Göttingen district
The Göttingen district was an administrative unit in the Leine 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 Hanoverian principality of Göttingen with the Kurhessian rule of Plesse and some places south of the Werra. It bordered south on the Einbeck district . In the east the district bordered the Harz districts of Heiligenstadt and Duderstadt and in the northeast on the Oker department . In the south it was partially limited by the Werra, the Fuldadepartement and the Höxter district .
When it was established by the Royal Decree of Hieronymus Napoleon, 75,025 people in 158 communities lived in this district . The total area of the district was 25.11 sq mi . After the territorial changes of 1810, 83,416 people lived there in 25.11 square miles . 2.84% of the population were Catholic, 9.6% Reformed and 86.4% Lutheran.
organization
The district was headed by a sub-prefect . The sub-prefect of the Göttingen district was also the chief prefect of the department.
The district council to control the tax lists was formed by the Maires von Northeim and Hardegsen Christiani and Koch, a Freiherr von Schnehen, the nobles August Otto von Grote and von Götz, Messrs. Ludewig, Murray, Ransen, Seebach and Gleim.
Cantonal division:
| Canton | Kantonmaire | Residents | Area in mi² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goettingen | Konrad Julius Hieronymus Tuckermann (from 1809) | 9201 | 0.13 |
| Grone | Heinrich Andreas Voght | 6781 | 1.38 |
| Early | Weber | 3029 | 1.44 |
| Dransfeld / Hedemünden | Friedrich Ludwig Jatho (?) | 3309 | 1.07 |
| Bremke | Medes | 3802 | 1.57 |
| Northeim | Franz Friedrich Lueder (formerly Oberamtmann and Mayor) | 7591 | 2.25 |
| Adelebsen | Adolph Meier (formerly Mayor of Hardegsen ) | 3626 | 1.13 |
| Hardegsen | Friedrich Koch (formerly bailiff ibid.) | 3952 | 1.32 |
| Moringen | Seidensticker (formerly clerk) | 4756 | 1.84 |
| Harste | Johannes Meyer | 3304 | 1.15 |
| Uslar | Breden | 5430 | 2.45 |
| Nienover | Johann Georg Heinrich Spanuth | 3268 | 1.89 |
| Bodenfelde | Kollmann | 4073 | 1.19 |
| Radolfshausen | Georg August Gabriel Heinsius previously a clerk in the Niedeck office | 4277 | 1.47 |
| Bovenden | Muenster | 3869 | 0.94 |
| Nörten | Friedrich Wilhelm Schrader (?) | 3805 | 0.37 |
| Friedland | Ludolf Wedekind from Uslar | 5590 | 1.32 |
literature
- Dietrich Denecke : Göttingen. From the Thirty Years War to the annexation to Prussia. Vol. II , Göttingen 2002, online .
- 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)
- Heinrich Andreas Voght, Organization of the Poor Service in the Canton Grone District Göttingen , Göttingen 1810.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Royal Decree, which ordered 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. 41 ( full text in Google Book Search [accessed April 5, 2013]).
