Canton of Jesberg
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Jesberg | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Marburg |
| Capital of the canton | Jesberg |
| surface | 3.01 square miles |
| Residents | 7,228 |
| Villages and hamlets | 28 |
| Cities | 0 |
The canton Jesberg was an administrative unit existing from 1807 to 1813 in the Marburg district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The seat of the cantonal administration was Jesberg in northern Hesse .
The canton comprised 27 villages and hamlets located in the west of today's Schwalm-Eder district . It had 7,228 residents and an area of 3.01 square miles .
The administered municipalities were:
- from today's parish Jesberg :
- Jesberg with Brünchenhain and Richerode ,
- Densberg ,
- Hundshausen ,
- Ellnrode and Strand
- from today's community Gilserberg :
- Gilserberg ,
- Sachsenhausen ,
- Itzenhain with Appenhain and the domain Bellnhausen ,
- Lischeid with winter divorce ,
- Moischeid ,
- Sebbeterode with Treisbach and Rommershausen ,
- Schönau
- from today's community Neuental :
- Schlierbach ,
- Bischhausen ,
- Gilsa with Reptich and Wickersdorf
- from today's municipality of Bad Zwesten :
- Zwesten,
- Oberurff with Schiffelborn ,
- Niederurff
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 . ( 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. 57 ( books.google.de [PDF; 19.2 MB ; accessed on April 26, 2009]).
- ↑ a b Belongs to the Jesberg community today