Canton Lichtenau (department of the Werra)
Kingdom of Westphalia | |
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Canton Lichtenau (department of the Werra) | |
department | Department of the Werra |
District | Eschwege district |
Capital of the canton | Lichtenau |
surface | 1.97 square miles |
Residents | 4,879 |
Villages and hamlets | 20th |
Cities | 1 |
The canton Lichtenau (Hessen) was an administrative unit in the Eschwege district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic kingdom of Westphalia . The main town of the canton and seat of the justice of the peace was the city of Lichtenau in today's Hessian Werra-Meißner district . The canton comprised 1 city and 20 villages.
The following localities belonged to the canton:
- City of Lichtenau
- Friedrichsbrück , Fürstenhagen , Rommerode
- Laudenbach , Velmeden , Hausen , Steinbach, Steinholz
- Walburg , Hambach, Retterode , Braunsrode, Walbach, Viehhaus, Hopfelde , Glimmerode
- Hollstein , Reichenbach , Wickersrode
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "Viehhaus, Werra-Meißner district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of January 27, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).