Canton Niederaula
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton Niederaula | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Hersfeld |
| Capital of the canton | Niederaula |
| surface | 1.60 square miles |
| Residents | 3,093 |
| Villages and hamlets | 11 |
| Cities | 0 |
The canton Niederaula was an administrative unit in the Hersfeld 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 Niederaula in today's Hersfeld-Rotenburg district . The canton comprised 11 villages and hamlets, had 3,093 residents and an area of 1.60 square miles .
The following places belonged to the canton:
- Niederaula
- Allendorf in the desert , with Reimboldshausen and Kemmerode
- Asbach , with Beiershausen and Falkenbach
- Hattenbach
- Kirchheim , Gershausen and Kleba
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. 205–207 ( 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]).