Engelshagen

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Engelshagen
City of Hückeswagen
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 47 ″  E
Height : 299 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 42499
Area code : 02192
Engelshagen (Hückeswagen)
Engelshagen

Location of Engelshagen in Hückeswagen

Engelshagen is a court in Hückeswagen in the Oberbergisches Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

Engelshagen is located in the northern Hückeswagen near the Wuppertalsperre . Neighboring towns are Hangberg , Steffenshagen , Ulemannssiepen and Höhsiepen .

The Hofschaft can be reached via an access road that branches off from the K2 district road between Dörpmühle and Wiehagen and also connects Hammerstein , Voßhagen and Dürhagen . The Höhsieperbach rises in Engelshagen and flows into the Wuppertalsperre. The Engelshagen fortified tower is a cultural monument .

history

In 1481 the place was mentioned for the first time in a list of donations for the Marien Altar of the Hückeswagen church. Spelling of the first mention: (Engel) im Haigen . The map Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 shows the farm as Vosshagen . In the 18th century the place belonged to the Bergisches Amt Bornefeld-Hückeswagen .

In the municipality lexicon for the province of Rhineland in 1885 six houses with 54 inhabitants are given. At that time the place belonged to the rural community Neuhückeswagen within the Lennep district . In 1895 the place had six houses with 51 inhabitants, in 1905 six houses and 30 inhabitants.

Hiking and biking trails

The following hiking trails lead through the village:

  • The local ■ hiking trail from Kräwinklerbrücke to Hückeswagen center
  • The local circular route A8

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Pampus: First documentary naming of Oberbergischer places (= contributions to Oberbergischen history. Sonderbd. 1). Oberbergische Department 1924 eV of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Gummersbach 1998, ISBN 3-88265-206-3 .
  2. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 ). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1888.
  3. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1897.
  4. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1909.