Benroth (Nuembrecht)

Benroth municipality Nümbrecht Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 39 ″  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 21 ″  E
Height :	227  (200-260)  m
Residents :	353  (Dec. 31, 2006)
Postal code :	51588
Area code :	02295
Location of Benroth in Nümbrecht

Benroth (dialect Bennert ) is a district of Nümbrecht in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne ( Germany ). The place is divided into two parts, several buildings in the southern part of the place belong to the town of Waldbröl .

The old station of the Bröltalbahn

Remains of a powder bunker from the powder mill that existed until 1920

Location and description

The place is about 5 km south of the center of the municipality Nümbrecht as the crow flies. Neighboring towns are Harscheid in the north, Berkenroth in the east, Pulvermühle and Propach and Neuroth in the south and Lindscheider Mühle in the west.

history

Settlement and first mention

Settlement took place from 900 to 1200.

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1447 , namely in an "invoice from Joh. Van Flamersfelt , Saynischer Rentmeister zu Homburg " (HStA Wiesbaden ). The spelling of the first mention was Benrode . The name means clearing of Benno; Short for Bernhard (the bear strength). According to the Fuder-Haber-Zettel (feed oat list) of the Marienberghausen chapel district, the place was inhabited by 12 families / farm owners in 1579.

particularities

Benroth bears the title "Ecological Village of the Future". The ecological remodeling through small and large measures (e.g. wetlands , dry stone walls , hedges, desettlement) can be seen in the appearance of the village. The approximately one-hour walk ("eco mile") through the village provides an insight into the project.

leisure

Hiking and bike paths

Hiking trails

A section of the Graf-Engelbert-Weg goes from Wiehl - Drabenderhöhe - Oberbach - Herftenrath via Nümbrecht - Kurtenbach - Niederbreidenbach - Grunewald - Lindscheid - Benroth - Berkenroth via Waldbröl - Geilenkausen - Bladersbach , on Galgenberg and the "Drei Eichen" the Windecker Hochgericht of the Middle Ages, over the Nutscheid ridge via Höhnrath to Windeck -Schladern (S-Bahn stop). Route length 25 km

Bike paths

The following bike tour crosses Benroth:

Half-timbered route : The numerous well-preserved and renovated half-timbered houses are the subject of this tour. There are 8 height differences to be mastered.

Starting point Nümbrecht

Route name	Waymarks	Driving distance	Path length
Half-timbered route		Nümbrecht - Marienberghausen - Lindscheid - Benroth - Langenbach - Berkenroth - Gut Rottland - direction Wirtenbach - Bruch	40 km

Bus and train connections

Public bus

Stop: Benroth

• 346 Nümbrecht School Center - ( OVAG , weekday traffic,)
• 530 Waldbröl, Hennef Bf,

Former rail connection

The Benroth station was on the Bröltalbahn Hennef (Sieg) –Waldbröl.

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1. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
2. ^ Heinrich Schild : Chronicle of the communities Nümbrecht and Marienberghausen. Nümbrecht community, Nümbrecht 1977.
3. ^ Klaus Pampus: First documentary naming of Oberbergischer places (= contributions to Oberbergischen history. Sonderbd. 1). Oberbergische Department 1924 eV of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Gummersbach 1998, ISBN 3-88265-206-3 .
4. ^ Heinrich Schild: Chronicle of the communities Nümbrecht and Marienberghausen. Municipality of Nümbrecht, Nümbrecht 1977, p. 21 ff.