Bechhausen (Leichlingen)

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Bechhausen
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 6 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 29 ″  E
Height : 213 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 42799
Bechhausen (Leichlingen (Rhineland))
Bechhausen

Location of Bechhausen in Leichlingen (Rhineland)

Bechhausen is a site of the hilltop village Witzhelden in Leichlingen (Rhineland) in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district that emerged from a manor .

Location and description

Bechhausen is located northwest of the center of Witzhelden, but has merged into the now closed residential area between the center and Flamerscheid since the end of the 20th century and is not immediately recognizable as an independent residential area . Other neighboring towns are Claasholz , Oberbüscherhof , Herscheid , Orth , Wolfstall , Scharweg , Sieferhof , Nüsenhöfen , Brachhausen , Meie , Altenbach , Feld and Krähwinkel .

The Weltersbach rises in Bechhausen , which is called the Kräwinkeler Bach in the upper reaches .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1457 as Bickhausen . beke , bick are mnd. Forms of Bach , see names of waters on -bach .

Bechhausen was a manor and counts as the nucleus of the Höhendorf Witzhelden. This owned a moated castle surrounded by a moat , a Grautenhof , which was owned by the Bergisch Ministrial Aristocratic House Quadt . In the 15th century the estate was owned by the noble von Diepental , but came into the possession of the noble Sülzen family through marriage , and after 1433 for several generations to that of the Huicking family . In 1672 the moated castle was stormed by French soldiers as part of the Reunion Wars and the landlord Heinrich Kraft von Huicking was killed. In order to handle the financial consequences, the Hofgut was lent 200 Reichstaler in 1673. The moated castle burned down in the 18th century. Today only the new manor house built in 1720 remains.

In the 18th century, the place belonged to the parish Witzhelden in the Bergisches Amt Miselohe . The topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824 and the Prussian first survey from 1844 record the place as Bechhaus and Bechhausen . In 1815/16 58 people lived in the village. In 1832 Bechhausen belonged to the parish Witzhelden of the Burscheid mayor . The place, categorized as a village according to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district , had 13 residential houses and 28 agricultural buildings at that time. At that time 63 residents lived in the place, five of them Catholic and 58 Protestant faith.

Due to the municipal code for the Rhine province, the parish of Witzhelden received the status of a municipality in 1845, left the Burscheid mayor and formed its own mayor's office from 1850 onwards . In the municipality lexicon for the Rhineland province in 1885, twelve houses with 48 inhabitants are given. In 1895 the place had twelve houses with 51 inhabitants, in 1905 14 houses and 63 inhabitants.

On January 1, 1975, the municipality of Witzhelden was incorporated into Leichlingen with Bechhausen.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
  2. ^ Heinrich Dittmaier : settlement names and settlement history of the Bergisches Land , Schmidt, Neustadt ad Aisch 1956 ( journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein , vol. 74 / parallel edition as a publication of the Institute for Historical Regional Studies of the Rhineland at the University of Bonn )
  3. ↑ Bechhausen on www.witzhelden-web.de. Retrieved February 22, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , 1836
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 298 .