Canton of Marburg
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Marburg | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Marburg |
| Seat of the cantonal administration |
Marburg |
| surface | 0.6 square miles |
| Residents | 7,841 |
| Villages and hamlets | 5 |
| Cities | 1 |
The canton of Marburg was an administrative unit in the Marburg district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807 to 1814 . The seat of the cantonal administration was Marburg of the same name . The canton comprised five villages and hamlets and the city of Marburg. It had 7,841 residents and an area of 0.6 square miles .
The localities administered were
- City of Marburg with Schwanenhof ,
- Marbach ,
- Cappel ,
- Ockershausen and
- Cyriaxsweimar with Gisselberg
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. 193 ( lwl.org [PDF; 4.9 MB ; accessed on April 29, 2010]).
- ↑ Friedrich Justin Bertuch (ed.): General geographical ephemeris . With charts and copper. Volume six and thirtieth. Publishers of the Landes-Industrie-Comtoir, Weimar 1811, p. 60 ( books.google.de [PDF; 19.2 MB ; accessed on April 29, 2010]).