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Canton Grieben in the Stendal district of the Elbe department

The canton Grieben (also Canton Grieben ) was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Westphalia . It existed from 1807 until the dissolution of the Kingdom of Westphalia in October 1813 and, according to the administrative structure of the kingdom, belonged to the Stendal district of the Elbe department . The canton capital ( chef-lieu ) was Grieben , a district of the municipality of Tangerhütte in the district of Stendal (Saxony-Anhalt).

history

In the Peace of Tilsit in 1807, Prussia had to cede, among other areas, the Altmark and the Duchy of Magdeburg to the Kingdom of Westphalia, newly founded that year. From these areas and smaller areas ceded by the Kingdom of Saxony ( Grafschaft Barby and Amt Gommern ) the Department of the Elbe was formed, which was divided into four districts ( Magdeburg , Neuhaldensleben , Stendal and Salzwedel ). The Stendal district was subdivided further into 13 cantons ( cantons ), including the Canton cracklings. The following belonged to the canton of Grieben (original spellings that differ from today's spelling are in italics):

Before / until 1807, the places belonged to the Tangermündescher Kreis of the Mark Brandenburg .

In 1808 the canton of Grieben had 2,686 inhabitants. In 1811, the canton of Grieben had an area of ​​3.31 square miles and 2,643 inhabitants. From around 1811 the canton of Grieben was administered together with the canton of Tangermünde in personal union. Kantonmaire was a lord of Roth zu Köckte. According to the court and state handbook , the two cantons together had 7,655 inhabitants. bw. according to the court and state calendar 7,693 inhabitants. In 1811 the canton of Grieben (here again without the canton of Tangermünde) had 2,640 inhabitants.

With the collapse of the Kingdom of Westphalia after the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig , the previous Prussian administrative structure was restored. In the district reform of 1816, the area of ​​the canton of Grieben became part of the Stendal district .

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. ↑ Anonymus: History of legislation and court constitution in the judicial district of the Higher Regional Court of Magdeburg from the Peace of Tilsit to January 1st. 1815. Yearbooks for Prussian Legislation, Jurisprudence and Legal Administration, Volume 22, pp. 50–66, Berlin 1823 Online at Google Books (p. 65)
  3. ^ Directory of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom. Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie, Volume 1, Elbe Department (separate count), pp. 1–26, Cassel / Kassel 1808. Canton Grieben pp. 14/15
  4. ↑ Latest regional and ethnographic studies: A geographical reader for all classes. Sixth volume, Holland and Westphalia. 377 p., Verlag des geographischen Institut, Weimar, 1808 Online at Google Books , p. 338.
  5. ^ Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel: Statistical Repertory on the Kingdom of Westphalia. Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig 1813, online at Google Books , p. 7.
  6. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia. Hahn brothers, Hanover 1811 Online at Google Books p. 156.
  7. ↑ Königlich Westphälischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender to the year 1812. 462 S., Königliche Buchdruckerei, Cassel / Kassel 1812 Online with Google Books (p. 216).
  8. ^ Friedrich Justin Bertuch (ed.): Statistical inventory of the Kingdom of Westphalia, according to the latest Paris Tractate v. May 10, 1811. General geographical ephemeris. With charts and copper. Volume 36, 3-62, Im Verlage des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar 1811, p. 23 (full text on Google Books) .
  9. ^ Karl von Seydlitz: The administrative district of Magdeburg: Geographical, statistical and topographical manual. 209 S., Ferdinand Rubach, Magdeburg, 1820 Online at Google Books .

Coordinates: 52 ° 26 '  N , 11 ° 58'  E