Eschwege district

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The Eschwege district was an administrative unit within the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia and existed from 1807 to 1814. The administrative seat of the district was the city ​​of Eschwege . The district consisted of 18 cantons with a total of 158 municipalities (consisting of 7 cities , 3 market towns , 173 villages , 27 hamlets and 55 individual farms) with an area of ​​30.89 square miles . The population of the district was 84,784 who lived in 13,563 households.

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The Eschwege district was bounded in the north by the boundaries of the former Hanoverian office of Münden , which belonged to the Kassel district in the Westphalian era . In the east it was the Werra and the Duchy of Saxony-Eisenach . In the south, the arrondissement bordered the Duchy of Saxony-Eisenach and the Hersfeld district . In the west the arrondissement was bounded by the Rotenburg and the Fulda .

Cantons in the Eschwege district

Residents Area
in square miles		 Canton Associated localities
84,784 30.89 Eschwege district
4,392 0.11 Eschwege City of Eschwege
5,200 2.19 Aue Aue , Oberhone , Niederhone , Eltmannshausen , Niddawitzhausen , Völkershausen , Teufelsthal , Groß-Burschla , Weißenborn , Rambach , Nieder-Dünzebach , Ober-Dünzebach , Schnellmannshausen
6,621 3.07 Bischhausen Bischhausen , forest Cappel , Germerode , Schwalbenthal , Rodebach , Harmuthsachsen , kitchens , Hasselbach , Hetzerode , Wolstein , Meckel village , Friemen , Burghofen , Schemmern , Stolz Hausen , Stolz Bettingen , Gehau , Eltmannsee , Heyerode , Diemerode , Thurnhosbach , Stadthosbach , Kirchhosbach , rights Bach , Wipperode , Alberode , Bernsdorf , Elberode , Mönchehof
4.027 1.92 Reichensachsen Reichensachsen , Vogelsburg, Hoheneiche , Oetmannshausen , Wichmannshausen , Datterpfeife , Röhrda , Lautenbach , Harmuthshausen , Datterode , Langenhain , Grandenborn
4.162 1.98 Netra Netra , Rittmannshausen , Renda , Altefeld , Lüderbach , Leistefeld, Holzhausen , Rittersberg (courtyard), Hohenhaus (courtyard), Breitzbach , Berlitzgrube , Unhausen , Hasengarten (courtyard), Nesselröden , Markershausen , Archfeld , Willershausen , Frauenborn , Herleshausen , Hahnhof (courtyard ), Ziegelhof (courtyard), Wommen
5,400 1.85 Sontra City of Sontra , Metzlar, Welle (Hof), Hübenthal , Mitterode , Urlettig (Hof), Wellingerode , Berneburg , Hornel , Rockensüß , Cornberg , Menglers (Hof), Königswald , Weißenhasel , Dens , Mönchhosbach , Lindenau , Breitau , Ulfen , Erdmannshain ( Hof), Krauthausen , Weißenborn , Wölfterode , Hoppach (Hof)
6,429 3.03 Nentershausen Nentershausen , Tannenberg Castle , Suss , Blankenbach , Bosserode with Libenz (courtyard), Raßdorf , Machtlos , Solz with Boxerode (courtyard), Bauhaus with Gunkelrode (courtyard) and Bellers (courtyard), Iba , Friedrichshütte , Ronshausen with Faßdorf (courtyards), Hönebach , Wildeck Castle , Obersuhl with Schildhof (courtyard), Richelsdorf
6,884 2.95 Spangenberg Town of Spangenberg , Günsterode , Schnellrode , Elbersdorf , Kaltenbach , Mörshausen , Heina , Eubach , Altmorschen , Haydau , Bergheim , Heinebach , Metzebach , Landefeld , Nausis , Herlefeld , Pfieffe , Bischofferode , Vockerode , Dinkelberg , Weidelbach
4,879 1.97 Canton of Lichtenau City of Lichtenau , Friedrichsbrück , Fürstenhagen , Rommerode , Laudenbach , Velmeden , Hausen , Steinbach, Steinholz, Walburg , Hambach, Retterode , Braunsrode, Walbach, Viehhaus, Hopfelde , Glimmerode, Hollstein , Reichenbach , Wickersrode
4,060 1.47 Sooden Sooden , Weiden , Ahrensberg , Ellershausen , Hilgershausen , Vollungen, Dudenrode , Kammerbach , Orferode , Hitzerode , Trubenhausen , Weißenbach , Uengsterode
4.178 1.04 Abterode Abterode , Wellingerode , Weidenhausen , Vockerode , Frankenhain , Frankershausen , Schafhof, Wölfterode , Albungen
6,763 2.44 Witzenhausen Witzenhausen , Blickershausen , Berlepsch Castle , Huebenthal , Ziegenhagen , Ziegenberg , Ermschwerd , Stiedenrode , Hubenrode , Kleinalmerode , Ellingerode , Wendershausen , Dohrenbach , Fahrenbach , Roßbach , Försterhaus, Rückerode , Hundelshausen , Oberrieden , Ludwigstein
5,381 0.69 Schmalkalden City of Schmalkalden with Hedwigshof, Stillerthormeierei and Röthhof, Aue , Haindorf , Mittelschmalkalden , Breitenbach , Grumbach , Volkers
3,008 0.99 Man spreads Herrenbreitungen with Guckelshof or Wolfsberg , Barchfeld , Wahles , Trusen , Herges-Vogtei , Elmenthal , Laudenbach
2,646 0.91 Seligenthal Seligenthal , Atzerode , Fambach with Todenwarth Castle , Kirrhof and Dippach, Hessles with the Nüßleshof, Reichenbach , Weidebrunn , Aue-Wallenburg with Wallenburgshof
3.124 1.1 Escaped Flea , Schnellbach , Nesselhof , Struth , Helmershof , Asbach , Näherstille , Mittelstille
3,028 1.16 Brotterode Brotterode , Kleinschmalkalden (Hessian part), Hohleborn
4,602 1.72 Hallenberg Steinbach-Hallenberg , Rotterode , Oberschönau , Unterschönau , Bermbach , Herges-Hallenberg , Springstille , Altersbach

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Friedrich Justin Bertuch (ed.): General geographical ephemeris . With charts and copper. Volume six and thirtieth. Publishers of the Landes-Industrie-Comtoir, Weimar 1811, p. 61 f . ( Full text in Google Book Search [accessed on May 16, 2011]).
  2. ↑ "Royal Decree, whereby the division of the kingdom into eight departments is ordered" . "Directory of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom". In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Hrsg.): Project Westphalian history . S. 211 ( PDF 4.9MB [accessed April 26, 2009]).
  3. ↑ A manor near Völkershausen (Wanfried) .

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