Canton of Velbert

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The canton Velbert (French: Canton de Velbert ) was one of six administrative units formed in 1808 , into which the Arrondissement Düsseldorf in the department of the Rhine of the Grand Duchy of Berg established by Napoleon was divided and existed until 1813. The canton was also a magistrate's district . The eponymous main town ( chef-lieu ) was the village of Velbert , now a town in North Rhine-Westphalia . In 1808 there were 11,703 inhabitants in the canton .

history

Until the beginning of the 19th century, the administrative district of the canton of Velbert belonged to the duchy of Berg and was assigned to various administrative and judicial districts ( offices ). The Duchy of Berg was last in possession of the Bavarian King I. Maximilian , who, in the context of an exchange contract on March 15, 1806 Napoleon abdicated . Napoleon appointed his brother-in-law Joachim Murat as Duke of Cleve and Berg , who was raised to Grand Duke in connection with the establishment of the Rhine Confederation (July 12, 1806) .

On October 13, 1807 Murat decreed a unified municipal administration for the municipalities of the Grand Duchy. The municipalities , which were later also called Maires , were the predecessors of the later Prussian mayorries . On November 14, 1808, a comprehensive reorganization of the administration based on the French model began. It provided for a breakdown into departments , arrondissements (districts) and cantons . The canton Velbert belonged to the department of the Rhine and was divided into the Mairies Hardenberg, Velbert and Wülfrath, from which after 1815 the Prussian mayorries Hardenberg , Velbert and Wülfrath in the district of Mettmann emerged. After Napoleon's defeat in the Battle of Leipzig at the end of 1813, the region was provisionally subordinated to the Berg Generalgouvernement and assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.

Today the localities essentially belong to different cities in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Mettmann .

Administrative division

Locality Mairie 1811 Office until 1806 belongs to today
Dilldorf , farmers Velbert Hardenberg Essen , district of Kupferdreh
Erbach , Honschaft Wuelfrath Mettmann Wülfrath , part of the city
Flandersbeck , Honschaft Wuelfrath Angermund Wülfrath , Flandersbach district
Great height , peasantry Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , part of the Neviges district
Hardenberg , castle Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , part of the Neviges district
Hasselbeck , Honschaft Velbert Angermund Heiligenhaus , Hasselbeck district
Hetterscheid , Honschaft Velbert Angermund Heiligenhaus , district of Hetterscheidt
Isenbögel , Honschaft Velbert Angermund Heiligenhaus , Isenbügel district
Small height , peasantry Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , part of the Neviges district
Krewinkel , Honschaft Velbert Angermund Velbert , part of the city district Mitte
Kuhlendahl , farmers Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , part of the Neviges district
Langenberg , village Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , Langenberg district
Laubeck , Honschaft Velbert Angermund Heiligenhaus , Leubeck district
Neviges , village Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , Neviges district
Nordrath , farmers Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , part of the Neviges district
Obersiebeneick , farmers Hardenberg Hardenberg Wuppertal , part of the Uellendahl-Katernberg district
Oberdüssel , Honschaft Wuelfrath Solingen Wülfrath , Oberdüssel district
Oeft , master Velbert Angermund Essen , district of Kettwig
Püttbach , Honschaft Wuelfrath Mettmann Wülfrath , part of the city
Richrath , farmers Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , part of the Neviges district
Rottberg , farmers Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , part of the Neviges district
Rützhausen , Honschaft Wuelfrath Angermund Wülfrath , Rützkausen district
Tüschen , Honschaft Velbert Angermund Heiligenhaus , Tüschen district
Untensiebeneick , farmers Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , part of the Neviges district
Unterdüssel , Honschaft Wuelfrath Solingen Wülfrath , Unterdüssel district
Velbert , village Velbert Angermund Velbert , Mitte district
Vosnacken , farmers Hardenberg Hardenberg Essen , part of Kupferdreh and Velbert , part of Langenberg
Walmigrath , farmers Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , part of the Neviges district
Windrath , farmers Hardenberg Hardenberg Velbert , part of the Neviges district
Wülfrath , village Wuelfrath Mettmann Wülfrath , city

Notes on the table:

  • The place names were taken in the historical spelling from the Décret on the division of the Grand Duchy of Berg from 1808 and from a place directory from 1811. Deviating from the decree of 1808, the designations of farmers and honors were taken from a Prussian municipality directory from 1836.
  • Belonging to the Mairies also comes from the place directory from 1811.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Décret, on the division of the Grand Duchy of Berg, dated November 14, 1808, Law Bülletin, First Department, No. V, pp. 50, 62 ff. ( Düsseldorf State Library )
  2. ^ Johann Josef Scotti: Collection of laws and ordinances ... , Volume 2 (Grand Duchy of Berg), Düsseldorf: Wolf, 1821, p. 1006 ff ( State Library Bonn )
  3. ^ Düsseldorf address calendar and paperback for business people in the Grand Duchy of Berg, Directory of Mairies, Düsseldorf: Dänzer 1812 ( Düsseldorf State Library )
  4. ^ A b Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , JHC Schreinger, 1836, p. 36 ff ( Google Books )
  5. ↑ a b Düsseldorf address calendar and paperback for business people in the Grand Duchy of Berg, division of the Grand Duchy of Berg, Düsseldorf: Dänzer 1811 ( Düsseldorf State Library )