Canton of Arneburg

Canton of Arneburg ( III.12 ) in the Stendal district of the Elbe department

The canton of Arneburg (also Canton Arneburg ) was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Westphalia . It existed from 1807 until the dissolution of the Kingdom of Westphalia in October 1813 and, according to the administrative structure of the kingdom, belonged to the Stendal district of the Elbe department . The canton capital ( chef-lieu ) was Arneburg in the Stendal district (Saxony-Anhalt).

history

In the Peace of Tilsit in 1807, Prussia had to cede, among other areas, most of the Altmark (the area west of the Elbe) and the areas of the Duchy of Magdeburg west of the Elbe to the Kingdom of Westphalia, which was newly founded that year. From these areas and smaller areas ceded by the Kingdom of Saxony, the department of the Elbe was formed, which was divided into four districts ( Magdeburg , Neuhaldensleben , Stendal and Salzwedel ). The Stendal district was subdivided further into 13 cantons ( cantons ). 14 municipalities belonged to the canton of Arneburg (original spellings that differ from today's spelling are in italics):

Arneburg, Flecken canton capital ( chef-lieu ) with the village of Beelitz ( Belitz ) and the dairy Bürs ( Bührs )
Walsleben , village with Gethlingen
Plätz ( Pleetz ), village, with Bertkow ( Altenbertkau )
Polkritz , village
Altenzaun , village with Niedergörne
Klein Ellingen , village, with Dalchau
Groß Ellingen , village with Hohenberg
Krusemark , village
Bertkow ( Neu Bertkau ), village with Goldbeck
Baben , village
Lindtorf ( Linddorf ) village with Rindtorf ( beef Village )
Sanne , village, with Hassel
Storkau , village with Ahrendt or Arnim , village and the Billberge dairy ( Billberg )
Jarchau ( Garchau ), village, with tree garden

The places belonged before / until 1807 to the Arneburg district of the Mark Brandenburg .

In 1808 the canton of Arneburg had 4,750 inhabitants. In 1811 the canton of Arneburg had an area of 3.38 square miles and 4,493 inhabitants. Canton maire was a pious man,

With the collapse of the Kingdom of Westphalia after the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig , the previous Prussian administrative structure was restored. In the district reform of 1816, the area of the canton of Arneburg came partly to the Osterburg district and partly to the Stendal district .

Individual evidence

↑ 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
^ Directory of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom. Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie, Volume 1, Elbe-Departement (separate census), Canton Arneburg, Cassel / Kassel 1808. 1. Print 1808, p. 17 Online at Google Books , 2. Print 1810, p. 75 Digitalisat im MDZ . For the differences between the prints see preface .
↑ Latest regional and ethnographic studies: A geographical reader for all classes. Sixth volume, Holland and Westphalia. 377 p. (Separate census for the Kingdom of Westphalia), Verlag des geographischen Institut, Weimar, 1808 Online at Google Books , p. 338.
^ Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel: Statistical Repertory on the Kingdom of Westphalia. Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig 1813, online at Google Books , p. 7.
↑ Königlich Westphälischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender to the year 1812. 462 S., Königliche Buchdruckerei, Cassel / Kassel 1812 Online with Google Books (p. 216).
^ Karl von Seydlitz: The administrative district of Magdeburg: Geographical, statistical and topographical manual. 209 S., Ferdinand Rubach, Magdeburg, 1820 Online at Google Books .

52.666666666667 12Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′ N , 12 ° 0 ′ E

[Charte-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

[Bulletin-1-2] Directory of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom. Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie, Volume 1, Elbe-Departement (separate census), Canton Arneburg, Cassel / Kassel 1808. 1. Print 1808, p. 17 Online at Google Books , 2. Print 1810, p. 75 Digitalisat im MDZ . For the differences between the prints see preface .

[Lesebuch-3] Latest regional and ethnographic studies: A geographical reader for all classes. Sixth volume, Holland and Westphalia. 377 p. (Separate census for the Kingdom of Westphalia), Verlag des geographischen Institut, Weimar, 1808 Online at Google Books , p. 338.

[Hassel-4] Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel: Statistical Repertory on the Kingdom of Westphalia. Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig 1813, online at Google Books , p. 7.

[Hof-_und_Staatskalender1812-216-5] Königlich Westphälischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender to the year 1812. 462 S., Königliche Buchdruckerei, Cassel / Kassel 1812 Online with Google Books (p. 216).

[Seydlitz-6] Karl von Seydlitz: The administrative district of Magdeburg: Geographical, statistical and topographical manual. 209 S., Ferdinand Rubach, Magdeburg, 1820 Online at Google Books .