Canton of Ebsdorf
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Ebsdorf | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Marburg |
| surface | 2.07 square miles |
| Residents | 5,139 |
| Villages and hamlets | 21st |
| Cities | 0 |
The canton Ebsdorf was an administrative unit in the Marburg district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The seat of the canton administration was the place Ebsdorf in today's district of Marburg-Biedenkopf .
The canton comprised 21 villages and hamlets, had 5,139 residents, and an area of 2.07 square miles .
The municipalities belonged to the canton:
- Ebsdorf ,
- Bellnhausen ,
- Bortshausen with Frauenberg and Wolfshausen ,
- Hachborn ,
- Hassenhausen with Erbenhausen ,
- Heskem with Mölln ,
- Leidenhofen ,
- Nordeck ,
- Oberhausen, Mittelhausen and Unterhausen (today together Dreihausen ),
- Ronhausen ,
- Rossberg ,
- Sichertshausen ,
- Treis ,
- Wermertshausen ,
- Winnen with Ilschhausen and the Fortbach estate.
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. 203 ( 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]).