Mayor's office Bensberg

The building at Schloßstraße 23 was used for the mayor's office from 1902 to 1921.

The mayor Bensberg was one of nine mayors in the district Mülheim on the Rhine in Cologne Region in the Prussian Rhine Province . It was created in 1816 from the Mairie Bensberg , which was built by the French in the Grand Duchy of Berg . With the Prussian law regulating various points of the municipal constitutional law of December 27, 1927, the mayor's offices were finally abolished and the mayor's offices were transferred to the municipality of Bensberg .

location

Location of the mayor's office in the Mülheim district

The mayor's office was in the east of the district and bordered on the north of the Bergisch Gladbach mayor's office . Clockwise, it bordered the Wipperfürth district to the east, the mayor's offices of Overath and Rösrath to the south, and the mayor's office of Merheim to the west .

Infrastructure

The mayor's office had several train stations on the Cologne-Mülheim-Lindlar line , specifically Bensberg, Forsbach , Untereschbach, Immekeppel and Obersteeg . In 1923, Bensberg had a second class post office and postal agencies in Refrath, Herkenrath, Dürscheid, Immekeppel and Obersteeg. There were 60 telephone lines at the time. Bensberg had had electric light since 1913, the outlying areas since 1921.

Municipalities and localities

Living places in the early 19th century

1828 for mayor Bensberg belonged total including five villages , two farming communities and 113 farmsteads . Six churches and chapels and 14 mills were recorded. There were a total of 4301 inhabitants, of which 4,284 were Catholic and 17 were Protestant.

In detail:

All in all, this corresponds to the former Herkenrath messenger office .

In 1859, the villages from the former Obersand exclave of the Honschaft Sand , which until then belonged to the municipality of Sand, came to the parish of Dürscheid and the mayor's office of Bensberg. These are the villages of Blissenbacher Hof , Weyermühle , Hauserhof and Meiswinkel . Likewise, came top Lückerath and Penningsfeld from the city Gladbach Bensberg. Herrenstrunden , Trotzenburg and Unterthal , however, came to the mayor's office in Gladbach.

Places to live in the early 20th century

In 1905, the rural community and mayor of Bensberg owned an area of 6,172 hectares . In 192 places with a total of 1,712 houses and twelve other inhabited buildings (huts, tents, ships, wagons, etc.) lived 11,217 people, of which 10,570 were Catholic and 647 Protestant.

The following living spaces (spelling according to the original source ) are listed: Asselborn, Auelerberg , Auf der Halde, Bärbroich , Ball, Bech, Beckershäuschen , Bensberg train station, Berg, Bilstein , Birkerhöhe , Blücher pit , Bockenberg , Bölinghoven, Branderhof , fire rust , Braunsberg , Breite , Breitenweg , Brodhausen , Broich at Dürscheid, Broich at Herkenrath, Broichen, Broichhausen, Büchelterhof , Buescher Höfchen , Daubenbüchel , Dohm , thorn, Dorpe, muck , Three jumping , Dresherscheid , Duck mouse , Dürscheid, Dürscheiderhütte , Ehrenfeld , Erlen, field, Forsbach station , Frankenforst in Bensberg, France, Fürvels, Fürvelserkaule , alleys, Gronewald, Gross Buchholz , United Hohn, green trees, green forest, Hackenberg, Half morning , Hardt, Hardt Knippen, rabbits Büchel , Hassel Heide, Hauserhof, house Frankenforst, Haus Thal , hedges, Heath, Heidgen, Hellenthal, Herkenrath, Herlen, Herweg near Bensberg, Herweg near Dürscheid, Höhe, Holz, Hombach, Horst, Hove, Hülsenfeld, Hüttenstrasse, Huferberg , Hummelsbroich, Hundsiefen, Hungenberg, Immekeppel, Jähhardt, Juck , Juckerberg , Junkersgut, Grube Katharina, Kaule bei Bensberg, Kaule bei Immekeppel , Kaule bei Refrath , Keller, Kempershäuschen, Kicke , Kiel , Kierdorf, Kippekausen, Klefhaus , Klein Buchholz, Kleinhohnen , Klosterhöfchen, Knoppenbissen, Kotzfeld, Kühlheimermühle, Leffelsend, Lehmbach, Lehmbroich, Lehmpöhle, Grube Leopold v. Book, Letsch, Lichtthor, Löhe , Lucht, Lustheide, Meisheide, Meiswinkel, Melessen , Milchborn, Mittelauel , Mitteleschbach , Mittelsteeg , Moitzfeld, Neuenweg, Niedenhof, Norr, Oberauel , Oberblissenbach, Obereschbach , Oberhausen, Oberkülheim , Oberlückerath, Obersaal , Oberselbach, Obersteeg , Obersteinbach, Offermannskülheim, Olephant, Ottoherscheid, Penningsfeld, Pippelstein, place, Refrath, Reiser, Rödisch , Röttgen, Rottland, hall, sand, Sandbüchel, Scheid, Scherpenbach, Scheurenhöfchen , Schmalzgrube, Schmillenburg, Schmitzbüchel you , seven morning, Stachelsgut, Steinacker, Steinbreche, Steinenberg, Steinenhaus, Forsthaus Steinhaus, Steinthor, streets, Tütberg, shore , Unterauel , Unterblissenbach, Untereschbach , Unterkülheim , Unterselbach, Untersteinbach, Voiskülheim, Voislöhe, Volbach, Washington, Welscherheide, pit white, Werheide, Wesselsteinbach, Weyermühle, Wildphal , Wingertsheide, Winter , Berzelius pit, Wohn, Wolfsiefen, Wüstenherscheid, Zinkhütte and Zu cap.

