Goslar district
The Goslar district was an administrative unit in the Oker department in the Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813 , which was formed by the Royal Decree of December 24, 1807.
territory
The district of Goslar included, apart from the former imperial city of Goslar, the southern areas of the Prussian principality of Hildesheim and the parts of Braunschweig that did not come to the district of Einbeck in the Harz department .
The district bordered the Braunschweig district to the north , the Saale department to the east along the Ecker river , the Hildesheim district to the west and the Leine and Harz departments to the south .
In the district of 49,524 people lived 18.73 mi² . The population grew to 52,996 people by 1811.
organization
The district was headed by a sub-prefect. The sub-prefect of the Goslar district was called Kerl and officiated first with his son as secretary, later with a Mr. von Bötticher. The district council included Messrs. Bärtling, Fahrenholz, von König, von Uslar and von Weichs.
Peace courts were in Goslar (two peace courts), Vienenburg, Schladen, Harzburg, Liebenburg, Salzgitter, Lutter, Holle, Bockenem and in Lamspringe.
- Cantonal division
The Goslar district was divided into eleven cantons with 91 municipalities:
| Canton | Kantonmaire | Residents | mi² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bockenem | Johann Wilhelm Alers (from 1809) | 8012 | 3.13 |
| Goslar | Johann Simon Giesecke (?) | 6076 | 0.88 |
| Goslar-Land ( Langelsheim ) | Becker | 3906 | 1.04 |
| Harzburg | Knoblauch (Oberamtmann and Economist zu Harzburg) | 4334 | 2.1 |
| Hell | Stolten | 4166 | 1.75 |
| Lamspringe | Wendt | 4444 | 2.25 |
| Liebenburg | Guy (former councilor at the Liebenburg) | 3217 | 1.12 |
| Lutter | Karl Leopold Siemens | 4086 | 2.11 |
| Salzgitter | Friedrich Julius von Kniestedt | 6474 | 1.83 |
| Schladen | Grass yard | 4095 | 1.39 |
| Vienenburg | Schulze | 4156 | 1.13 |
literature
- Royal decree of December 7, 1807, which decreed the publication of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Westphalia. In: K. Rob: Government files of the Kingdom of Westphalia 1807-1813. (= Sources on the reforms in the Rehabilitation states, Vol. I), Munich 1992., ( online ).
- Royal decree ordering the division of the kingdom into eight departments . List of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom. In: Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie, Vol. I (1807) No. 6 . ( PDF 4.9MB [accessed March 30, 2013]).
- Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Westphalia . Gebrüder Hahn, Hanover 1811 ( full text in Google book search [accessed on May 16, 2011]).
- Friedrich Justin Bertuch (ed.): General geographical ephemeris . With charts and copper. Volume six and thirtieth. Verlage des Landes-Industrie-Comtoirs, Weimar 1811 ( full text in the Google book search [accessed on May 16, 2011]).
- Johann Samuelersch (Hrsg.): Handbook over the Kingdom of Westphalia . For information about the country and its inhabitants, the constitution, administration and external conditions of the state in general and its individual parts in particular, together with a list of the most distinguished court and state officials. Hemmerde und Schwedtschke, Halle 1808 ( full text in the Google book search).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d 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 (Hrsg.): Project Westphalian history . 1807, p. 164 ( PDF 4.9MB [accessed on May 16, 2011]).
- ↑ a b c d e Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Westphalia . Hahn brothers, Hanover 1811, p. 175 ( full text in Google Book Search [accessed on May 16, 2011]).
- ↑ Handbook on the Kingdom of Westphalia . For information about the country and its inhabitants, the constitution, administration and external conditions of the state in general and its individual parts in particular, together with a list of the most distinguished court and state officials. Hemmerde and Schwedtschke, Halle 1808, p. 256 f . ( Full text in Google Book Search).
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