Canton of Lindlar

The canton of Lindlar was a canton in the arrondissement of Mülheim am Rhein in the Rhine department in the Grand Duchy of Berg .

history

With the formation of the Grand Duchy of Berg by Napoleon , the French administrative structures were transferred to the Grand Duchy. The old Bergische Amt Steinbach was divided into two cantons, Lindlar came to the arrondissement of Mülheim. The canton consisted of the parishes of Lindlar , Engelskirchen , Hohkeppel and Overath , from which the three Mairien (mayor's offices) Lindlar, Engelskirchen and Overath had been formed by the municipal administrative order of December 18, 1808.

After the Congress of Vienna , the Grand Duchy was annexed to Prussia . While the Mairien were largely retained as mayor 's offices, the canton of Lindlar was dissolved. The following administrative unit became the Wipperfürth district .

See also

• Administrative units in the Grand Duchy of Berg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JC Dänzer: Décret impérial sur la circonscription territoriale du grand-duché de Berg… Imperial decree on the division of the Grand Duchy of Berg . 1808, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-84858 .