Windrath farmers

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The peasantry Windrath up to the 19th century, one of the lowest administrative units in the rural outskirts of Bergisch mayoralty Hardenberg in the district Elberfeld the administrative district of Dusseldorf within the Prussian Rhine Province .

Before that, the farmers belonged to the lordship of Hardenberg in the Duchy of Berg . In the course of an administrative reform within the Grand Duchy of Berg , the mayor's office of Hardenberg was formed in 1808.

According to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district from 1832, the following subordinate towns and places to live belonged to the peasantry : Zu Knürsches , Zu Schnitzes , Zu Oerk , Im Igelsbruch , Im Thal , Aufm Hof , Zur Helten , Im Jute , Zu Kleines and Zu Schäpers .

The municipality encyclopedia for the province of Rhineland lists the towns and places of residence in 1888 in detail: Böskesschmitte, Bruch, Brücke, Dahl, Eckern, Eierbusch, Hagen, Hahnenbusch, Hassel I, Hassel II, Hassel III, Hellerbusch, Hof, Horst, Hühnerbusch, Igelsbruch, Im Busch, In den Hülsen, Judt, Juterbusch, Kleinobs, Klein Obsberg, Klukenbusch, Knürschhaus, Köttgen, Küppersbruch, Lippesfeld, Lippeskothen, Lückenhaus, Obenhageroth, Örk, Pillenbusch, Rinkenbusch, Rüb, Schelenhaus, Schepern, Schmittshaus, Stöckern, Tente, Timpen, Triebel, Unterhageroth, Windrath School, Wüstenhof and Zur Hellen. At that time, 424 people lived in 60 houses in these places.

Several of the farms that still exist today are dedicated to organic farming .

The small Windrath chapel , which is said to date from the Middle Ages, is on Donnenberger Straße . Today there is a service once a month.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , 1836
  2. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Rhineland. Based on materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, edited by the Royal Statistical Bureau. In: Royal Statistical Bureau (Hrsg.): Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. tape XII , 1888, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 , p. 92 ( digitized version - No. 31/8).
  3. ↑ Representation of the Evangelical Church Community Langenberg ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirchengemeinde-langenberg.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′  N , 7 ° 8 ′  E