Bochen (Hückeswagen)

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Bochen
City of Hückeswagen
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 39 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 46 ″  E
Height : 310 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 42499
Area code : 02195
Bochen (Hückeswagen)
Bochen

Location of Bochen in Hückeswagen
View of the town of Bochen
View of the town of Bochen

Bochen is a village in Hückeswagen in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).

Location and description

Bochen is located in the western part of Hückeswagen near Straßweg .

Other neighboring towns are Dörpfeld , Hülsenbusch , Dörpfelderhöhe and Kleinkatern . The village can be reached from a dead end road from the L68 between Scheideweg and Straßweg .

The Heiensiefen , Bucher Siefen and Bochensiefen brooks arise around Bochen , all of which are tributaries of the Purder Bach , which flows into the Great Dhünntalsperre .

history

In 1483 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document, namely "Donation list for the Marien Altar of the Hückeswagen church." The spelling of the first mention was zom Boichen .

In the 18th century the place belonged to the Bergisches Amt Bornefeld-Hückeswagen . In 1815/16 28 people lived in the village. In 1832 Bochen belonged to the Grand Honorship , which was part of the Hückeswagen external citizenship within the Hückeswagen mayor's office . The place, categorized as a hamlet according to the statistics and topography of the administrative district of Düsseldorf , had three residential buildings and seven agricultural buildings at that time. At that time 19 residents lived in the place, all of them Protestant faith.

In the municipality lexicon for the province of Rhineland , four houses with 32 inhabitants are given for 1885. At that time the place belonged to the rural community Neuhückeswagen within the Lennep district . In 1895 the place had four houses with 22 inhabitants, in 1905 three houses and 22 inhabitants.

Hiking and biking trails

The following hiking trails lead through the village:

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and topography of the administrative district of Düsseldorf. Part 2: Containing the statistical table of places and distances and the alphabetical index of place names. Schreiner, Düsseldorf 1836, p. 11 .
  2. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 ). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1888.
  3. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1897.
  4. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1909.