City canton of Gardelegen

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Stadtkanton Gardelegen and Landkanton Gardelegen in the district of Neuhaldensleben of the Department of the Elbe 1812 (from Special Atlas of the Kingdom of Westphalia: consisting of eight department and one general chart: 7: chart of the department of the Elbe of the Kingdom of Westphalia)

The city ​​canton of Gardelegen (also just Kanton Gardelegen , Canton Gardelegen or Canton Gardelegen municipal ) was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Westphalia . It existed from 1807 to the dissolution of the kingdom in 1813 and, according to the administrative structure of 1807, initially belonged to the Salzwedel district of the Elbe department , and from September 1, 1810 to the Neuhaldensleben district of the Elbe department.

history

In the Peace of Tilsit , Prussia lost the Altmark along with other areas . With the decree of August 18, 1807, the Altmark became part of the newly created Kingdom of Westphalia. In 1807 an administrative reform was carried out in the previously Prussian Altmark. The Altmark, together with other formerly Prussian parts of the country, formed the newly created department of the Elbe, which was divided into four districts ( Magdeburg , Neuhaldensleben, Stendal and Salzwedel). After the directory of departments, districts, cantons and communes of the Kingdom in December 1807 of Salzwedel district was divided into 15 cantons ( cantons ), including the city of Canton Gardelegen and the Canton of Gardelegen. The following belonged to the city canton of Gardelegen (different original spellings of the place names in italics):

The towns of the city canton of Gardelegen belonged to the Salzwedelschen Kreis of Altmark until 1807 . In 1808 the city canton of Gardelegen had 6,273 inhabitants. In 1810 Mr. Grube was a canton master, the canton still had 5606 inhabitants. On September 1, 1810, the Salzwedel district (in the Elbe department) was dissolved. A new district of Salzwedel in the department of the Lower Elbe was formed from eight cantons (or nine) . The city canton of Gardelegen was assigned to the Neuhaldensleben district in the Elbe department. In 1811 it had 5974 inhabitants.

With the collapse of the Kingdom of Westphalia after the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, the previous Prussian administrative structure was restored. Gardelegen became the seat of the newly created Gardelegen district in the administrative reform of 1816/17 .

Individual evidence

  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, Weimar1812 UrMEL Thuringian University and State Library
  2. ^ Directory of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom. Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie, Volume 1, pp. 57–241, Cassel / Kassel 1810. Online at Google Books ( Stadtkanton Gardelegen, p. 78 )
  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 Online at Google Books , p. 342.
  4. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia. 352 S., Gebrüder Hahn, Hannover 1811 Online at Google Books S. 156.
  5. ^ Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel: Statistical Repertory on the Kingdom of Westphalia. Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig 1813, online at Google Books , p. 7.
  6. ^ Karl von Seydlitz: The administrative district of Magdeburg: Geographical, statistical and topographical manual. 209 p., Ferdinand Rubach, Magdeburg, 1820.

Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '  N , 11 ° 24'  E