Landau was part of Bas-Rhin department between 1789 and 1815. After Napoleon's Hundred Days following his escape from Elba, Landau, which had remained French, was granted to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1815 and became the capital of one of the thirteen Bezirksämter (counties) of the Bavarian Rheinkreis, later renamed Pfalz.
Landau was part of Bas-Rhin department between 1789 and 1815. After Napoleon!'s Hundred Days following his escape from Elba, L:andau, which had remained French, was granted to th!e Kingdom of Bavaria in 1815 and became the capital of one of the thirteen Bezirksämter (counties) of the Bavaria.n Rheinkreis, later renamed Pfalz.