Canton Ziegenhain
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
|---|---|
| Canton Ziegenhain | |
| department | Department of the Werra |
| District | District of Hersfeld |
| Capital of the canton | Goat grove |
| surface | 1.62 square miles |
| Residents | 3,832 |
| Villages and hamlets | 11 |
| Cities | 1 |
The canton Ziegenhain was an administrative unit in the Hersfeld district of the Werra department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . The main town of the canton and seat of the justice of the peace was the town of Ziegenhain , since 1970 part of Schwalmstadt in today's Schwalm-Eder district . The canton comprised a city and 11 villages and hamlets, had 3,832 residents, and an area of 1.62 square miles .
The following localities belonged to the canton:
- Goat grove, with duck catching
- Allendorf
- Glue field
- Michelsberg
- Low limit stream
- Upper limit stream
- Rommershausen
- Rörshain
- Schönborn
- Seigertshausen
- Steina
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 & 205 ( 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]).