Canton of Petersberg
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton of Petersberg | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Hersfeld |
| Capital of the canton | Petersberg |
| surface | 1.72 square miles |
| Residents | 3,276 |
| Villages and hamlets | 16 |
| Cities | 0 |
The canton Petersberg 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 the place Petersberg , today part of Bad Hersfeld.
The canton comprised 16 villages, hamlets and individual farms, had 3,276 inhabitants and an area of 1.72 square miles .
The following places belonged to the canton:
- Petersberg with Kienbach
- Kathus , Sorga with Sölzerhöfe and Oberrode , Rotensee , Oberhaun , Unterhaun , Eitra with Sieglos and Fischbach
- Wippershain with hedge house
- Meckbach , Mecklar
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. 209 ( 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]).
- ↑ "Wüstung Heckenhaus (s), Hersfeld-Rotenburg district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).