Altenhof (Leichlingen)

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Altenhof
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 34 ″  N , 7 ° 1 ′ 46 ″  E
Height : 72 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 42799
Altenhof (Leichlingen (Rhineland))
Altenhof

Location of Altenhof in Leichlingen (Rhineland)

Altenhof is a court in the town of Leichlingen (Rhineland) in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis .

Location and description

Altenhof is located in the Wupper valley north of the center of Leichlingen in the natural spatial unit of Lower Wuppertal . The nearby river forms the city limits to Solingen . To the east of Altenhof is the Siefental nature reserve north of Oberschmitte .

Neighboring towns are Nesselrath and the Niederungsburg Haus Nesselrath , Leysiefen , Kradenpuhl , Kuhle , Scheidt , Diepenbroich , Oberschmitte , Bennert , Bertenrath and Hohlenweg in the Leichling urban area on this side of the Wupper and Horn , Haasenmühle and Wipperaue on the other side of the river in the Solingen urban area. Wüst has fallen Büchel house .

history

Altenhof was first mentioned in a document around 1600. The map Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 shows the farm under the name Altenhof . In the 18th century, the place belonged to the parish of Leichlingen in the Bergisches Amt Miselohe . The topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824 and the Prussian first survey from 1844 both record the place as Altenhof .

In 1815/16 seven people lived in the village. In 1832 Altenhof belonged to the mayor's office in Leichlingen . The place, categorized as a village according to the statistics and topography of the administrative district of Düsseldorf , had a residential house and three agricultural buildings at that time. At that time, five people lived in the village, one of them Catholic and four Protestant.

In the municipality lexicon for the Rhineland province in 1885 a house with seven inhabitants is given. In 1895 the place had two houses with nine inhabitants, in 1905 one house and six inhabitants.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , 1836
  2. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1888.
  3. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1897.
  4. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1909.