Blankenburg district
The Blankenburg district was an administrative unit in the Saale department in the Kingdom of Westphalia . It was formed by the Royal Decree of December 24, 1807 and existed until 1813.
territory
The district consisted for the most part of the former Brunswick County Blankenburg with the County of Wernigerode and the Quedlinburg Abbey in the east, which was previously Prussian . It bordered on the south of the Nordhausen district and extended to the entire eastern Upper Harz. In the east the district bordered on the Electoral Saxon Mansfeld and the Anhaltinian principalities, in the north on the district Halberstadt .
In 1807 the district had 53,294 inhabitants and an area of 17.4 mi². In 1811, 54,877 people lived there within 22.72 square miles . 157 of them were Catholic, 452 Reformed and 99 Jewish.
organization
The district was headed by a sub-prefect . The sub-prefect of the Blankenburg district was called (von) Hohnstein and had his seat in Blankenburg .
The district council to control the tax lists was formed by Messrs. Kulemann and Eggeling, a Freiherr von Hagen, Heckert and Hermes, Messrs. Krage, Lohmeyer, Solbrig, Timpe, Walther and Wilhelmi.
Courts of the Peace were located in Blankenburg, Elbingerode, Derenburg, Ermsleben, Ilsenburg, Hasselfelde and two each in the city of Wernigerode and the city of Quedlinburg.
Cantonal division
On December 24, 1807, the district was divided into 10 cantons with 48 communes:
| Canton (main town) | Kantonmaire | population | Area in mi² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blankenburg | vacant (1809) Theodor Kruse (1810–1812) |
6,961 | 2.82 |
| Derenburg | Michaelis | 3,927 | 1.54 |
| Elbingerode | Christian Friedrich Wedemeyer | 4,599 | 3.63 |
| Experience | Ludwig Busso from the Asseburg (?) | 4,685 | 2.17 |
| Hasselfelde | Christian Gottfried Trumpf | 3,452 | 2.57 |
| Ilsenburg | Schmidt | 5,670 | 2.1 |
| Quedlinburg-Land ( Ditfurt ) | Johann Heinrich Gottlieb Bollmann (?) | 6,970 | 3.83 |
| Quedlinburg City | Johann August Donndorff | 10,452 | 0.34 |
| Wernigerode country | Germar | 4.148 | 3.55 |
| Wernigerode city | Johann Andreas Scheller | 4.013 | 0.17 |
literature
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.), " Royal Decree, whereby the division of the kingdom into eight departments is ordered", with: "Directory of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom" , in: Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie , Vol. I (1807) No. 6. P. 1807 ( PDF ; 5.1 MB)
- Nicola Peter Todorov: L'administration du royaume de Westphalie 1807-1813. Le département de l'Elbe. Editions universitaires, Saarbrücken 2010.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Royal Decree, which orders the division of the kingdom into eight departments . List of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom. In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie, Vol. I (1807) No. 6 . S. 131 ff . ( PDF 4.9MB [accessed April 5, 2013]). In the Royal Decree of December 24, 1807, various buildings outside the towns and villages such as domains (manors), monasteries, mills, watchtowers and hamlets were listed.
- ↑ a b c Friedrich Justin Bertuch (Ed.): General geographical ephemeris . With charts and copper. Volume six and thirtieth. Publishers of the Landes-Industrie-Comtoir, Weimar 1811, p. 55 ( full text in Google Book Search [accessed April 5, 2013]).
- ^ A b Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia . Hahn brothers, Hanover 1811, p. 178 f . ( Full text in Google Book Search [accessed May 23, 2013]).