In 1920 the population was 12,054, distributed over 229 named localities. In addition to the above, these are:

Altrefrath, Old Castle, An der Bahn, An der Kirche, Am alten Schloß, Auf dem Graben, Birkerhof, Broicher Strasse, Eichelstrasse, Falltorweg, Forsbacher Strasse, Gartenstrasse, Gasse, Gladbacher Strasse, Apple pit, Grünewald pit, main street, Heidplätze, Honing, Hüttenstrasse, Im Felde, Kauler Kirchweg, Kauler Strasse, Kielshöfchen, Kirchstrasse, Klausenberg, Kleineweyer, Knöchel, Kölner Strasse, Löffelsend, market, Marktstrasse, Oberhombach, Overrather Strasse, Pehlengasse, Pütz, Pützgasse, Saaler Strasse, Schlangenhöfchen, Schlehecken, Castle, Schloßplatz, Waldhaus villa colony, Weyerhard, Weierhof and Wipperfürther Straße.

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↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Katholisches Kirchspiel Dürscheid
^ ^A ^b ^c Evangelical parish Volberg and Catholic parish Immekeppel
↑ Sand Catholic parish

literature

Johann Bendel: Homeland book of the district of Mülheim am Rhein. History and description, sagas and tales . Facsimile print of the 2nd and 3rd edition Cologne-Mülheim 1925. Cologne 1981. ISBN 3-921232-05-8

Individual evidence

↑ Bergischer Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg eV Accessed on September 18, 2019 .
^ Friedrich von Restorff: Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Provinces , Berlin and Stettin, 1830
^ Anton Jux: The Bergische Botenamt, the history of Bergisch Gladbach up to the Prussian period , published by the cultural office of the city of Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach 1964
^ Albert Esser (ed.): Bergisch Gladbacher Stadtgeschichte . City Archives Bergisch Gladbach, 2006.
↑ ^a ^b Royal Statistical 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.

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[:1-7] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar Katholisches Kirchspiel Immekeppel

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[:3-9] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Katholisches Kirchspiel Dürscheid

[:4-10] A ^b ^c Evangelical parish Volberg and Catholic parish Immekeppel

[11] Sand Catholic parish

[1] Bergischer Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg eV Accessed on September 18, 2019 .

[restorff-2] Friedrich von Restorff: Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Provinces , Berlin and Stettin, 1830

[3] Anton Jux: The Bergische Botenamt, the history of Bergisch Gladbach up to the Prussian period , published by the cultural office of the city of Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach 1964

[4] Albert Esser (ed.): Bergisch Gladbacher Stadtgeschichte . City Archives Bergisch Gladbach, 2006.

[Gemeindelexikon1909-5] Royal Statistical 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.