Birgden I

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Birgden I
City of Remscheid
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 56 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 13 ″  E
Postal code : 42859
Area code : 02191
Birgden I (Remscheid)
Birgden I

Location of Birgden I in Remscheid
Old half-timbered house
Old half-timbered house

Birgden I is a court in the urban area in the east of the Bergisch city ​​of Remscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

Birgden I farm

The Roman ordinal number “I” serves to differentiate between two other locations (see Birgden II and Birgden III ) within the city of Remscheid.

Location and description

The Hofschaft extends right next to the A1 motorway between Buchholzen and Bergisch Born on one side and Tente and Baisiepen on the western side, is popularly known as "Om Bergden" and is essentially rural in character with a lot of old buildings. House No. 3 is a listed building.

history

The court was first mentioned in a document in 1369 and was named "Birckden". In 1487 the name “zom birckten” is mentioned, in 1622 “der Birckten”, which means something like “birch forest”. This is where the Gemarkenwald formerly belonging to the Bergisch Counts, an extensive community forest, also called the Remscheider Hochwald, stretched from Westhausen to the vicinity of Beysiepen and Birgden I.

The large forests in the headwaters of the Eschbach , "the Birgden and Altenberger districts", were also owned by the sovereign. Their hereditary tenants, who were also subordinate to the Remscheid Timber Court, were mostly residents of the farms there: Buchholzen, Beeck, Stöcken, Piepersberg, Jägerhaus, Greuel , Birgden (near Lennep), Rotzkotten and Mixsiepen. A number of Lenneper's families were also involved. The beneficiaries of the Birgden district also included Remscheid farm owners, including the "Jäger vom Birgden bei Remscheid and the Loos vom Beysiepen", who played a role in the iron industry and trade in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Clear traces of the medieval Cologne – Lennep – Dortmund road can still be seen today between Birgden and Beek. Several deeply driven lanes often run parallel there. The Birgder Hammer there was first mentioned in 1800 as a Reckhammer by Ernemann auf dem Birgden. The Tenter Mühle is documented as the first work on the Tenter Bach, mentioned in 1853 as Birgdener Mühle in the mill register.

literature

  • Gustav Hermann Halbach: Bergischer Sprachschatz. Remscheid 1951.
  • Wilhelm Engels and Paul Legers: From the history of the Remscheider and Bergische tool and iron industry , published in 1928
  • Günther Schmidt: Hammer and Kotten Research in Remscheid , Volume 5 - From Blombach to Eschbach