Canton of Wipperfürth

The canton of Wipperfürth was a canton in the Elberfeld arrondissement in the Rhine department from 1807 to 1813.

history

After the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Berg in 1806, the grand-ducal administration set about organizing the country according to the administrative structures known in France in October 1807 . The old structures and offices - including the Steinbach office - were dissolved. The Bergische national territory was divided into departments , arrondissements , cantons and Mairien .

The canton of Wipperfürth was divided into the Mairien Klüppelberg ,  Kürten ,  Olpe and  Wipperfürth . After the collapse of Napoleonic rule, the arrondissements and cantons were dissolved. The four mairies of the canton continued to exist as mayors in the Prussian district of Wipperfürth .

See also

• Administrative units in the Grand Duchy of Berg

literature

• Constitution of 1812 (PDF file; 1.1 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Decret, containing the administrative regulations of the Grand Duchy of Berg, Law Bülletin, First Section, No. VII, p. 196 ( State Library Düsseldorf )