Düssel (Wülfrath)

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Düssel
City of Wülfrath
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 44 ″  N , 7 ° 3 ′ 22 ″  E
Height : 145 m above sea level NN
Düssel (Wülfrath)
Düssel

Location of Düssel in Wülfrath

The village of Düssel is a district of the city of Wülfrath in North Rhine-Westphalia and is named after the Wasserburg Haus Düssel and this after the river Düssel . It is located southeast of the city center on the city limits of Wülfrath to Wuppertal and Mettmann .

Town center

Overview of Düssel: Left the Protestant, right the Catholic Church

Düssel has a largely preserved historical town center. Particularly worth seeing are the Düssel moated castle with a largely preserved moat, as well as the 11th century catholic castle . St. Maximin Church . The dominant buildings in the town center are also the Protestant church and a savings bank building on the former market square. In front of it is a life-size bronze sculpture by the local poet Carl Schmachtenberg from Düssel .

history

Düssel was first mentioned in a document in 1065. The origins of the settlement may even go back to the 7th or 8th century. In the Middle Ages, both the Düssel and the surrounding areas belonged to the Duchy of Geldern at least for a time . In a document dated July 10, 1445, Duke Arnold von Geldern informed his officials that he had pledged the town of Düssel and associated areas to the Duchy of Berg .

From this pledge mid-14th century to the Duchy of Berg to 1807 Düssel was with the Honnschaften lower and upper Düsselstrand the Office Solingen assigned. After that it briefly belonged to the city of Mettmann, but was assigned to Wülfrath as early as 1809 (in exchange for Obschwarzbach ).

As part of the municipal reorganization in 1975 , Düssel was to be incorporated into Wuppertal as well as Dornap and Schöller . After public protests , however , the law remained with Wülfrath.

photos

  • Market square with Schmachtenberg statue

  • Catholic Church of St. Maximin

  • View of the Evangelical Church

  • Wasserburg Düssel - inner courtyard

  • Wasserburg Düssel - inner courtyard

  • Wasserburg Düssel - Former moat

  • Monument sign at the moated castle

  • Historic half-timbered house in the center of Düssel

Web links

Commons : Wülfrath-Düssel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet, in: Document book for the history of the Lower Rhine or the Archbishopric of Cologne, Document 272 , 1853, Volume 4, from 1201 to 1609, p. [352] 326.