Bierenbachtal

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Bierenbachtal
municipality Nümbrecht
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 42 "  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 35"  E
Height : 234 m
Residents : 1926  (Oct. 19, 2016)
Postal code : 51588
Area code : 02293
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Location of Bierenbachtal in Nümbrecht

Bierenbachtal is a district of Nümbrecht in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

Bierenbachtal is located in the north-eastern part of the Upper Mountain community of Nümbrecht at an altitude of about 230 to 250 m above sea level. The place stretches along the eponymous valley from the confluence with the Bröl up to the municipal boundary between Nümbrecht and Wiehl in a north -westerly direction and to Oberbernbach in a north-easterly direction. The distance to the local centers of Nümbrecht and Wiehl is about 2 kilometers. Other cities nearby are Gummersbach (approx. 15 km north), Siegen (approx. 40 km southeast) and the Rhenish metropolis of Cologne (approx. 50 km west).

Thumb sketch: location of the limestone in the Bierenbachtal

history

First mention

In 1316 the place Berinbech was first mentioned in the "Division of the People of Nümbrecht". The present town Bierenbachtal is the passage of time from the formerly separate villages Bonekamp , Driesch , Grumeth , lime kiln and low Bierbach grown together.

Mining

Until the beginning of the 20th century, limestones were extracted in the area of ​​today's Bierenbachtal , which were then burned for building purposes (see the Kalkofen district and the Kalksteinstrasse). These limestones are also known as boundary limestone (they form the boundary between the central Devonian Mühlenberg and Hobräcker layers); they are mostly lens-shaped and represent former stromatopores - reefs .

However, since the deposits were relatively small and the lime was often contaminated by clay admixtures and the purer mass lime from Attendorn was easy to transport thanks to the better traffic routes, mining came to a standstill. The "Statistical News from the district of Gummersbach" reported in 1863 on the mining of iron ores in Bierenbach, which are closely tied to the limestone deposits. The shallow depth and extent of these iron ores lead to the assumption that they are tertiary weathering residues that often form pockets in the lime. However, the iron content was apparently not very high (Kaiser 1863), so that the "iron-lime lime" in the huts was only used as a smelting aggregate .

Karl Heckmann (1939) writes: "Mining decreased (after the Thirty Years' War ) because the iron stone pits, mostly open-cast mines, had soon dismantled numerous but not very extensive ore nests. After all, it was pretty much up to the end of the 18th century lively and productive .... In terms of commercial goods, the Homburg rule had little to offer abroad except iron and limestone. "

leisure

Association

  • Ev. Haus Bierenbach educational facility (until the end of 2013)
  • Christian kindergarten Bierenbachtal
  • Electricity cooperative Bierenbachtal eG
  • Mennoniten-Brüdergemeinde eV (Evangelical Free Church)
  • Volunteer fire brigade Nümbrecht fire fighting group Bierenbachtal

particularities

A family of butchers in Bierenbachtal has grown runner beans of the slaughter sword variety for generations and passed them on in the village. In this way, the vegetable has developed its own genome with special properties that are ideal for the Bergisch climate and the Bergisch soil. These beans do better than non-native runner beans, are less susceptible to pests and diseases, and are also very tasty.

Bus and train connections

Citizen bus

Stop of the citizens' bus of the municipality of Nümbrecht

Route: Oberbernbach

  • Rommelsdorf-Oberbernbach-Prombach-Auf der Hardt-Winterborn-Bruch
  • Distelkamp-Ödinghausen-Nümbrecht, bus station

Public bus

The Bierenbachtal, Abzw. Stockheim, Grumeth and Kalkofen bus stops are in the area of ​​the village

  • 302 in the direction of Gummersbach and Waldbröl ( OVAG , almost every hour on weekdays, irregularly on weekends)
  • 312 towards Ründeroth and Waldbröl

railroad

Up until the 1950s there was a train station for the Bielstein – Waldbröl Kleinbahn in the Kalkofen district (near today's bus stop) . The nearest train station is Gummersbach-Dieringhausen on the Oberbergische Bahn .

swell

  1. ^ 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 .
  2. ^ KAISER, Statistical News from the district of Gummersbach (Reg.-Bez. Cöln). 166 p., Gummersbach (Luyken) 1863
  3. H. Grabert , Geological Map of North Rhine-Westphalia, explanations on sheet 5011 Wiehl, Krefeld 1970
  4. ^ Karl Heckmann : History of the former imperial rule Homburg an der Mark. Bonn 1939.