obtained by Prussia from the Elector of Hesse in favour of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

3. Renunciation made by the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, in consideration of the Ceded Territories.

4. Exchange of the Villages of Näda and Ringleben.

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

6. Redemption of the Revenues of Bischoffsrode and Probsteizella.

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

8. Navigation of the Rivers Unstrut and Gera.

9. Right of Passage by certain Military Routes ceded to Prussia.

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

11. Surrender of Archives, Distribution of Debts.

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

13. Commission reciprocally appointed to arrange the stipulations of Articles X, XI, and XII.

14. Liquidation of the Claims of Weimar of 1805 and 1806.

15. Exchange of Ratifications.

(Translation.*)

His Majesty the King of Prussia, and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, reciprocally inclined, in pursuance of the Preliminary Convention of 1st June this year (No. 24), to settle more precisely, and to carry into execution by a special State Treaty, those conditions which were determined at the Congress of Vienna in favour of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, and of which the fulfilment has been undertaken by His Majesty the King, have therefore appointed Plenipotentiaries to agree to, decide, and sign everything relating to this matter, that is to say:

His Majesty the King of Prussia His State Chancellor Prince von Hardenberg, Knight of the Royal Prussian Order of the

* For French Translation, see "State Papers," vol. ii, p. 944.

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Great Black and Red Eagle, &c.; and Charles William, Baron von Humboldt, His Minister of State, Chamberlain, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Imperial Royal Apostolic Majesty, &c.; and

His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-WeimarEisenach, Ernest Augustus, Baron von Gersdorff, His Acting Privy Councillor in the Ministry;

Who, after having found their Full Powers in good and proper form, and exchanged them with each other, have agreed to the following Articles :

C'essions made and to be made by Prussia, in conformity with the Treaty of 1st June, 1815.

ART. I. His Majesty the King of Prussia having already, by the Treaty of the 1st of June last (No. 24), ceded to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach:

1. The Lordship of Blankenhayn, with the exception of the bailiwick of Wandersleben, which remains with Prussia, but including the detached village of Remssla;

2. The lower lordship of Kranichfeld;

3. The former Commanderies of the German Orders of Zwætzen, Lehesten, and Liebstädt, with the whole of their revenues, so far as they belong to the bailiwick of Eckartsberga, and form enclaves in the Weimar territory, and also all the other districts belonging to the said bailiwick and enclosed in the principality of Weimar;

4. The bailiwick of Tautenburg, with the exception of the districts of Droizen, Görschen, Wethaburg, Wetterscheid, and Wollschütz, which remain with Prussia;

5. The districts of Berlstedt and part of Klein-Brembach, belonging to Schloss-Vippach, in the Erfurth territory;

He adds to these cessions the following:

6. The Neustädt Circle, belonging to His Duchy of Saxony, within the boundaries existing at the time of the signature of the present Treaty, but with the exception of all that which lies to the west and south of a line which cuts through the said circle from that of Saalfield up to the Russian frontier, in such wise that the districts of Röhmen, Däbritz, Grabengereut, Laaske, Posen, Keule, Tausa, Schöndorf, and Völkmannsdorf, with their lands, come to Weimar; and the districts of Podelwitz, Gertewitz, Seebach, Behren, Schmorda, Moxa, Passka, Culmla, Ziegenrück, and Esbach, likewise with their lands, remain with Prussia.

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7. The following detached districts, adjoining or in the neighbourhood of the Weimar territory, all with their lands:

a. Lochstädt, belonging to the bailiwick of Naumburg;

b. Darnstädt, belonging to the bailiwick of Pforta;

c. Widdersrode, Nieder-Trebra, Ober-Reufsen, Nirmsdorf, Redersdorf, Ellersleben, Klein-Neuhaussen, Gross-Neuhaussen, and Oelisshaussen, of the bailiwick of Eckartsberga;

d. Essleben, likewise of the bailiwick of Eckartsberga, of which Weimar already possesses the territorial property under the sovereignty of Prussia;

e. Willerstädt, belonging to the bailiwick of Wendelstein; f. Krannichborn, of the bailiwick of Weisensee.

8. The following bailiwicks and districts of the Erfurth territory:

a. Schloss-Vippach ;

b. The villages of Stotternheim and Schwerborn, of the Gispersleben bailiwick;

c. The bailiwick of Atzmannsdorf;

d. The bailiwick of Danndorf, with the districts of Isserode and Hainichen attached thereto.

9. The cantons or circuits of Dermbach and Geisa, belonging to the Fulda department of the former Grand Duchy of Frankfort, within their present boundaries, according to the last territorial division.

His Majesty the King of Prussia renounces for himself, his posterity, and successors, the above-mentioned districts and places to be ceded, which will for the future be possessed by His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, with all supreme and sovereign rights, and others appertaining thereto. As the transfer of the Cessions Nos. 1 to 5 has already taken place, the additional ones in Nos. 6, 7, 8, and 9 shall be transferred within 4 weeks from the signature of this Treaty, or before if possible.

Cessions to be obtained by Prussia from the Elector of Hesse in favour of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

ART. II. His Majesty the King of Prussia moreover undertakes to obtain from His Royal Highness the Elector of Hesse the cession of the following Districts and localities, in favour of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, namely:

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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, His 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 IIis 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