Buchholzen (Wermelskirchen)

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Buchholzen is a district of Wermelskirchen .

Buchholzen is located northeast of Süppelbach , southeast of Kallenberg and west of Durholzen . In the old days it was nicknamed "Ringels" Buchholzen and is mentioned for the first time in the tax list of the Bornefeld office from 1469. The oldest tax list of the parish church from 1400 (or earlier) does not yet know any tax from Buchholzen. From this one can conclude with caution that Buchholzen was only settled between 1400 and 1469. The amount of the tax of 3 marks, Kenkhausen paid 8 marks, allows the conclusion that the settlement was not long ago. The original estate doesn't seem to have been very split up yet.

In old maps the place is also called "Ringels-Buchholzen", the nickname "Ringel" referred to the name of one of the landowners in the place at that time. "School route plans" from 1810 and 1815 show "Ringels-Buchholzen" correctly in Wermelskirchen and "Klos-Buchholzen" correctly in Remscheid, the "Müffling card" from 1824-25 has "Klos-Buchholzen" in Remscheid with "Ringels-Buchholzen" swapped in Wermelskirchen.

For the first time, a "Peter Ringel" appears before "Driaß zum Buchholtz" in the 1666 hereditary homage. In the year 1688 a former postman from Wermelskirchen named Herman Ringel is mentioned in the copulation book in Lennep . This wealthy man probably gave the place Buchholzen the nickname "Ringels".

The Buchholzen coin treasure

Coin treasure from the 10th century in Wermelskirchen-Buchholzen

The oldest testimony of civilized people in Wermelskirchen comes from the 10th century: “Near the telegraph on Buchholzen, the wife of the weaver Gustav Gerhards came across an earthen pot on May 28, 1881 when she was digging in her garden, which contained exactly 200 pieces of small silver coins. These coins are labeled COLONIA on one side and OTTO REX on the other. “These are silver coins from the 10th century, 166 of which were minted in Cologne and one in Andernach. The date of May 28, 1881 seems to be a misprint, as early as May 7, 1881 the "Allgemeine Anzeiger" reported on the find. The exact site is now built over, but is on an old, no longer openly used route.

A copy of the coin treasure is in a showcase in the town's town houses. The original is in a showcase in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn .

Individual evidence

  1. Herrschaft Wermelskirchen - between Cronenberg and Dabringhausen, Hückeswagen and Burg Castle, Wermelskirchen 2019, ISBN 978-3-980-2801-3-6
  2. Our street: Hofschaft Buchholzen had a legendary center in the Remscheider Generalanzeiger, October 14, 2014