Bergisch Born West

Bergisch Born Ost district of Remscheid
Coordinates	51 ° 9 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 7 ″  E Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 7 ″  E
surface	2.60 km²
Residents	831 (Dec. 31, 2006)
Population density	320 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	42897
prefix	02191
Borough	Lennep
Transport links
Federal road

Bergisch Born West is a statistical district of the Lennep district of the Bergisch city ​​of Remscheid , North Rhine-Westphalia .

Location and description

The predominantly rural district is located in the southeast of Remscheid and includes the urban area west of the route of the disused railway line Wuppertal-Oberbarmen-Opladen ("Balkanexpress") in the village of Bergisch Born on the city limits of Wermelskirchen . In the east, Bergisch Born West borders the statistical district of Bergisch Born Ost , in the north on the statistical districts Grenzwall and Trecknase and in the west on the district of Struck . The district has not grown historically, but as a statistical district artificially divides Bergisch Born along the railway line into a larger western and a smaller eastern part.

The entire district lies in the catchment area of ​​the Eschbachtalsperre and is therefore largely forested. Both the Eschbach and its tributary Stöcker Bach have their source in the district. The eastern border is formed by the watershed between the catchment areas of the Eschbach and the Dörpe , on which the road from Cologne to Lennep and the railway line were re-routed in the years 1773–1778 . The Chaussee replaced the Heerweg Cologne – Dortmund between Wermelskirchen and Lennep , which as an old road is at least of early medieval origin.

In addition to Bergisch Born, the district also includes the Oberstraße , Stöcken , Buchholzen , Jägerhaus and Piepersberg farms and residential areas .

history

In the 19th century, the northern area of ​​the district belonged to the municipality of Fünfzehnhöfe within the mayor's office of Wermelskirchen , which in turn goes back to an old Bergisch administrative unit in the medieval office of Bornefeld . The southern part belonged to the Wermelskirchener Oberhonschaft , which also belonged to the Bornefeld office in the Middle Ages and the early modern times and to the mayor's office of Wermelskirchen in the 19th century.

In 1906 the mayor's office was incorporated into the town of Lennep, which in turn was incorporated into Remscheid in 1929. Due to the Düsseldorf Act (§ 21), smaller parts of Wermelskirchen were spun off and incorporated into Remscheid, effective January 1, 1975.