Canton Kirchhain
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton Kirchhain | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Marburg |
| surface | 1.79 square miles |
| Residents | 6,513 |
| Villages and hamlets | 9 |
| Cities | 2 |
The canton Kirchhain was an administrative unit in the Marburg district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The seat of the cantonal administration was the town of Kirchhain in what is now the Marburg-Biedenkopf district .
The canton comprised 9 villages and two cities, had 6,513 inhabitants and an area of 1.79 square miles .
The following localities belonged to the canton:
- City of Kirchhain with Mansdorf,
- City of Schweinsberg ,
- Allendorf ,
- Anzefahr ,
- Emsdorf ,
- Himmelsberg ,
- Langenstein with the Hof Netz,
- Low-small ,
- Niederwald ,
- Rudigheim ,
- Reservoir stream .
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 . 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]).