Clausen (Wuppertal)

Clausen (53) district of Wuppertal
Coordinates	51 ° 16 '25 "  N , 7 ° 10' 26"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 16 '25 "  N , 7 ° 10' 26"  E.
height	261  m above sea level NHN
surface	1.23 km²
Residents	2886 (December 31, 2016)
Population density	2346 inhabitants / km²
Proportion of foreigners	11.6% (December 31, 2016)
Post Code	42283
prefix	0202
Borough	Barmen
Transport links
bus	612 622 640 NE4
Source: Wuppertal statistics - spatial data

The Clausen residential area in Wuppertal is one of ten quarters in the Barmen district . The name of the residential area derives from the name Clausenhof , which goes back to a medieval court name. Clausenhof was first mentioned as a street in 1930 in the address book. The Clausstraße was named 1,881th

geography

The 1.06 km² residential area in Unterbarmen borders the Sedansberg residential area in the northeast , and Hatzfelder Strasse delimits the areas here. The residential district of Rott is separated by Schönebecker Strasse in the east . In the south is the Loh district ; the residential district boundary here is the Düsseldorf-Derendorf – Dortmund Süd railway line (“ Wuppertaler Nordbahn ”). The Ostersbaum residential area in Elberfeld borders on Clausen to the west, while Schwesterstraße is a landmark here, forming the border between the residential areas. In the north-west lies the Uellendahl-West residential area, which belongs to the Uellendahl-Katernberg district, and the Uellendahl-East residential area borders in the north . The elongated summit of the Stübchensberg , which was previously also the city boundary between Elberfeld and Barmen, was taken as the residential area boundary . In the northeast, Hatzfeld borders on Clausen; the route of the federal highway 46 separates the two areas.

One of the special buildings and facilities is the Helios Clinic , which is known under the older name of "Barmen Clinic". The Clausen industrial park, which was established in 1930 with the construction of the headquarters of the forward-liberation consumer cooperative, is also striking . After the consumer cooperative was closed in 1933 and reopened after the war, the cooperative later became part of the Coop association. In 1978 the automotive supplier company Gebr. Happich GmbH (today the Happich Group ) took over the entire building complex.

Etymology and history

Map of the courts in the area of ​​today's Barmen by Erich Philipp Ploennies (1715)

There are three views on the interpretation of the name Clausen or its older form Clauhausen . The most likely comes from Dittmaier , who interprets Claw (= cattle) houses . But the meaning as "lock (barrier) on a Landwehr " or hermit hermitage was discussed, but both are unproven.

The earliest documented mention of Clausen comes from a list of those liable for wax interest on the St. Jakob Altar in Hilden from 1345. From it, as well as from the Beyenburg official account (account of the rent master to the Bergisch-Ducal camera administration ) of 1466, it emerges that the place of residence Clausen was already divided into four full courtyards at that time .

Due to inadequate source material it is not occupied, but possible that Clausen to the mentioned already in 1244 " goods in Barmen " ( " Bona de Barme ") in the Electoral Cologne was one area that by Count Ludwig von Ravensberg as allod into possession the Count von Berg passed under Count Heinrich IV . From the late 14th century onwards , the area around Clausen was part of Unterbarmen in the Bergisch Amt of Beyenburg . Ecclesiastically it belonged to the parish of Elberfeld until its own parish in Barmer was established . In 1641 the size of Clausen is given as 85 acres .

In 1715 the Topographia Ducatus Montani by Erich Philipp Ploennies lists two neighboring farms with the name Clausen. With the other farms in the Barmen farming community , Clausen was part of the Bergisches Amt Beyenburg until 1806. They were located north and south of the federal motorway 46 at the level of the Clausen industrial park.

In 1815/16 the place had 143 inhabitants. In 1832 the place belonged to Section 1 of the rural foreign citizenship of the city of Barmen . The place, categorized as individual houses according to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district , had 15 residential buildings and ten agricultural buildings at that time. At that time, 154 residents lived in the place, one Catholic and 153 Evangelical faith.

Until the first third of the 20th century, the Clausener Höfe were independent localities. The location was gradually built on with a brick factory and the first factory buildings.

literature

• Walter Dietz: Barmen 500 years ago. An examination of the Beyenburger official accounts from 1466 and other sources on the early development of the place Barmen (= contributions to the history and local history of the Wuppertal. Vol. 12, ISSN  0522-6678 ). Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1966.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names. Their origin and meaning. Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , 1836

Web links

See also : List of architectural monuments in the Clausen residential area in Wuppertal

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