Canton of Frankenberg
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Frankenberg | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Marburg |
| surface | 2.37 square miles |
| Residents | 6,082 |
| Villages and hamlets | 11 |
| Cities | 1 |
The canton Frankenberg was an administrative unit in the Marburg district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The seat of the cantonal administration was the town of Frankenberg (Eder) in today's Waldeck-Frankenberg district .
The canton comprised eleven villages and one city, was inhabited by 6,082 people and had an area of 2.37 square miles .
The canton included:
- the city of Frankenberg with Friedrichshausen , and the villages
- Bottendorf with the domain Wolkersdorf ,
- Bringhausen in the birches ,
- Groves ,
- Hommershausen with Rodenbach ,
- Rengershausen ,
- Röddenau ,
- Somplar ,
- Wangershausen ,
- Willersdorf .
Theodor Valentin Volkmar was the mayor of the canton .
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]).