1811 establishments in the First French Empire

'''Bouches-de-l'Elbe''' (; , ; both ) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Germany that survived for three years. It was named after the mouth of the river Elbe. It was formed in 1811, when the region, originally belonging partially to Bremen-Verden (which in 1807 had been intermittently incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia), to Hamburg, Lübeck and Saxe-Lauenburg, was annexed by France. Its territory is part of the present-day German states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg. Its capital was Hamburg.

thumb|right|Location of Bouches-du-Weser in France (1812)

former French department (1811-1814)

former French department (1811-1814)

thumb|Location of Ems-Supérieur in France (1812) Ems-Supérieur (, "Upper Ems"; ) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Germany. It was formed in 1811, when the region was annexed by France. Its territory was part of the present-day German lands Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Its capital was Osnabrück.