Rotenburg canton
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Rotenburg canton | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Hersfeld |
| Capital of the canton | Rotenburg on the Fulda |
| surface | 1.44 square miles |
| Residents | 4,705 |
| Villages and hamlets | 12 |
| Cities | 1 |
The canton Rotenburg was an administrative unit in the Hersfeld district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The city of Rotenburg an der Fulda in today's district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg was the capital of the canton and seat of the justice of the peace . The canton comprised a city and 12 villages and hamlets, had 4,705 inhabitants and an area of 1.44 square miles .
The following localities belonged to the canton:
- City of Rotenburg, with Dickenrück
- Atzelrode with Wüstefeld and Mündershausen
- Blankenheim
- Braach with Gut Ellingerode and Gut Alte Teich
- Gerterode , Breitenbach and Michelshof with Lüdersdorf
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. 61 ( books.google.de [PDF; 19.2 MB ; accessed on April 26, 2009]).