Canton of Windheim

Kingdom of Westphalia
Canton of Windheim
Surname	Canton de Windheim
department	Department of the Weser ; Department of the Leine
Capital of the canton	Windheim
surface	2.05 square miles
Residents	7225 as of 1811
Villages and hamlets	24
Cities	-

Windheim

Position of the main town on a map of today's North Rhine-Westphalia

The canton Windheim was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Westphalia , which existed from 1807 to 1813 and was formed by the Royal Decree of December 24, 1807. From 1807 to 1811 the canton was part of the Minden district in the department of the Weser . It was triggered there on May 10, 1811 and came to the new Rinteln district in the department of the Leine , where it was confirmed with the cantons of Hausberge and Obernkirchen on November 20, 1812 and its communities were reorganized.

After the end of the French era , the canton of Windheim became the mayor's office of Windheim in the Minden district of the Prussian province of Westphalia . In 1843 the Windheim Office was formed from the Windheim mayor .

Places and communities

The following places were assigned to the canton of Windheim when it was founded in 1808:

In 1811 the individual places were combined into seven communities:

Windheim, with Jössen, Ilse, Ilserheide and Wulfhagen
Lahde, with Bierde and Quetzen and the Lohhäuser dairy
Döhren, with Seelenfeld, Neuenknick and Rosenhagen
Heimsen, with Ilvese and the Hunerburg and Neuhof dairies
Raderhorst, with Gorspen and Vahlsen
Dankersen, with Hasenkamp and Frille
Wietersheim, with Päpinghausen, Leteln and Aminghausen

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Royal Decree, which orders the division of the kingdom into eight departments . List of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom. In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie . tape I , no. 6 , 1807, pp. 231 ff . ( lwl.org [PDF; 4.9 MB ; accessed on February 10, 2014]).
↑ ^a ^b Royal Decree of November 20, 1812 by which the cantons Hausberge, Windheim and Obernkirchen are united with the District Rinteln, and their communal division is determined . In: Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie . tape II , no. 183 , 1812, pp. 429 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ Westphalia Lexicon 1832-1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978, p. xxx (reprint of the original from 1834).
^ Office Windheim at GenWiki
^ Official Journal of the Minden Government 1843: Formation of the Windheim Office . 1843, p. 347 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[decret1807-1] Royal Decree, which orders the division of the kingdom into eight departments . List of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom. In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie . tape I , no. 6 , 1807, pp. 231 ff . ( lwl.org [PDF; 4.9 MB ; accessed on February 10, 2014]).

[decret1812-2] Royal Decree of November 20, 1812 by which the cantons Hausberge, Windheim and Obernkirchen are united with the District Rinteln, and their communal division is determined . In: Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie . tape II , no. 183 , 1812, pp. 429 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[3] Westphalia Lexicon 1832-1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978, p. xxx (reprint of the original from 1834).

[4] Office Windheim at GenWiki

[5] Official Journal of the Minden Government 1843: Formation of the Windheim Office . 1843, p. 347 ( limited preview in Google Book search).