Dirt hole (Velbert)

Bastard City of Velbert Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 27 ″ N , 7 ° 3 ′ 8 ″ E
Height :	239 m above sea level NN
Location of Dreckloch in Velbert

Dreckloch is a locality in the Bergisch town of Velbert in Germany .

Location and description

The location is in the west of the Tönisheide district of Velbert near the Eignerbach sedimentation basin . The location, whose origins date back to the 17th century and is still listed as a hallway designation in the cadastre , has now merged into the residential development of the Wimmersberg settlement . The name is also still present as the location of a transformer station .

history

In the 19th century belonged to the sinkhole peasantry High Altitude the mayoralty Hardenberg . In the municipality lexicon for the province of Rhineland from 1888 a house with seven inhabitants is given.

Individual evidence

↑ WDR video report about the dirt hole
↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1888.

[wdr-1] WDR video report about the dirt hole

[Gemeindelexikon1888-2] Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1888.