Canton of Landeck
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Landeck | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Hersfeld |
| Capital of the canton | Schenklengsfeld |
| surface | 2.55 square miles |
| Residents | 3,965 |
| Villages and hamlets | 22nd |
| Cities | 0 |
The canton Landeck was an administrative unit in the Hersfeld district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The canton was based on the former Hessian Landeck . The main place and seat of the peace court was Schenklengsfeld in today's district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg . The canton comprised 22 villages and hamlets, had 3,965 residents, and an area of 2.55 square miles .
The following places belonged to the canton:
- Schenklengsfeld
- Malkomes with Dinkelrode
- Oberlengsfeld with Schenksolz and Lampertsfeld
- Wüstfeld with Konrode and Landershausen
- Motzfeld , Hilmes , Wehrshausen with Kohlhausen, Rimmerode, Thalhausen and Unterweiseborn
- Ransbach , Ausbach with Nippe and Röhrigshof
- Mansbach with Grieselborn
- Oberbreitzbach , Glaam , Schwarzengrund and Grasgrube, Wenigentaft
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. 207 ( 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]).
- ^ Georg Hassel: Statistical Repertory on the Kingdom of Westphalia. F. Vieweg, 1813, p. 83. Limited preview in Google Book search