Canton of Hersfeld
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Hersfeld | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Hersfeld |
| Capital of the canton | Hersfeld |
| surface | 1.47 square miles |
| Residents | 7,046 |
| Villages and hamlets | 14th |
| Cities | 1 |
The canton of Hersfeld was an administrative unit in the Hersfeld district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The main town of the canton and seat of the justice of the peace was the city of Hersfeld in today's district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg . The canton comprised 14 villages and hamlets and a city, was inhabited by 7,046 people and had an area of 1.47 square miles .
The following localities belonged to the canton:
- City of Hersfeld, with Eichhof , Wehneberg, Meisebach, Bingartes and Johannesberg
- Allmershausen with Hählgans and Kalkobes
- Heenes , Friedlos with Ludwigsauer Mühle and Reilos
- Fir
- Rohrbach
Individual evidence
- ↑ "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 ( lwl.org [PDF; 4.9 MB ; accessed on 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 ( books.google.de [PDF; 19.2 MB ; accessed on April 26, 2009]).