Canton of Schwarzenborn

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Kingdom of Westphalia
Canton of Schwarzenborn
department Department of the Werra
District District of Hersfeld
Capital of the canton Schwarzenborn
surface 2.28 square miles
Residents 4,251
Villages and hamlets 17th
Cities 0

The canton Schwarzenborn was an administrative unit in the Hersfeld district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The city of Schwarzenborn in today's Schwalm-Eder district was the capital of the canton and seat of the justice of the peace . The canton comprised 17 villages and hamlets, had 4,251 residents, and an area of ​​2.28 square miles .

The following places belonged to the canton:

Individual evidence

  1. "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]).
  2. 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]).