Canton Arendsee

Canton Arendsee in the Salzwedel district of the Department of the Elbe (from Special Atlas of the Kingdom of Westphalia: consisting of eight department and one general chart: 7: chart of the department of the Elbe in the Kingdom of Westphalia)

The canton Arendsee (also Canton Arendsee ) was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Westphalia . It existed from 1807 until the kingdom was dissolved in 1813, and according to the administrative structure it belonged to the Salzwedel district of the Elbe department .

history

With the creation of the Kingdom of Westphalia by decree of August 18, 1807, an administrative reform was carried out in the previously Prussian Altmark in 1807. The Altmark, along with other formerly Prussian parts of the country, came for the most part to the newly created department of the Elbe, which was divided into four districts (Magdeburg, Neuhaldensleben, Stendal and Salzwedel). The Salzwedel district was divided into 15 cantons ( cantons ) including the Canton Arendsee. The following belonged to the canton of Arendsee:

• Arendsee (Altmark) ( Arendsee ), canton capital ( chef-lieu )
• Vissum ( Vissem ) with Kassuhn ( Cassuhn ) and Schernikau
• Mechau
• Kaulitz
• Schrampe with the hamlets of Ziessau ( Ziessau ) and Friedrichsmilde
• Ziemendorf
• Leppin with Genzien ( Gonzien ) and gestures
• Kläden with Thielbeer ( Thiel beer ) and Kraatz ( Kratze )
• Bandage
• Sanne ( Sannen ) with Kerkuhn
• Velgau with Kallehne ( Callehne ). Both places have merged into today's municipality of Fleetmark ; the names are no longer used.
• Dessau with Heiligenfelde ( Hilgenfelde ) and Kerkau
• Kleinau with wages
• Boock ( Boocke ) with single angle
• Newcomers with Rath life
• Cooling

In 1808 the canton Arendsee had 4856 inhabitants. In 1810 a Mr. Beust was a canton master, the canton still had 4643 inhabitants. In 1810 the Salzwedel district (in the Elbe department) was dissolved. A new district of Salzwedel in the department of the Lower Elbe was formed from eight cantons (or nine) . This department did not last long and was dissolved again in March 1811. The Salzwedel district was transferred back to the Elbe department, but with a slightly different layout. In any case, the canton Arendsee remained with the Salzwedel district. In 1811 the canton had 4,527 inhabitants. The size was stated to be 3.66 square miles.

With the collapse of the Kingdom of Westphalia after the Battle of Leipzig , the previous Prussian administrative structure was restored (e.g. the Arendsee Office ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Special atlas of the Kingdom of Westphalia: consisting of eight departmental and one general chart: 7: Chart of the department of the Elbe of the Kingdom of Westphalia: designed and published by the highest royal orders. Publishing house of the geographical institute, Weimar 1812 UrMEL Thuringian University and State Library
2. ^ Directory of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom. Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie, Volume 1, pp. 57–241, Cassel / Kassel 1810. Online at Google Books ( Kanton Arendsee, p. 85 )
3. ↑ Latest regional and ethnographic studies: A geographical reader for all classes. Sixth volume, Holland and Westphalia. 377 p., Verlag des geographischen Institut, Weimar, 1808 Online at Google Books , p. 344/45.
4. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia. Hahn Brothers, Hanover 1811 Online at Google Books p. 157.
5. ^ Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel: Statistical Repertory on the Kingdom of Westphalia. Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig 1813, online at Google Books , p. 7.
6. ^ Karl von Seydlitz: The administrative district of Magdeburg: Geographical, statistical and topographical manual. 209 p., Ferdinand Rubach, Magdeburg, 1820.

Coordinates: 52 ° 53 '  N , 11 ° 29'  E