Borlinghausen

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Borlinghausen
Municipality Marienheide
Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 28 "  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 51"  E
Height : approx. 410 m
Residents : 263  (Jan. 1, 2008)
Postal code : 51709
Primaries : 02264, 02354
Börlinghausen (Marienheide)
Borlinghausen

Location of Börlinghausen in Marienheide

Börlinghausen in the early morning fog
The "official" Wupper spring
Borlinghausen

Börlinghausen is a village in the municipality of Marienheide in the Oberbergisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

Location and description

Orchid flower in the headwaters of the Wipper

In Börlinghausen lies in a bog like wetlands area the headwaters Wipper, who after nine kilometers the name Wupper bears and Leverkusen in the Rhine flows.

The headwaters are a bit off the road. Here are seven small sources that a 4  ha large slope Quellmoor keep moist. From here the small rivulets form into a spring water. Large swarms of mosquitoes can be found there as well as wild orchids .

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1542 , namely "Styn and other residents of Boerlyhußen are mentioned in the Turkish tax list". The spelling of the first mention was: Boerlychhußen .

Iron ore was mined in Börlinghausen in the 16th century .

leisure

Once a year there is a rural children's shooting festival.

Hiking and biking trails

District hiking trail of the SGV district Bergisches Land

In Börlinghausen, the SGV district hiking trail 6 ( Wupperweg ) starts from the source to the mouth of the Wupper .

Cycle route

The interregional cycle route Wasserquintett , a project as part of the Regionale 2010 , runs through the town .

Others

Surrounding hiking destinations are the Genkeltalsperre , the Aggertalsperre and the observation tower “Unnenberger Turm”, which is 506 m above sea level.

Association

  • FC Börlinghausen is the name of the local football club.
  • Dorfgemeinschaft Börlinghausen e. V.
  • Children's shooting association Börlinghausen e. V.

bus connections

Stop: Börlinghausen

  • 320 direction Marienheide - Meinerzhagen
  • 399 direction local line traffic Marienheide

Individual evidence

  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 .