Canton of Neukirchen
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Neukirchen | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Marburg |
| Capital of the canton | Neukirchen (Knull) |
| surface | 1.82 square miles |
| Residents | 4,251 |
| Villages and hamlets | 15th |
| Cities | 1 |
The canton of Neukirchen was an administrative unit in the Hersfeld district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The city of Neukirchen (Knüll) in today's Schwalm-Eder district was the capital of the canton and seat of the justice of the peace .
The canton comprised 15 villages and hamlets and one city, had 4,251 inhabitants and an area of 1.82 square miles .
The municipalities belonged to the canton:
- City of Neukirchen
- Asterode
- Alt-Hattendorf and Neu-Hattendorf with Krausenberg
- Immichenhain with Völkershof and Eggenhöfe
- Nausis , Wincherode and Claushof
- Riebelsdorf with Rückershausen
- Röllhausen and Schönberg
- Schrecksbach
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. 205 ( 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]).