Exchange 2010 Recovery, Cannot Delete Server

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I made a terrible mistake by just remove an offline exchange 2010 server and threw away the VHD as well, no backup.

I was able to install Exhange 2010 by installing a new 2008r2 server with same name. Setup /m:RecoverServer. This worked , i was able to recover it.
But it did not recover the maildatabase obviously.
So now i cannot unstall the mail database because it is dismounted, and i cannot dismount it. Also create a new one is not possible due to the unique name.
Question is, how can i create a new database with the same ID or how can i remove the database (last one in the org) while it does not exist.

Tried following via Console and PowerShell without success.
I hope someone can help me, just want to this one server out of my environment.

The mailbox database ‘Mailbox Database 0146895799’ cannot be deleted.
Mailbox Database 0146895799
Failed
Error:
This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes or arbitration mailboxes. To get a list of all mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database . To get a list of all arbitration mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database -Arbitration. Before you can remove this mailbox database, you must disable, move, or remove user mailboxes and move arbitration mailboxes.

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OK

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The operation couldn’t be performed because object ‘Mailbox Database 014895799’ couldn’t be found on
remove-mailbox *1f05a* -arbitration
Exchange can’t remove the arbitration mailbox “*1f05a*” because it’s the last one in the organization.
disable-mailbox -identity “Mailbox Database 014895799” -confirm
The operation couldn’t be performed because object ‘Mailbox Database 014895799’ couldn’t be found on ‘xj6srvr01.domain.nl’.
[PS] C:Windowssystem32>remove-mailboxdatabase -identity “Mailbox Database 0146895799”
This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes or arbitration mailboxes. To get a list of all mailboxes in this d
atabase, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database . To get a list of all arbitration mailboxes in this databa
se, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database -Arbitration. Before you can remove this mailbox database, you
must disable, move, or remove user mailboxes and move arbitration mailboxes.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Mailbox Database 0146895799:DatabaseIdParameter) [Remove-MailboxDatab
ase], AssociatedUserMailboxExistException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 681B336F,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.RemoveMailboxDatabase

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