Duckmaus (Bergisch Gladbach)

Duckmaus City of Bergisch Gladbach Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 56 ″  N , 7 ° 9 ′ 6 ″  E
Location of Duckmaus in Bergisch Gladbach

Duckmaus is a district in the Lückerath district of Bergisch Gladbach .

Houses in Duckmaus

history

The name Duckmaus is an old settlement and field name that is recorded in the original cadastre in the area of ​​today's Duckmaus street. From the early modern farm establishment after 1500, a small hamlet with 30 inhabitants developed by 1878 . In the 1905 census , the population had dropped to 14.

The meaning of the name of the settlement remains largely vague. The basic word mouse in field names indicates an above-average occurrence of this animal species in the area. There are different hypotheses for the defining word duck : It could be an ablaut form of "thickness / thick" (= thicket, thicket). Duck could also be interpreted as a subsidiary form of "donk / dunk" . In this case it would be a small elevation in the marshland. As a third thesis , a camouflaged weir system could also be assumed with the term duck mouse .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andree Schulte, Bergisch Gladbach, city history in street names , published by the Bergisch Gladbach city archive, volume 3, and by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg e. V., Volume 11, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, pp. 288 f., ISBN 3-9804448-0-5