département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety- ...
of the
Grand Duchy of Berg
The Grand Duchy of Berg (german: Großherzogtum Berg), also known as the Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves, was a territorial grand duchy established in 1806 by Emperor Napoleon after his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz (1805) on territories b ...
, a satellite state of the First French Empire, in present day Germany.Rudolf Göcke: ''Das Großherzogtum Berg unter Joachim Murat, Napoleon I. und Louis Napoleon 1806–1813. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der französischen Fremdherrschaft auf dem rechten Rheinufer'', Köln 1877 tark antifranzösisch ausgerichtete Tendenzschrift/ref> It was named after the river Ruhr, which flows through the département.
The capital was Dortmund.