Brögel

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Brögel
City of Wuppertal
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 59 "  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 54"  E
Height : 152 m above sea level NHN
Brögel (Wuppertal)
Brögel

Location of Brögel in Wuppertal

Brögel was a locality in the mountainous city ​​of Wuppertal . The local situation emerged from one of the medieval courtyards of Barmen .

Location and description

Brögel is located in the residential district of Friedrich-Engels-Allee in the Barmen district ( Unterbarmen area ) in the Wupper valley between the river and Friedrich-Engels-Allee , federal road 7 and the main traffic axis. Today, Brögel is no longer an independent location, but part of the extensive inner-city commercial and residential development in the densely populated Wuppertal.

Brögel was divided into Oberste Brögel and Unterste Brögel. Unterste Brögel was in the area of ​​today's Warndstraße and Unterbarmer Farbmühle, while Oberste Brögel was located in the area of ​​the streets Wartburgstraße , Martin-Luther-Straße , Loher Straße and Am Brögel . The outstanding buildings near Brögel include the Wuppertal police headquarters , Köbner's church and, above all, the Unterbarmer main church, which was built in 1828–32 .

There used to be a gas station to the north opposite the Köbner church. The junior university is to be located on this site . For this purpose, the fallow industrial site still has to be renovated. The junior university is currently still in a building complex on Friedrich-Engels-Allee.

Etymology and history

Map of the courts in the area of ​​today's Barmen by Erich Philipp Ploennies (1715)

There are two views on the interpretation of the name Brögel. One speaks of a footbridge (= Brögel , bridge) over the Wupper. Another sees in Brögel a derivative of the Latin Broglium , Broglius , which means tightly bounded, fenced (swamp) area. Both interpretations are understandable in this area.

The earliest mention of Brögels as Brügel , with a certain date, comes from the Beyenburger official account (account of the rent master to the Bergisch-ducal camera administration ) of the year 1466. This shows that the residential area Brögel was already divided into three full courtyards at that time Til before the Brügel , a Gockel before the Brügel and a Wülbers before the Brügel .

Due to inadequate source material it is not occupied, but possible that Brögel to the mentioned already in 1244 " goods in Barmen " ( " Bona de Barme ") in the Electoral Cologne was one area that by Count Ludwig von Ravensberg as allod into possession the Count von Berg passed under Count Heinrich IV . Territorially, the area around Brögel was part of Unterbarmen from the late 14th century in the Bergisch Amt of Beyenburg . Ecclesiastically it belonged to the parish of Elberfeld until its own parish in Barmer was established . In 1641 the size of Brögels is given as 55 acres .

1715 is on the Topographia Ducatus Montani of Erich Philipp Ploennies only between two courtyards o.Brügel (Supreme Brügel) and F.Brügel distinguished (Bottom Brögel). With the other farms in the Barmen farming community, Brögel was part of the Bergisches Amt Beyenburg until 1806.

Until the beginning of the 19th century, the Brögeler Höfe were independent localities in the Wupperaue. With the development of Unterbarmens into one of the settlement centers in Wuppertal, which was underlined by the construction of the main church until 1832, the Brögeler Höfe were completely absorbed into inner-city development.

The Barmer family Brögelmann and Brügelmann descended from the place of residence. Its best-known representative, Johann Gottfried Brügelmann , introduced the first spinning machine to the European continent in 1783 .

literature

  • Walter Dietz: Barmen 500 years ago. An examination of the Beyenburger official accounts from 1466 and other sources on the early development of the place Barmen (= contributions to the history and local history of the Wuppertal. Vol. 12, ISSN  0522-6678 ). Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1966.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names. Their origin and meaning. Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8 .