Bruchhöfe

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Bruchhöfe is the name of a settlement and a former district of Krefeld in the Traar district . Today Bruchhöfe is part of the Elfrath district , which was created in the 1960s , into which it is integrated as Elfrath-Bruchhöfe.

Hallway name

A break (Niederrheinisch: “Bruuch” pronounced) describes a swampy landscape or a moorland. Its importance probably developed from the edge or border over the border swamp or swamp edge to swampland . Bruchöfe therefore means something like "farms in the marshland". The original landscape here can best be compared with the Hülser Bruch . The former wetlands fell dry when a nearby stream dried up.

history

The Bruchhöfe settlement was established in 1932 as a home settlement for the city of Krefeld, far away from the city center in the rural area on the city limits in the Traar district . 52 settlers built their houses here. The number of applicants was greater than the number of plots available. Since the planned land on the “An der Elfrather Mühle” road was by no means garden land, but tough clay soil, applicants with experience in gardening and landscaping were preferred. In addition, those wishing to settle had to be unemployed , have an intact family and have several children. The entire planned settlement area first had to be cleared for development and prepared for management. In addition, the area intended for the settlement lay in a hollow and had to be filled up. A worker was killed when he was crushed by a cart. The size of the parcels varies between 1,000 and 1,200 m² . In order to finance it, it was stipulated that the total costs of a settlement agency could not exceed the amount of 3,000 Reichsmarks including seeds and “living and dead inventory” . 2,500 Reichsmarks were covered by a low-interest loan from the Reichsbank . The settlers were able to provide the remaining 500 Reichsmarks as a muscle mortgage in the form of personal contributions or neighborhood help. There was a period of three years in which the parcel had to be properly cultivated before an application for long lease could be submitted. The monthly charge was initially 4.38 Reichsmarks. In 1950 it was 16 German marks .

On June 2, 1940, the first British aerial bombs fell on Krefeld. One of them hit the house of the Kohlhaas family and killed the parents. The children survived. They were the first victims of air raids of the Allies of World War II in Krefeld city.

After the war, the Bruchhöfe settlement was expanded to include 43 settlement sites.

In 1967 the Bruchhöfe settlement was integrated into the new Elfrath district. Due to the completely new construction of the infrastructure required for the Elfrath high-rise estate, Bruchhöfe was also connected to the canal system. Previously there were only septic tanks.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schildbürger - special edition of the city map of Krefeld, City of Krefeld, The Lord Mayor, Surveying and Cadastre Office, 2009.
  2. ↑ Traarer Nachlese - Bernd Giesbertz (Ed.) 2007, p. 138.
  3. ↑ Traarer Nachlese - Bernd Giesbertz (Ed.) 2007, p. 139.

Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 19 "  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 14"  E