Land canton of Osterburg

The canton of Osterburg ( III.10 ) in the Stendal district of the Elbe department (around 1812, after the merger of the urban and rural cantons of Osterburg). The border between the city canton of Osterburg (northeastern part) and the rural canton of Osterburg (southern and western part) stretched to the east just a little south of Zedau, Osterburg and Packebusch

The Landkanton Osterburg (also Canton Osterburg rurale ) was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Westphalia . It was formed in 1807 and merged with the city canton of Osterburg to form the canton of Osterburg around / before 1809 . According to the administrative division of the kingdom, it belonged to the Stendal district of the Elbe department . The canton capital ( chef-lieu ) was Osterburg (Altmark) in the district of Stendal (Saxony-Anhalt).

history

In 1807, in the Peace of Tilsit , Prussia had to forego the Altmark and the Duchy of Magdeburg among other areas in favor of the Kingdom of Westphalia, which was newly founded that year. From these areas and smaller areas ceded by the Kingdom of Saxony , the Elbe Department was formed, which was divided into four districts ( Magdeburg , Neuhaldensleben , Stendal and Salzwedel ). The Stendal district was subdivided further into 13 cantons ( cantons ), including the Canton Osterburg- (country). The rural canton of Osterburg comprised nine municipalities in 1808 (spellings that differ from today's spelling are in italics):

Möllendorf , village, with Düsedau ( Diesedow , Düsedow ) and Calberwisch
Uchtenhagen , village, with Rohrbeck
Erxleben , village with Polkau and Erxleben , Möckern
Groß Ballerstedt ( Groß Ballerstädt ), village with Klein Ballerstedt ( Klein Ballerstädt )
Wollenrade , village with Flessau and Storbeck
Meßdorf ( Metzdorf ), village, with Schönebeck
Späningen ( Spanningen ), village with Natterheide
Schmersau , village with Biesenthal ( Bisenthal ) and Orpensdorf ( Oppendorf )
Klein Rossau ( Klein Rößau , Klein Roßau ), village with Rönnebeck

In 1808 the rural canton of Osterburg had 3,221 inhabitants. The rural canton of Osterburg and the city canton of Osterburg were merged to form the canton of Osterburg around / before 1809. In 1809, the Special Atlas of the Kingdom of Westphalia only records the unified canton of Osterburg. According to the information provided by Johann Georg Hassel, the canton of Osterburg, which was formed from the rural and urban canton of Osterburg, had a size of 3.75 square miles and 5,480 inhabitants.

Individual evidence

↑ Special atlas of the Kingdom of Westphalia: consisting of eight departmental and one general chart: 7: Chart of the department of the Elbe of the Kingdom of Westphalia: designed and published by the highest royal orders. Publishing house of the geographical institute, Weimar 1812 UrMEL Thuringian University and State Library
^ Directory of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom. Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie, Volume 1, Elbe Department (separate census), Land-Kanton Osterburg, Cassel / Kassel 1808. 1st print 1808, p. 18 Online at Google Books , 2nd print 1810, p. 77 Digitized in the MDZ . For the differences between the prints see preface
↑ Latest regional and ethnographic studies: A geographical reader for all classes. Sixth volume, Holland and Westphalia. 377 p., Verlag des geographischen Institut, Weimar, 1808 full text at Google Books , p. 344–45.
^ Johann Georg Hassel: Geographical-statistical outline of the Kingdom of Westphalia. 377 p., Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar 1809 full text at Google Books , p. 340.
↑ Special Atlas of the Kingdom of Westphalia. Geographisches Institut, Weimar 1809 full text at ULB Münster
^ Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel: Statistical Repertory on the Kingdom of Westphalia. Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig 1813, full text at Google Books , p. 9.
↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia. Hahn brothers, Hanover 1811 Online at Google Books p. 156.
↑ Königlich Westphälischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender to the year 1812. 462 p., Königliche Buchdruckerei, Cassel / Kassel 1812 Online at Google Books p. 216.

52.783333333333 11.75Coordinates: 52 ° 47 ' N , 11 ° 45' E

[Charte-1] Special atlas of the Kingdom of Westphalia: consisting of eight departmental and one general chart: 7: Chart of the department of the Elbe of the Kingdom of Westphalia: designed and published by the highest royal orders. Publishing house of the geographical institute, Weimar 1812 UrMEL Thuringian University and State Library

[Bulletin-1-2] Directory of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom. Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie, Volume 1, Elbe Department (separate census), Land-Kanton Osterburg, Cassel / Kassel 1808. 1st print 1808, p. 18 Online at Google Books , 2nd print 1810, p. 77 Digitized in the MDZ . For the differences between the prints see preface

[Lesebuch-3] Latest regional and ethnographic studies: A geographical reader for all classes. Sixth volume, Holland and Westphalia. 377 p., Verlag des geographischen Institut, Weimar, 1808 full text at Google Books , p. 344–45.

[Hassel1809-340-4] Johann Georg Hassel: Geographical-statistical outline of the Kingdom of Westphalia. 377 p., Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar 1809 full text at Google Books , p. 340.

[Special-Atlas-5] Special Atlas of the Kingdom of Westphalia. Geographisches Institut, Weimar 1809 full text at ULB Münster

[Hassel1813-9-6] Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel: Statistical Repertory on the Kingdom of Westphalia. Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig 1813, full text at Google Books , p. 9.

[Hof-_und_Staatshandbuch1811-156-7] Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia. Hahn brothers, Hanover 1811 Online at Google Books p. 156.

[Hof-_und_Staatskalender1812-216-8] Königlich Westphälischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender to the year 1812. 462 p., Königliche Buchdruckerei, Cassel / Kassel 1812 Online at Google Books p. 216.