City canton of Osterburg

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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 city ​​canton of Osterburg was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Westphalia . It was established in 1807 and merged with the rural canton of Osterburg to form the new canton of Osterburg around / before 1809 . After the administrative division of the Kingdom of Westphalia, the city canton of Osterburg belonged to the Stendal district of the Elbe department . The canton capital was Osterburg (Altmark) ( district of Stendal (Saxony-Anhalt)).

history

In 1807 the Kingdom of Westphalia was founded. In the Peace of Tilsit , Prussia had to cede the Altmark and the Duchy of Magdeburg to the new kingdom, among other areas . 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 cantons Osterburg (city) and Osterburg (country). Originally four municipalities belonged to the city canton of Osterburg (spellings differing from today's spelling in italics):

In 1808 the city canton of Osterburg had 2,421 inhabitants. At a time that is not exactly known (around / before 1809), the rural canton of Osterburg and the city canton of Osterburg were merged to form the canton of Osterburg. The Special Atlas of the Kingdom of Westphalia published in 1809 only lists 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 cantons, had a size of 3.75 square miles and 5,480 inhabitants.

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, Weimar 1812 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, Elbe Department (separate count), pp. 1–26, Cassel / Kassel 1808. Canton Osterburg (city) pp. 14/15
  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.
  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.
  5. ↑ Special Atlas of the Kingdom of Westphalia. Geographisches Institut, Weimar 1809 full text at ULB Münster
  6. ^ Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel: Statistical Repertory on the Kingdom of Westphalia. Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig 1813, full text at Google Books , p. 9.
  7. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia. Hahn brothers, Hanover 1811 Online at Google Books p. 156.
  8. ↑ Königlich Westphälischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender to the year 1812. 462 p., Königliche Buchdruckerei, Cassel / Kassel 1812 Online at Google Books p. 216.

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