Minden District
Location in France (around 1811) | |
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Basic data (1811) | |
Consist: | 1807-1813 |
Empire : | France |
Department : | Upper Ems |
Sub-prefecture : | Minden |
Residents: | 104,808 (1811) |
Structure: | 10 cantons |
Sub-prefect : | |
Absorbed in: |
Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Hanover |
Location in the department of the Upper Ems | |
The district of Minden was part of the department of the Weser in the French vassal state Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807 to 1810 , then from 1810 until its dissolution in 1813/14 part of the department of the Upper Ems belonging to the French Empire . The sub-prefecture was Minden .
location
The district was in the northeast of the French Empire, in the southeast of the department of the Upper Ems, in northern East Westphalia , north of the Wiehengebirge and mostly west of the Weser in the Mindener Land . The largest city was Minden.
Most of the area was in what is now the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Minden-Lübbecke , a small proportion in Lower Saxony (area around Uchte , today district of Nienburg / Weser ), and from 1811 also in a larger part ( Uffeln as early as 1807) in the northwest of today 's Herford district (roughly like the former Bünde district ) and in the northern Gütersloh district (around Werther ).
structure
1807
The district was established by Royal Decree of December 24, 1807. It comprised the following cantons:
District | Population (1807) |
Cantons |
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Minden | 76.203 | Haddenhausen , Hausberge , Hille , Levern , Lübbecke , Minden , Oldendorf , Petershagen , Rahden , Reineberg , Windheim |
In detail, the cantons consisted of the following places (French: lieux ) and cities (French: ville ):
1811
The district of Minden was largely retained when it was incorporated into France. All areas east of the Weser were given up (except for a part of Minden, roughly like the district of Rechtes Weserufer ). The canton of Windheim and the canton of Hausberge were incorporated into the Rinteln district (from 1811: Department of the Leine ). In addition, Haddenhausen, Hille, Oldendorf and Reineberg lost their function as canton capital. Their areas were added to existing cantons or part of the new cantons or the newly formed canton of Quernheim.
In turn, the district received the former to the district Rinteln (department of the Weser) belonging lamp and other cantons of Bielefeld District , the north all or part of the Werre , the Aa / Johannisbach and Schwarzenbach were, including all or part of the cantons Werther, frets, Narrow (all formerly Bielefeld district, department of the Weser). Its population increased significantly by around 30,000. Around 1811 the district was divided into the following cantons :
District | Population (1811) |
Cantons |
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Minden | 104,808 | Bünde , Enger , Levern , Lübbecke , Minden , Petershagen , Quernheim , Rahden , Uchte and Werther |
In detail, the cantons in 1812 consisted of the following places (French: lieux ) and cities (French: ville ), which were divided into mayor's offices (French: Mairie ) as follows . Mennighüffen has been added as the canton capital. Overall, a population of 111,644 is given for 1812.
Further development
The district largely merged into the Prussian civil government between Weser and Rhine and from 1816 onwards essentially (excluding the canton Uchte and northern part of the canton Rahden → to the Kingdom of Hanover ) formed the northern part of the administrative district of Minden , the districts of Rahden and Bünde as a whole, and the district of Minden predominantly and the district of Halle (Westphalia) partially.
literature
- 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 December 7, 2011]).
- Peter Adolph Winkopp (ed.): The Rhenish Federation . A journal with historical-political-statistical-geographic content. Volume nineteenth. JEB Mohr, Frankfurt am Main 1811 ( full text in the Google book search [accessed December 7, 2011]).
- Royal decree ordering 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 . S. 227–231 ( PDF 4.9MB [accessed December 7, 2011]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b P.U. Winkopp (Ed.): The Rhenish Confederation . A journal with historical-political-statistical-geographic content. Volume nineteenth. JEB Mohr, Frankfurt am Main 1811, p. 134 ( full text in Google Book Search [accessed December 7, 2011]).
- ↑ 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 (Hrsg.): Project Westphalian history . S. 227–231 ( PDF 4.9MB [accessed December 7, 2011]).
- ↑ Albrecht Lasius: The French Imperial State under the government of Emperor Napoleon the Great in 1812 . A geographic-historical manual. Volume nineteenth. Kißling, Osnabrück 1813, p. 201 ( full text in Google Book Search [accessed December 7, 2011]).
Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ' N , 8 ° 47' E