Bourgeois

Bourgeois City of Leverkusen Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 53 ″  N , 6 ° 58 ′ 54 ″  E
Residents :	6492  (Aug 31, 2013)
Incorporation :	1930
Postal code :	51371
Area code :	0214
Location of Bürrig in Leverkusen
The striking tower front of the Catholic parish church St. Stephanus

Bürrig is a district of the independent city of Leverkusen in southern North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Bürrig borders on Küppersteg to the east and Wiesdorf to the south . The Dhünn , which also borders Bürrig in the west, flows between the two parts of the city . In the northwest, Bürrig is bounded by the Mühlengraben, the Wupper and Rheindorf .

history

The first documented mention of the parish church of St. Stephen and the place Bürrig took place in 1147. In 1280 received Graf Adolf V. von Berg the patronage over the parish . In 1399 the citizens of Cologne attacked Reuschenberg Castle . In 1477 the Reuschenberger mill was rebuilt. Wonderfully country belonged Bürrig since the Middle Ages to the Duchy of Berg and was subordinate to the Office Miselohe . The Bürrig parish also included the Neuenhof and Schaafstall residential areas and the Reuschenberg manor. From 1806 to 1813, the place belonged to the Napoleonic Grand Duchy of Berg and in 1808 was assigned to the canton of Opladen and the Dusseldorf district in the Rhine department.

1815 came Bürrig to the Kingdom of Prussia and in 1816 the new county Opladen , 1819 the district Solingen in the administrative district of Dusseldorf slammed shut. The municipality of Bürrig was subordinate to the administration of the mayor's office Opladen and in 1832 had 521 inhabitants. In the 19th century, industrialization began in Bürrig as well . The construction of the train station in Küppersteg on the new Cöln-Mindener Railway in 1845 was important for this. In 1860 several explosives companies were established in Bürrig. After the town elevation of Opladen (1858), the mayor's office was renamed “Opladen-Land” in 1859, in 1889 in Küppersteg mayor's office and in 1920 in Wiesdorf's mayor's office. In 1921 the communities of Bürrig and Wiesdorf merged to form the city of Wiesdorf. This was integrated into the newly formed city of Leverkusen in 1930.

Attractions

Bürrig water tower

• The “landmark” of the area is the Leverkusen-Bürrig water tower .

Economy and Infrastructure

Several companies have settled in Bürrig, such as EVL (Energieversorgung Leverkusen), but especially car dealerships such as Mercedes, BMW / Mini Procar and Roock Porsche. The Currenta sewage treatment plant is also located in Bürrig, very close to the water tower and Bayer Silicone.

Facilities

• Kindergarten St. Stephanus
• Municipal kindergarten
• Community elementary school Im Steinfeld
• Volunteer fire brigade Leverkusen - fire engine 13 - Bürrig, Küppersteg, Manfort
• Maltese youth in the Maltese relief service
• Lebenshilfe - workshops
• Volunteer Youth Fire Brigade Group 6
• Youth Center (JuZ)

Sports

• TuS 1887 Roland Bürrig

literature

• Leverkusener Informations 2004, publisher: City of Leverkusen, Leverkusen 2004.

Web links

Commons : Bürrig  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monuments in Bürrig (unofficial site)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bürrig district at www.leverkusen.de ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Archives in North Rhine-Westphalia: Leverkusen administrative affiliation