Biesenbach (Leverkusen)
The Biesenbach is a settlement in the Leverkusen district of Bergisch Neukirchen . It is located between Neukirchen and Lützenkirchen , about 2 km east of the large Opladen district and 5 km northeast of Leverkusen city center. The village is located on the ridge between Wiembach and Ölbach west of the beautiful view and is crossed by the district road 2
history
Biesenbach has always been divided by a border. This limit is still evident today in various areas, such as B. the catchment area for elementary schools, electoral districts and church membership. Old address books, cadastral lists, land registers and the like only deal with part of the Biesenbach. The invisible border is today's Biesenbacher Weg, it divided the Biesenbach on the one hand to the parish of Luzelenkerke (Lützenkirchen) and on the other hand to the parish of Nuweenkirgen (Neukirchen).
The parish of Luzelenkerke was first mentioned in 1155 in the Deutz manuscript . This manuscript was about donations in cash and in kind that went to the Benedictine Abbey of St. Heribert in Deutz , which was founded in 1003 . In the following years more and more written mentions followed, mostly of ecclesiastical origin, but they are not pursued further here.
In the vicinity of the Biesenbach, the single farm settlements typical of the time were mentioned more and more frequently. In 1209 Quettingheim ( Quettingen ) appeared for the first time , and in 1216 a Franco de Quettingheim is a witness in a document from Count Adolf III. listed by Berg .
Other settlement names that are still known today are Lippia (first mentioned in 1217), Kindehusen (1303), Clivo (1303), Seipenhove (1303), as well as Maashof / Mebushof (1377). In the further history of Neukirchen, individual farms and settlements are mentioned again and again that are still known to us today. Around 1300, 95 persons liable to pay taxes were listed in the Neukirchen tithe roll (tax list for church taxes), resulting in a first mention of 1299, e.g. B. for the knight seats Atzlenbach and Diepental, the settlements Imbach, Hüscheid, Pattscheid , Romberg and the free farms Bruch, Oberölbach, Grund, Claasbruch and Unterölbach.
Biesenbach is mentioned for the first time in a Cologne deed of foundation dated December 11th, 1515: Kerstgen von der Kaltenherberge, rector or pastor of Neuwenkirchen, donates a vicarie . Kerstgen (Christian) von der Kaltenherberge was pastor from 1487 to 1515 in the parish (parish) Neuwenkirchen. He bequeathed his fortune to the church for the foundation of a vicariate. Thus a vicar (vicar) could be maintained from the income of the property. The vicar's job was to teach the children of the parish. Thus it can be said that the Bergisch Neukirchen School emerged from this foundation. Pastor Kerstgen bequeathed a total of 23 rent letters (lease agreements) to the church in his will for properties that were partly far away, e.g. B. in Haan and Hilden. In a rent letter of this deed of foundation it says: Rent letter of 5 marks from a meadow in the parish of Lützenkirchen by Johann, Evert and Emunden Hennessen children in the Biesenbach and his wife Katharina, parish people in Lützenkirchen for an annual pension of 5 marks, they lease a meadow in the parish Lützenkirchen . Thus, the rent letter of November 11, 1506 is currently the first known written reference to the Biesenbach. Presumably the Biesenbach existed earlier, because z. B. Claasbruch and Ölbach were first mentioned in 1299.
regional customs
In 1956 the village community Biesenbach was founded. Today it has 259 members and is characterized by various annually recurring activities. This includes setting the maypole and choosing a May queen, the village festival in June, Whitsun singing, a St. Martin's fire and a St. Every year a village king and prince are shot at the village festival. The board elected by the members is responsible for the village community.
Web links
- Biesenbach in the city guide leverkusen.com
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 12 ″ N , 7 ° 2 ′ 41 ″ E