Cisrhenian Republic

Cisrhenanische Republik

Client state of France

1797–1802

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Capital

Cologne

Government

Republic

Historical era

Napoleonic Wars

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Creation

28 August 1797

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De jure annexed by France

28 August 1802

Preceded by

Succeeded by

	Electorate of Cologne
	Electorate of Mainz
	Electorate of Trier
	Electoral Palatinate
	Duchy of Jülich
	Duchy of Cleves
	Free Imperial City of Aachen

French First Republic

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The Cisrhenian Republic (German: Cisrhenanische Republik) was a client state (sister republic) of the French Revolutionary Wars. It was proclaimed in 1797 on the Left Bank of the Rhine under French occupation.

At the beginning of the War of the First Coalition, in 1792, French revolutionary troops conquered the Palatinate region and occupied the cities of Mainz, Speyer, and Worms. They terminated the centuries-long reign of the local nobility and clergy, which met with approval among broad sections of the public. A German Jacobin Club was established at Mainz in October to promote the export of revolution in the lands of the Holy Roman Empire together with the occupying forces. The short-lived Republic of Mainz, established in March 1793, was the first attempt to implement a democratic state on current German territory. The Republic ended after Prussian and Austrian coalition troops started the Siege of Mainz and forced the surrender of the city.

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