Canton of Diesdorf

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The canton of Diesdorf ( IV. 5 ) in the Salzwedel district of the Elbe department of the Kingdom of Westphalia.

The canton Diesdorf (also Canton Disdorf or canton de Disdorf ) was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Westphalia . It existed from 1807 to the dissolution of the kingdom in autumn 1813 and, after the administrative structure of 1807, initially belonged to the Salzwedel district of the Elbe department . The canton capital ( chef lieu ) was Diesdorf in the Altmark district of Salzwedel (Saxony-Anhalt). After the dissolution of this district in 1810, a new Salzwedel district was founded in the Nieder-Elbe department . The department of the Nieder-Elbe was dissolved again in 1811 and two districts of this department were annexed by the French Empire. The new district of Salzwedel (and thus also the canton of Diesdorf) remained in the Kingdom of Westphalia and was reassigned to the department of the Elbe. After the dissolution of the Kingdom of Westphalia in October / November 1813, the previous administrative structure was restored in the course of 1814.

history

With the Peace of Tilsit , Prussia had to cede other parts of the country as well as the Altmark , which became part of the newly created Kingdom of Westphalia on August 18, 1807. In 1807 administrative reform was initiated in the areas of the new kingdom. The Altmark, together with other previously Prussian areas ( Duchy of Magdeburg ) and smaller Saxon parts of the country, formed the newly created department of the Elbe, which was divided into four districts ( Magdeburg , Neuhaldensleben , Stendal and Salzwedel). After the directory of departments, districts, cantons and communes of the Kingdom in the first volume of the Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie of 24 December 1807 divided the Salzwedel district in 15 cantons ( cantons ), including the Canton Diesdorf. The following belonged to the canton of Diesdorf (different original spellings of the place names in italics; occasionally even the spellings of the German and French text differ):

The communities belonged to the Markbrandenburg Salzwedelische Kreis der Altmark until 1807 . Most of the municipalities also belonged to the Diesdorf Office , but only some of the municipalities of the Diesdorf Office came to the canton of Diesdorf.

In 1808 the canton of Diesdorf had 3712 inhabitants. With the annexation of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg in 1810, the three new departments, Northern Department , Department of Nieder-Elbe and Department of Aller were founded on September 1st, 1810 . The old Salzwedel district (in the Elbe department) was dissolved. The newly formed districts of Lüneburg and Harburg as well as a new district of Salzwedel with the existing cantons of Arendsee , Beetzendorf , Diesdorf, Groß Apenburg , Jübar , Kalbe , Salzwedel (city) and Salzwedel (country) as well as the four newly formed were assigned to the department of the Nieder-Elbe Quickborn , Gartow , Lüchow , Wittingen and Wustrow .

On March 5, 1811, the Nieder-Elbe department was dissolved. The two districts of Lüneburg and Harburg became part of the Hanseatic departments of the French Empire. The Salzwedel district was referred back to the Elbe department.

In 1808 the canton of Diesdorf had 3712 inhabitants. According to the work Statistical Repertory on the Kingdom of Westphalia by Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel, the area of ​​the canton of Diesdorf was 4.28 square miles . The population was 4468 people. The information on the population corresponds to the Royal Westphalian Court and State Calendar for the year 1812 . According to the Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia from 1811 , the canton of Diesdorf had 4469 inhabitants. Kantonmaire was a lord of Zenge.

With the collapse of the Kingdom of Westphalia after the Battle of Leipzig in October / November 1813, the previous Prussian administrative structure was restored and the cantons dissolved again. In 1816 there was a major district reform in which the old Markbrandenburg districts z. T. newly cut, z. Some of them were also dissolved and new circles were created. The municipalities of the canton Disdorf now came to the newly cut Salzwedel district . The office of Diesdorf was restored.

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 Salzwedel, p. 85 )
  3. ↑ a b Latest countries and ethnology: 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. ^ Division of territorial relative aux trois départements formés des anciennes provinces hanovriennes, et a la réunion de quelques autres parties. Tableau géneral à annexer au décret royal du 15 juillet 1810, inséré au Bulletin No. 26 de ladite année. 88 p. (Separate count) In: Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie, Volume 6, Cassel / Kassel, 1810 Online at Google Books (pp. 46–49)
  5. ^ Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel: Statistical Repertory on the Kingdom of Westphalia. Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig 1813, online at Google Books , p. 7.
  6. ↑ Königlich Westphälischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender to the year 1812. 462 p., Königliche Buchdruckerei, Cassel / Kassel 1812 Online at Google Books (p. 216/17).
  7. ^ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia. 352 + register X pages, Gebrüder Hahn, Hannover 1811 Online at Google Books (p. 157)
  8. ^ Karl von Seydlitz: The administrative district of Magdeburg: Geographical, statistical and topographical manual. 209 p., Ferdinand Rubach, Magdeburg, 1820.

Coordinates: 52 ° 45 '  N , 10 ° 52'  E