Canton of Borken
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Borken | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Hersfeld |
| Capital of the canton | Bark |
| surface | 1.66 square miles |
| Residents | 4,570 |
| Villages and hamlets | 16 |
| Cities | 1 |
The canton of Borken was an administrative unit in the Hersfeld district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The city of Borken in today's Schwalm-Eder district was the capital of the canton and seat of the justice of the peace . The canton comprised 10 parishes and 5 hamlets and a city, was inhabited by 7,228 people and had an area of 1.66 square miles .
The localities belonging to the canton were:
- City of Borken with Marienrode and Gilserhof and the villages
- Arnsbach ,
- Nassenerfurth (Nassen-Erfurth),
- Trockenerfurth (Trocken-Erfurth),
- Römersberg ,
- Singlis ,
- Pfaffenhausen ,
- Stolzenbach ,
- Zimmerrode with Haarhausen (Hahrhausen),
- Dillich ,
- Waltersbrück ,
- Dorheim and
- Neuenhain (Neuenhayn).
The seat of the peace court was the city of Borken. Justice of the peace was Herr Gotze. The canton of Borken was headed by Maire Rodemann, also Maire of the Cantons Homberg and Frielendorf .
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 (Hrsg.): Project Westphalian history . 1807 ( PDF 4.9MB [accessed January 1, 2014]).
- Handbook about the Kingdom of Westphalia . For instruction about the country and inhabitants, 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]).
- 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]).
- 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
- ↑ Royal Decree, which ordered 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. 203 ( PDF 4.9MB [accessed January 1, 2014]).
- ↑ Friedrich Justin Bertuch (ed.): General geographical ephemeris . With charts and copper. Volume six and thirtieth. Publishers of the Landes-Industrie-Comtoir, Weimar 1811, p. 61 ( full text in Google Book Search [accessed January 1, 2014]).
- ↑ 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. 293 ( full text in Google Book Search [accessed January 1, 2014]).
- ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia . Hahn brothers, Hanover 1811, p. 224 ( full text in Google Book Search [accessed January 1, 2014]).
- ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia . Hahn brothers, Hanover 1811, p. 182 ( full text in Google Book Search [accessed January 1, 2014]).