Neuhaldensleben district

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The Neuhaldensleben district was an administrative unit in the department of the Elbe in the Kingdom of Westphalia . It was formed by the Royal Decree of December 24, 1807 and existed until 1813.

In the district with the main town Neuhaldensleben lived 1811 63.306 people on 39.39 mi² . It included four cities , three market towns , 168 villages , 27 hamlets and 31 wastelands with 9916 households. Of the creed, 815 were Catholic, 3395 were Reformed and 422 were Jewish. The rest of the population had an evangelical creed.

The district comprised the second and third district of the Magdeburg wood circle .

organization

The district was headed by Baron Frohreich as sub-prefect .

District Council

Members of the district council were the gentlemen:

  • Bertog
  • Berender
  • Hunch
  • Möller
  • Beckmann
  • from Schenk
  • from Alvensleben
  • Kagel
  • Meinecke
  • Wolfrath
  • Lochnert
  • Gap

Cantonal division

The district was divided into 10 cantons on December 24, 1807, which comprised 102 communities, inhabited by 47,405 people. On September 1, 1810, the cantons of Mieste, Gardelegen (city), Gardelegen (country) and Zichtau were separated from the Salzwedel district and connected to the Neuhaldensleben district. In 1811 the district comprised 14 cantons with 135 municipalities. At the end of 1811, the canton of Zichtau was merged with the canton of Calbe in the Salzwedel district.

Canton (main town) Kantonmaire population Area
in mi²
Rogatz Mr. Stambke 5289 3.81
Wolmirstedt Mr. Kamlah the younger 5223 3.19
Foster life Mr. Konert 5185 2.19
Neuhaldensleben Mr. Kamlah 5846 2.57
Calvörde Mr. Göde 4930 3.96
Alvensleben Mr. von Schenk 6538 3.22
Oak bar life Mr. von Alvensleben 5097 1.94
Experience Mr. von Alvensleben 5593 2.93
Walbeck Mr. Fahrenholz 3453 1.69
Obisfelde Mr. Schuppe 4065 1.12
Extensions until 1810
Mieste Mr. Kummert 2144 2.85
Guards Mr. Pit 5606 4.28
Gardelegen country Mr. Köls 2139 3.1
Zichtau (jointly managed with Canton Kalbe ) Mr. von Voss 2498 2.54

literature

  • 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 (Ed.): Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie . Volume I (1807), No. 6 ( lwl.org [PDF; 4.9 MB ; accessed on January 1, 2014]).
  • 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 January 1, 2014]).
  • Handbook about 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 ( full text in the Google book search [accessed on January 1, 2014]).
  • Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Westphalia . Gebrüder Hahn, Hanover 1811 ( full text in the Google book search [accessed on January 1, 2014]).

Individual evidence

  1. 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. 65 ff . ( lwl.org [PDF; 4.9 MB ; accessed on January 1, 2014]).
  2. a b c d Friedrich Justin Bertuch (Ed.): General geographical ephemeris . With charts and copper. Volume six and thirtieth. Publishers of the Landes-Industrie-Comtoir, Weimar 1811, p. 21st f . ( Full text in Google Book Search [accessed January 1, 2014]).
  3. 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. 173 ( full text in Google Book Search [accessed January 1, 2014]).
  4. a b c d Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia . Hahn brothers, Hanover 1811, p. 155 f . ( Full text in Google Book Search [accessed January 1, 2014]).