Berkenroth

Berkenroth municipality Nümbrecht Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 50 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 48 ″  E
Height :	251 m
Residents :	637  (Dec. 31, 2006)
Postal code :	51588
Area code :	02293 and 02291

Evangelical Church Berkenroth

Berkenroth

Berkenroth

Berkenroth (dialect Bä'erkero'eth ) is a district of Nümbrecht in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

The place is about four kilometers south of the center of the municipality Nümbrecht as the crow flies. Berkenroth is located on a southern slope to the Waldbrölbach , on the federal road 478 .

• Berkenroth had a train station on the Bröltalbahn . This narrow-gauge railway operated between Hennef and Waldbröl until the 1950s and was then replaced by a bus service from February 1, 1953.
• The Protestant church, the community elementary school and the village community center are located in today's center.
• After the Second World War, the cemetery association became an initiative to

Construction of a church, which was consecrated in 1958.

• There is also a pottery in the village - in the old village school - and some small businesses on site.

history

The town was founded between 900 and 1200.

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1316 , namely "parts of the people of Nümbrecht". The spelling of the first mention was Berrekerode , this means clearing a Berico.

Homburg country

Berkenroth later belonged to the imperial rule of Homburg .

• In 1579 there were 22 families resident, according to the "Fuder-Haber-Zettel" (feed oat list) Kapellgebiet Marienberghausen. The population density at that time corresponded to that of Nümbrecht, probably because of the ore mine and the smelter nearby.
• Up until the Siegburg settlement in 1604 - especially in the 15th and 16th centuries - there were disputes between the dukes of Berg and the counts of Sayn - the lords of Homburg, because the Homburg area separated the Bergische holdings of the Windeck office from the rest of the land of the Dukes of Berg.

Modern times

After the annexation of French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806, the Homburg region was integrated administratively into the Duchy of Berg and, from 1815, Prussian territory into the province of Jülich-Kleve-Berg . Berkenrodt , (then spelling) had 183 inhabitants at this time (1817).

• In 1863 the Brölchaussee , today the B 478 to Waldbröl, was completed.
• From September 6, 1870, the narrow-gauge railway called the Bröltalbahn, called the "Brölbähnchen", ran from Hennef to Waldbröl, with a stop in Berkenroth.
• In 1969 the communities of Marienberghausen and Nümbrecht were merged as part of the NRW community reform.

leisure

Hiking trails

The Graf-Engelbert-Weg is a main hiking trail, with a total length of 111 kilometers, of the Sauerland Mountain Association and runs from Hattingen via Schwelm - Radevormwald - Wipperfürth - Engelskirchen - Drabenderhöhe to Windeck -Schladern an der Sieg, it also leads via Berkenroth. Like all the other main hiking trails, it has the white St. Andrew's cross X as a signpost , extended by the number 28 at intersections.

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 bicycle tour half-timbered route leads along numerous well-preserved and renovated half-timbered houses and crosses Berkenroth, starting point is Nümbrecht. There are eight height differences to be overcome.

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

societies

• Non-profit association Berkenroth,
• Trombone Choir Berkenroth,
• Mixed choir Berkenroth
• Young girls Berkenroth
• Free School Berkenroth

bus connections

Public bus

Stop: Berkenroth

• 346 Nümbrecht School Center - ( OVAG , weekday traffic, only on school days)
• 530 Waldbröl - Hennef Bf - (from Hennef: S-Bahn and regional train to Cologne or Siegen / Gießen)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Photo from 1925 . wisoveg.de. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
2. ^ 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 .
3. ^ Heinrich Schild : Chronicle of the communities Nümbrecht and Marienberghausen. Municipality of Nümbrecht, Nümbrecht 1977, p. 22.
4. ↑ History and map of the Homburg rulership ( Memento from March 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ Heinrich Schild: Chronicle of the communities Nümbrecht and Marienberghausen. Municipality of Nümbrecht, Nümbrecht 1977, p. 21 ff.