Bergfeld (Halver)

Mountain field City of Halver Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 12 ″ N , 7 ° 31 ′ 18 ″ E
Height :	423 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	58553
Area code :	02355
Location of Bergfeld in Halver

Bergfeld is a court in Halver in the Märkisches Kreis in the administrative district of Arnsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

Bergfeld lies at an altitude of 423 meters above sea level at the intersection of the state roads L284 and L528 south of the main town of Halver on the watershed between the river systems of the Wupper , the Volme and the Ennepe , which rises in a headwaters immediately west of the Hofschaft. The Windhager Bach , a tributary of the Kierspe, rises to the east . A sycamore maple in the village is protected as a natural monument .

Neighboring towns are Burg , Auf der Mark , Hagebücherhöh , Wegerhof , Hohl and Schneehohl .

history

Bergfeld was first mentioned in a document in 1469, but the time of origin of the settlement is assumed to be between 693 and 750 during the Saxon - Franconian border disputes.

In 1818 five residents lived in the village. According to the locality and distance table of the government district of Arnsberg , Bergfeld was categorized as arable land and in 1838 had a population of nine, all of whom were Protestant. Bergfeld was the titular place of the Bergfeld farmers within the mayor's office of Halver and owned a house and two agricultural buildings.

The municipality encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia from 1887 gives a number of 15 inhabitants who lived in three houses.

Two important old streets ran past Bergfeld , early medieval (according to other views, early historical ) trade , pilgrimage and military routes . On the one hand, the old road from Halver via Wipperfürth , Halver, Kierspe to Meinerzhagen , the Hileweg , and on the other, west of Bergfeld, the old road from Hagen to Siegen .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Alfred Jung: Halver and Schalksmühle. Investigation and thoughts on the settlement history of the Halver Office, an old parish in the Saxon-Franconian border area. Friends of Altena Castle, Altena 1978 ( Altenaer contributions. Works on the history and local history of the former county Mark 13, ISSN 0516-8260 ).
↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Local and distance table of the government district Arnsberg, arranged according to the existing state division, with details of the earlier areas and offices, the parish and school districts and topographical information. Ritter, Arnsberg 1841.
↑ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (ed.): Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume X), Berlin 1887.

[jung-1] A ^b Alfred Jung: Halver and Schalksmühle. Investigation and thoughts on the settlement history of the Halver Office, an old parish in the Saxon-Franconian border area. Friends of Altena Castle, Altena 1978 ( Altenaer contributions. Works on the history and local history of the former county Mark 13, ISSN 0516-8260 ).

[2] Johann Georg von Viebahn : Local and distance table of the government district Arnsberg, arranged according to the existing state division, with details of the earlier areas and offices, the parish and school districts and topographical information. Ritter, Arnsberg 1841.

[Gemeindelexikon1887-3] Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (ed.): Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume X), Berlin 1887.