Bern (Leichlingen)

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Bern
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 55 "  N , 7 ° 7 ′ 43"  E
Height : 196 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 42799
Area code : 02174
Bern (Leichlingen (Rhineland))
Bern

Location of Bern in Leichlingen (Rhineland)

Bern is a village that emerged from a court in Leichlingen (Rhineland) in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis .

Location and description

The place is east of Witzhelden in the source area of ​​the Bernese Siefen , a tributary of the Altenbach , near the city limits of Solingen . Neighboring places are next to the Höhendorf Witzhelden Nüsenhöfen , Altenbach , Feld , Neuenhof , Meie , Brachhausen , Kuhle , Höhscheid , Wersbach and Wersbacher Mühle .

history

The map Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 shows four farms under the name Berent . In the 18th century, the place belonged to the parish Witzhelden in the Bergisches Amt Miselohe . The topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824 and the Prussian first survey from 1844 both record the place as Bern .

In 1815/16 there were 40 people living in the village. In 1832, Bern was part of the Witzhelden parish of the Burscheid mayor . The place, which was categorized as a village according to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district , had 14 houses, a mill or factory and 21 agricultural buildings at that time. At that time, 77 residents lived in the place, all of them Protestant faith.

Due to the municipal code for the Rhine province, the parish of Witzhelden received the status of a municipality in 1845, left the Burscheid mayor and formed its own mayor's office from 1850 onwards . In the municipality lexicon for the province of Rhineland in 1885 14 houses with 72 inhabitants are given. In 1895 the place had 14 houses with 61 inhabitants, in 1905 twelve houses and 47 inhabitants.

On January 1, 1975, the municipality of Witzhelden was incorporated into Leichlingen with Bern.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , 1836
  2. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1888.
  3. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1897.
  4. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1909.
  5. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 298 .