Aue (Barmen)

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Aue
City of Wuppertal
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 38 "  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 35"  E
Height : 156 m above sea level NHN
Aue (Wuppertal)
Aue

Location of Aue in Wuppertal

Aue ( pronunciation ? / I ) was a locality in the mountainous city ​​of Barmen (today part of Wuppertal ). The local situation emerged from one of the medieval courtyards of Barmen. Audio file / audio sample

Location and description

Aue was divided into Obere Aue and Untere Aue. The local locations, which were independent until the middle of the 19th century, were located in today's residential area of Hesselnberg in the Barmen district at an altitude of 155 to 160  m above sea level. NHN south of the Wupper . Obere and Untere Aue were located in the area that is now largely occupied by the area of ​​the Unterbarmer train station . Obere Aue was at the level of today's Oberbergische Strasse , and Untere Aue to the southwest. The Auer Bach , which is named after the residential area, flows past the settlement area of ​​the former Obere Aue .

Etymology and history

Map of the courts in the area of ​​today's Barmen by Erich Philipp Ploennies (1715)

Aue is a topographical name that indicates its location on the banks of the Wupper ( river floodplain ). This type of place name suggests that the Aues was formed before the turn of the millennium.

The earliest recorded mention of Aue as In der Awen comes from the Beyenburger official account (account of the rent master to the Bergisch-Ducal camera administration ) of the year 1466. This shows that the residential area Aue was already divided into a larger and a smaller one at that time Vollhof , which belonged to a Hilla in the Awen and a Hanß in the Awen .

Due to the inadequate sources, it is not documented, but it is possible that Aue was one of the " goods in Barmen " (" Bona de Barme ") in the Electorate of Cologne, mentioned in 1244 and owned by Count Ludwig von Ravensberg as an allod the Count von Berg passed under Count Heinrich IV . Territorially, the area around Aue was part of Unterbarmen from the late 14th century in the Bergisch Amt of Beyenburg . Ecclesiastically it belonged to the parish of Elberfeld until its own parish in Barmer was established . In 1641 the size of the floodplain is given as 45 acres .

1715 is on the Topographia Ducatus Montani of Erich Philipp Ploennies between two yards o.Auw (Upper Aue) and u.Auw distinguished (lower Aue). The two settlement areas are separated by the course of today's Oberbergische Strasse . With the other farms in the Barmen farming community , Aue was part of the Bergisches Amt Beyenburg until 1806.

literature

  • Walter Dietz: Barmen 500 years ago. An examination of the Beyenburger official accounts from 1466 and other sources on the early development of the place Barmen (= contributions to the history and local history of the Wuppertal. Vol. 12, ISSN  0522-6678 ). Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1966.