Eggerscheidt

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Eggerscheidt
City of Ratingen
“In silver (white) a sloping red harrow; in the left upper corner a small red shield; A silver (white) bar over three inclined silver (white) strips. "
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 59 ″  N , 6 ° 53 ′ 15 ″  E
Height : 114 m
Area : 4.34 km²
Residents : 950  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 219 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 40883
Area code : 02102

Eggerscheidt is a district of Ratingen in the Mettmann district with 950 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2015). It is located west of the federal highway 3 between the Angerbach in the south and the railway line from Essen to Düsseldorf with the S-Bahn line 6 ( Düsseldorf -Ratingen- Essen ) in the north-west. Together with the neighboring town of Hösel , the village forms a district. In Hösel, the S6 stops at Hösel station . This can be reached with the Rheinbahn bus line 773 , which is the only public transport in Eggerscheidt.

line Line course
773 Ratingen , Hösel S-Bahn-Logo.svg  - Hösel , Bergbusch - Eggerscheidt  - Ratingen, Hauser Ring - Ratingen East S-Bahn-Logo.svg  - Ratingen center Stadtbahn.svg
DL 1 Ratingen-Hösel S-Bahn-Logo.svg  → Ratingen-Eggerscheidt  - Ratingen-Breitscheid , Krummenweg - Ratingen-Lintorf  - Ratingen-Tiefenbroich  - Ratingen-West  - Ratingen center Stadtbahn.svg  - Ratingen East S-Bahn-Logo.svg

The federal freeway 3 can be reached at the Breitscheid interchange , where the federal freeways 52 and 524 are also located.

In Eggerscheidt there is the Gräfgenstein Castle (also: Grevensteyne, Grifgenstein etc.), a former knight's seat that was first mentioned in 1254. The castle with a four-story tower belonged to the Knights of Eggerscheidt (Eckerscheyd) (1254), von Landsberg (1443), von der Haus (15th century), von der Recke / von Ascheberg (until 1532), among others Gogreven (1532 to 1598), von der Horst / von Binsfeld (since 1598), von Wachtendonck, Gaddum, von Hochsteden (since 1750), von Zweiffel and the Counts of Spee .

Until December 31, 1974 Eggerscheidt was an independent municipality in the Angerland office . Together with most of the other municipalities of the office, it was merged on January 1, 1975 with the city of Ratingen and the municipality of Homberg-Meiersberg to form the new city of Ratingen due to the Düsseldorf Act .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.stadt-ratingen.de/wirtschaft_internationales/zdf/bevoelkerung.php
  2. ↑ See Joseph Stange: The Knight's Seat Griffgenstein . In: News about noble families and estates , Book I, Koblenz: Hergt 1879, p. 53.
  3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 293 .