Cederwald
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Cederwald
City of Bergisch Gladbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 5 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 31 ″ E
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Location of Cederwald in Bergisch Gladbach |
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Cederwald is a district in the city center of Bergisch Gladbach .
history
The name Cederwald is based on the name Zederwald , mentioned in 1582 , which is recorded in the original cadastre west of Bensberger Straße. The cedar forest stretched from Strunde to Bensberger Straße on the premises of the Zanders paper factory . There are different statements for the interpretation of the determinant ceder / cedar . Most likely the origin of the name from the Latin silva caedua (= Hauwald), from which Caeduerwald and then cedar forest developed according to folk etymology . After the dialect form Zidderwald (= Zitterwald), the name can be explained by the vegetation with poplars and aspens , the leaves of which have trembled in the wind. A less likely interpretation comes from the 20th century. Then a connection to Germanic mythology was constructed. The Cederwald was a gloomy grove in which criminals and prisoners were executed who trembled when they entered the dark place.
See also
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, p. 129, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5
literature
- Anton Jux: The Bergisch Botenamt, the history of Bergisch Gladbach up to the Prussian era , published by the Culture Office of the City of Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach 1964