Dörpe (Hückeswagen)

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Dörpe
City of Hückeswagen
Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 54 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 42 ″  E
Height : 286 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 42499
Area code : 02192
Dörpe (Hückeswagen)
Dörpe

Location of Dörpe in Hückeswagen

Dörpe is a village in Hückeswagen in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

Dörpe is located in western Hückeswagen, right on the border with Remscheid, near the larger Wiehagen district . Parts of the place are in the Remscheid area. The place is on the federal road 237 (B237), from which the access road to Niederdorp and Remscheid-Sonnenschein branches off.

Other neighboring towns are Busenberg , D Körpersteeg , Winterhagen , Remscheid-Siepen and Remscheid-Karlsruhe. In Dörpe, the Winterhagener Bach flows into the Dörpe brook of the same name .

history

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1189 in a " pledge of property, including a mill in Duripe - by Count Heinrich v. Hückeswagen to Count Engelbert v. Mountain ". Spelling of the first mention : Duripe .

Dörpe was to 2004 by the very high embankment of disused Wipperdorf Talbahn between Remscheid- Bergisch Born and Marie Heide ( Kursbuch route optically dominated KBS412). In the summer of 2004, a large area of ​​the embankment was removed and the B237 tunnel exposed through the embankment in order to remove this bottleneck.

Hiking and biking trails

The following hiking trails lead through the village:

Views

  • View of Dörpe

  • The Remscheid part of Dörpe

  • The embankment removed in 2004