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Minden-Ravensbergwas aPrussianadministrative unit consisting of thePrincipality of Mindenand theCounty of Ravensbergfrom 1719–1807. The capital wasMinden.In 1807 the region became part of theKingdom of Westphalia,a client state ofNapoleonic France.The territory was restored to Prussia after theNapoleonic Warsand became part of theMinden Regionwithin the new PrussianProvince of Westphaliain 1815.
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Geography
editThe province consisted of what is now theRavensberg Land,between theTeutoburg Forestand theWiehen Hills,and theMinden Land,north of the Wiehengebirge to the North German lowlands. Minden-Ravensberg was bounded to the east by theWeser,while other important rivers were theWestphalian Aaand theElse.
Minden was the regional capital in that time, with other cities such asBielefeldandHerfordbeing of lower importance. Minden-Ravensberg had a population of 160,301 in 1800 and an area of 2,113 km2in 1806.[1]
Present-day
editThe territory of Minden-Ravensberg is now within northeasternNorth Rhine-Westphaliaand part ofOstwestfalen-Lippe.It roughly encompasses the districts ofMinden-Lübbecke,Herford,northernGütersloh,and Bielefeld, as greatest town and economic center. Because it belonged toBrandenburg-Prussiafor centuries, Minden-Ravensberg is today regarded as a cultural region differing from its neighbors by itsLutheranismand special economic development.
References
edit- ^Alwin Hanschmidt:Das 18. Jahrhundert (1702–1803).In: Wilhelm Kohl (Hrsg.), Geschichte Westfalens, Bd.1., S. 605–686, Monika Lahrkamp:Die französische Zeit.In: Wilhelm Kohl (ed.), Geschichte Westfalens, Bd.2, S. 1–44.