Minden-Ravensberg was a Prussian administrative unit consisting of the Principality of Minden and the County of Ravensberg from 1719–1807. The capital was Minden . In 1807 the region became part of the Kingdom of Westphalia , a client state of Napoleonic France . The territory was restored to Prussia after the Napoleonic Wars and became part of the Minden Region within the new Prussian Province of Westphalia in 1815.
2-1011: The province consisted of what is now the Ravensberg Land , between the Teutoburg Forest and the Wiehen Hills , and the Minden Land , north of the Wiehengebirge to the North German lowlands. Minden-Ravensberg was bounded to the east by the Weser , while other important rivers were the Westphalian Aa and the Else . Minden was the regional capital in that time, with other cities such as Bielefeld and Herford being of lower importance. Minden-Ravensberg had
4-415: A population of 160,301 in 1800 and an area of 2,113 km in 1806. The territory of Minden-Ravensberg is now within northeastern North Rhine-Westphalia and part of Ostwestfalen-Lippe . It roughly encompasses the districts of Minden-Lübbecke , Herford , northern Gütersloh , and Bielefeld, as greatest town and economic center. Because it belonged to Brandenburg-Prussia for centuries, Minden-Ravensberg
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