Canton of Bebra
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Bebra | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Hersfeld |
| Capital of the canton | Bebra |
| surface | 2.41 square miles |
| Residents | 4,733 |
| Villages and hamlets | 16 |
| Cities | 0 |
The canton of Bebra was an administrative unit in the Hersfeld district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The main town of the canton and seat of the Justice of the Peace was today's town of Bebra in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northern Hesse .
The canton comprised 16 villages, hamlets and individual farms, had 4,733 inhabitants and an area of 2.41 square miles .
The following places belonged to the canton:
- Bebra
- Obergude , Niedergude , Dankerode and Seifertshausen , Erkshausen , Hergershausen with Erdpenhausen and Guttels
- Lispenhausen , Schwarzenhasel , Asmushausen with Rautenhausen
- Gilfershausen with Braunhausen
- Weiterode
Notes and individual references
- ↑ "Royal Decree, whereby the division of the kingdom into eight departments is ordered" . "Directory of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom". In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Hrsg.): Project Westphalian history . S. 209–211 ( PDF 4.9MB [accessed April 26, 2009]).
- ↑ Friedrich Justin Bertuch (ed.): General geographical ephemeris . With charts and copper. Volume six and thirtieth. Publishers of the Landes-Industrie-Comtoir, Weimar 1911, p. 61 ( PDF 19.2MB [accessed April 26, 2009]).
- ^ "Guttels, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).