Land canton Braunschweig (West)
| Kingdom of Westphalia | |
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| Land canton Braunschweig (West) | |
| department | Department of the Oker |
| District | Braunschweig |
| Capital of the canton | Vechelde |
| surface | 2.28 square miles |
| Residents | 3,887 |
| Villages and hamlets | 12 |
| Cities | - |
 
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Position of the main town on a map of today's Lower Saxony
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The canton Braunschweig-Land (West) existed from 1807 to 1813 in the Braunschweig district in the Oker department in the Kingdom of Westphalia and was formed by the Royal Decree of December 24, 1807. The administration of the canton, which did not have its own capital, took place from Vechelde .
Communities
Map with all linked sites of the places of the rural canton Braunschweig (West): OSM | WikiMap
| Place name | comment |
|---|---|
| Bortfeld | today a district of the municipality Wendeburg in the district of Peine |
| Broitzem with Stiddien | today districts of the city of Braunschweig |
| Denstorf with Klein Gleidingen | today parts of the municipality of Vechelde in the district of Peine |
| Lamb | today a district of the city of Braunschweig |
| Lehndorf with the gathering tower | today a district of the city of Braunschweig |
| Rüningen | today a district of the city of Braunschweig |
| Sonnenberg | today a district of the municipality of Vechelde in the district of Peine |
| Timmerlah with Groß Gleidingen | today a district of the city of Braunschweig or a district of the municipality of Vechelde in the district of Peine |
| Vechelde and Vechelade | today parts of the municipality of Vechelde in the district of Peine |
| Völkenrode | today a district of the city of Braunschweig |
| Watenbüttel with Steinhof | today a district of the city of Braunschweig |
| Wedtlenstedt | today a district of the municipality of Vechelde in the district of Peine |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Royal Decree, which ordered 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, Vol. I (1807) No. 6 . S. 150 f . ( PDF 4.9 MB [accessed March 30, 2013]).