Canton of Friedewald
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Friedewald | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Hersfeld |
| Capital of the canton | Friedewald (Hesse) |
| surface | 1.95 square miles |
| Residents | 3,048 |
| Villages and hamlets | 16 |
| Cities | 0 |
The canton Friedewald was an administrative unit in the Hersfeld district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The main place of the canton and seat of the justice of the peace was the place Friedewald in today's district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg in northern Hesse .
The canton comprised 16 villages, hamlets and individual farms, had 3,048 inhabitants and an area of 1.95 square miles .
The following places belonged to the canton:
- Friedewald with Roth, Heiligen-Mühle and Weißenborn
- Kleinensee , Widdershausen with Bengendorf
- Heimboldshausen with sand mill
- Wölfershausen
- Herfa and Gethsemane
- Lautenhausen with Oberneurode (Das Löchen)
- Hillartshausen with Untereurode
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 ( 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]).
- ↑ "Oberneurode, District of Hersfeld-Rotenburg". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).