Branger
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Branger
City of Wuppertal
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 7 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 20 ″ E
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| Height : | approx. 285 m above sea level NHN | |
Location of Branger in Wuppertal |
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Branger is a location in the Uellendahl-Katernberg district of Wuppertal in the Siebeneick residential area .
Location and description
Branger is a little off the county road 11 at an altitude of 285 m above sea level. NHN . Vogelsbruch is immediately to the east .
Other neighboring locations are Alter Triebel , Krieg , Am Lindgen , Krähenberg , Jungmannshof , Steingeshof , Wüstenhof , Schevenhof and Wolfsholz . The abandoned farms include Elsternbusch and Schanze , residential areas that have merged into today's residential areas are Triebel , Triebelsheide , Metzmachersrath , Röttgen , In den Birken and Grenz Jagdhaus .
Etymology and history
In the 19th century Branger belonged to the outlying villages of the Obensiebeneick farming community of the Hardenberg mayor , which was renamed Neviges in 1935 . From 1816 to 1861 it belonged to the Elberfeld district and from 1861 to the old Mettmann district .
Branger has changed name several times over the past two centuries. The core of the settlement, known today as Branger, bears the name Brand I on the topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824 . The name Altebrand is recorded on the Prussian first recording from 1843 . From 1893, the name Branger finally asserted itself on the measurement table sheets of the TK25 and other official maps and city maps .
In 1888, 23 people lived in Branger in two houses. The place is called Brangen at the time .
In the 19th century Branger belonged to the outlying villages of the Obensiebeneick farming community of the Hardenberg mayor , which was renamed Neviges in 1935 . From 1816 to 1861 it belonged to the Elberfeld district and from 1861 to the old Mettmann district .
With the municipal reform of 1929, the south-eastern part of Obensiebeneick was split off around Branger and incorporated into the newly founded city of Wuppertal together with southern Dönberger localities, the rest of Obensiebeneick initially remained with Neviges. Due to the regional reform of North Rhine-Westphalia , Neviges came to the city of Velbert at the beginning of 1975 and the rest of Obensiebeneick was also incorporated into Wuppertal.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1888.