Mountain birches

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Mountain birches
City of Wipperfürth
Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 5 ″  N , 7 ° 23 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : 303 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 51688
Area code : 02267
Mountain birches (Wipperfürth)
Mountain birches

Location of mountain birches in Wipperfürth

Bergesbirken is a village of Wipperfürth in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). The village belongs to the district of Thier .

Location and description

Bergesbirken lies in the south of the urban area of ​​Wipperfürth on a ridge running from Thier to Agathaberg. Neighboring places are Thier , Wüstenhof , Klespe and Hermesberg .

Politically, the place is represented by the direct candidate from electoral district 15 (150) Thier in the council of the city of Wipperfürth.

history

The place Birken in the parish of Wipperfürth is mentioned in a document dated November 10, 1433. Kunigunde von Bernsau, widow of Johann Kreuwel von Gimborn, donated the farm to the monastery in Seligenthal. The map Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 shows a courtyard and designates it with "birch trees" . The topographical map of the Rhineland from 1825 shows birch trees in a delimited courtyard with three individual building plans. From the topographic map from 1894 to 1896, the place name is Bergesbirken.

The sandstone crossroads at the edge of a meadow dates from 1882 . Tradition has it that lightning struck a cart at the place of the cross. The fact that the coachman survived the natural event was the reason for the erection of the cross.

hike

The Thierer Rundweg trails signposted by SGV , the local A2 circular hiking trail and a local hiking trail ( direction sign reversed T) lead past the village to the east.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
  2. ^ City of Wipperfürth, public announcement from June 2009; Allocation of the streets to the individual electoral districts
  3. ^ Historika25, State Surveying Office NRW, sheet 4910, Lindlar
  4. ↑ Treasures by the wayside; Field crosses in Wipperfürth and its church villages; Home and History Association Wipperfürth e. V .; 2009; ISBN 978-3-00-029052-7