Dohrgaul

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Dohrgaul from the west
Dohrgaul from the south

Dohrgaul is a place of Wipperfürth in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) within the administrative district of Cologne . The village belongs to the district of Agathaberg , is located at an altitude of 330  m above sea level. NHN and has about 250 inhabitants.

Location and description

Location in Wipperfürth

Dohrgaul is approx. 5 km southeast of Wipperfürth on the L302 road between Wipperfürth and Frielingsdorf . The place is on the Höhenstraße to Marienheide and two other roads lead to Ohl and Agathaberg .

The Gaulbach stream flows north . The Steinberg lies to the south at 401 m above sea level.

history

In 1443 the place was mentioned for the first time in a list of the “Income and rights of the Cologne Apostle Foundation”.

The spelling of the first mention is Goel.

The village of Dohrgaul developed from a rural estate, around which a kind of handicraft and trade center settled in the middle of the 19th century .

This is how blacksmiths , cartwright shops , joineries , cobblers and grocery stores came into being . At that time, a water-powered mill on the Gaulbach processed the grain supplied and supplied the farmers and bakeries in the area with flour . After 1900, electricity was obtained from the mill pond with the help of a water wheel . There was a schnapps distillery on the grounds of the Dohrgaul farm .

Freetime and sports

Hiking and biking trails

In Dohrgaul there is a parking lot for hikers, where the three local circular hiking trails A1, A2, A3 and A4 begin.

See also: Hiking trails in the Oberbergisches Land

Choirs and music association

  • Musikverein Dohrgaul 1912 e. V.

Facilities

  • Dohrgaul fire fighting group III
  • City Dohrgaul kindergarten

bus connections

Dohrgaul stop:

  • 333 Wipperfürth – Dohrgaul – Frielingsdorf – Engelskirchen Bf. (OVAG, Mon-Sun, no evening or night traffic)
  • 399 Marienheide –Dohrgaul (OVAG, local regular service, one trip on school days)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Pampus: First documentary mentions of Oberbergischer places (= contributions to Oberbergischen history / special volume 1). Oberbergische Department 1924 e. V. of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Gummersbach, 1998, ISBN 3-88265-206-3 .
  2. ↑ Dohrgaul village chronicle . Website of the Dohrgaul eV Citizens' Association, 1983, revised in 2006, accessed on April 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ Busnetz 2010, Oberbergischer Kreis, published by Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH.

Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′  N , 7 ° 27 ′  E