Canton of Ober-Vellmar
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Ober-Vellmar | |
| department | Department of the Fulda |
| District | District of Kassel |
| surface | 2.09 square miles |
| Residents | 6.228 |
| Villages and hamlets | 16 |
| Cities | 0 |
The canton of Ober-Vellmar was an administrative unit in the Kassel district of the Fulda department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The main town of the canton and seat of the justice of the peace was Obervellmar , today a district of Vellmar in the Kassel district . The canton comprised 16 villages and hamlets, had 6,228 inhabitants and an area of 2.09 square miles .
The municipalities belonged to the canton:
- Obervellmar
- Harleshausen
- Heckershausen
- Ihringshausen
- Kirchditmold
- Mönchehof
- Napoleonshöhe (Wilhelmshöhe)
- Niedervellmar
- Rothenditmold
- Simmershausen , with Frommershausen
- Wahlershausen
- Madness
- Wehlheiden
- Wolfsanger , with Fasanenhof
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. 203 ( 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. 28 ( books.google.de [PDF; 19.2 MB ; accessed on May 14, 2011]).