Old Derken
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Old Derken
City of Wuppertal
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 29 ″ N , 7 ° 2 ′ 31 ″ E
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| Height : | approx. 180 m above sea level NHN | |
Location of Alt-Derken in Wuppertal |
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The location Alt-Derken (formerly only Derken ) in the Osterholz residential area in the Vohwinkel district of Wuppertal goes back to an old court .
location
The Hofschaft is located in the extreme west of the district on the municipality border with Haan , on a slope that slopes down to the south. The forest area Osterholz connects to the north .
Neighboring locations are: Osterholz , Simonshöfchen , Ölbers , Zur Linden , Schrotzberg and wüst fallen Steeg . Belonging to the neighboring community of Haan is neighboring: Birschels and now desolate fallen Mühlenfeld , Isenberg , Klevenhof and Vogelsang .
history
Derken, a small court, belonged to the Oberste Honschaft Haan in the Bergisch Amt of Solingen until the beginning of the 19th century .
In the map series Topographia Ducatus Montani by Erich Philipp Ploennies from 1715, the place is marked with the name 'Derck'. On a map from 1824, the location is labeled as 'id Derken'. A previous naming as 'aufm Derkum' is also mentioned. On the topographic maps (TK25) from 1843 to 1997 only 'Derken', on today's maps the location is labeled as 'Old Derken'.
The farm complex belonged to the parish of Haan and came to Vohwinkel in 1894 , which was united with Elberfeld and Barmen to Wuppertal in 1929.
Today's streets
The streets Alt-Derken and Derken are named after this location . The Alt-Derken street is the extension of the Schrotzberg street and opens up the Hofschaft, it was named on July 8, 1987. Before it was named, it was called Steeg until 1935 and then Derken from 1935 . Today's second street, named Derken, is further east and was named on May 15, 1975.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names . Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8
- ↑ Oberste Honschaft Haan on www.zeitspurensuche.de, accessed February 2010