Braken (Bergisch Gladbach)

Brakes City of Bergisch Gladbach Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 17 ″ N , 7 ° 8 ′ 40 ″ E
Location of Braken in Bergisch Gladbach

Braken is a district in the Lückerath district of Bergisch Gladbach .

Houses in Braken

history

The name Braken is based on the old name "Bracken" , which is recorded in the original cadastre north of Neuborn . The field name originated from the Middle Low German noun "brâhhe" (from behhan = break, break up, dig up). In general, fallow is understood to be a field that has not been cultivated and has been fallow for a longer period of at least six months or more, i.e. has not been cultivated for agriculture.

Individual evidence

^ Andree Schulte, Bergisch Gladbach, city history in street names , published by the Bergisch Gladbach city archive, volume 3, and by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg e. V., Volume 11, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, pp. 287 f., ISBN 3-9804448-0-5

[1] Andree Schulte, Bergisch Gladbach, city history in street names , published by the Bergisch Gladbach city archive, volume 3, and by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg e. V., Volume 11, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, pp. 287 f., ISBN 3-9804448-0-5