Canton of Homberg
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Homberg | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Hersfeld |
| Capital of the canton | Homberg |
| surface | 2.13 square miles |
| Residents | 7.177 |
| Villages and hamlets | 22nd |
| Cities | 1 |
The canton Homberg was an administrative unit in the Hersfeld district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic kingdom of Westphalia . The city of Homberg (Efze) in today's Schwalm-Eder district was the main town of the canton and the seat of the justice of the peace . The canton comprised 22 villages and hamlets and a city, had 7,177 inhabitants and an area of 2.13 square miles .
The following localities belonged to the canton:
- City of Homberg, with St. Georg Hospital
- Lendorf , Hebel , Falkenberg with Rockshausen
- Mardorf , Mühlhausen and Lembach
- Freudenthal and Roppershain
- Caßdorf , Sauerburg and mountains
- Dickershausen and Mörshausen
- Berndshausen and Welferode
- Holzhausen , Remsfeld and Relbehausen
- Sipperhausen with Hombergshausen and Bubenrode
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 ( digitized in Google book search [accessed April 26, 2009]).