Canton of Hofgeismar
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Hofgeismar | |
| department | Department of the Fulda |
| District | District of Kassel |
| surface | 1.44 square miles |
| Residents | 4.215 |
| Villages and hamlets | 6th |
| Cities | 1 |
The canton Hofgeismar was an administrative unit in the Kassel district of the Fulda department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The city of Hofgeismar in today's Kassel district was the capital of the canton and seat of the justice of the peace . The canton comprised six villages and hamlets and a city, was inhabited by 4,215 people and had an area of 1.44 square miles .
The municipalities belonged to the canton:
- Hofgeismar, with Friedrichsdorf and Röddenhof
- Carlsdorf
- Hümme
- Kelze
- Ostheim
- Schöneberg
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. 28 ( books.google.de [PDF; 19.2 MB ; accessed on May 14, 2011]).