grandchildren

grandchildren Kurten municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 13 ″  N , 7 ° 16 ′ 23 ″  E
Postal code :	51515
Location of grandchildren in Kürten

Grandchildren is a place to live in the municipality of Kürten in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis .

Location and description

The place is below the federal highway 506 , between Schmitte and Esbach . The place is divided into three parts, which are also known as the middle, upper and lower torso .

history

Grandchildren was already documented as a Einclo in 893 . The place name is from the group of forest names, since the appellative Loh is recognizable in the earliest form Einclo . The determiner is derived from the personal name Aino ( * Aininclô = forest of Aino ).

The Topographia Ducatus Montani by Erich Philipp Ploennies from 1715, Blatt Amt Steinbach , shows that the place already existed in 1715 as a place with two courtyards and was called Enckelen . Carl Friedrich von Wiebeking names the court on his chart of the Duchy of Berg in 1789 as upper, middle and lower grandchildren . It indicates that upper - and middle-grandchildren part at this time the exclave of Oberhonschaft in Honschaft mountain in the parish Kuerten and sub-grandchildren of the Honschaft mountain in the parish Olpe was the district court Kürten.

Under the French administration between 1806 and 1813, the Steinbach office was dissolved and grandchildren was politically assigned to the Mairie Kürten in the canton of Wipperfürth in the Elberfeld arrondissement . In 1816 the Prussians converted the Mairie to the mayor's office in Kürten in the Wipperfürth district . Grandchildren belonged to the municipality of Kürten at that time.

The place is recorded on the topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824 and on the Prussian first survey from 1840 as lower, middle and upper grandchildren . On the Prussian new admission of 1892 he is listed as lower, middle and upper grandchildren . The place is regularly referred to as grandchildren on later measurement table sheets .

Middle legs

In 1822, 23 people lived in the village, which was categorized as a court and referred to as middle grandchildren . The place, which was categorized as a courtyard in 1845 according to the overview of the government district of Cologne , had three houses at that time. At that time, eight residents lived in the place called Middle Grandchildren, including one Catholic and seven Protestant denominations. The municipality and district statistics of the Rhine Province show Mittelenkeln in 1871 with four houses and 24 inhabitants. In the municipality lexicon for the province of Rhineland from 1888, four houses with 18 inhabitants are given and the place is called middle grandchildren . In 1895 the place had four houses and 26 inhabitants. In 1905 the place had four houses and 20 residents and belonged denominationally to the Catholic parish of Kürten.

Thighs

In 1822, 15 people lived in the place, which was categorized as a court and designated as colonel grandchildren . The place, which was categorized as a courtyard in 1845 according to the survey of the government district of Cologne , had four houses at that time. At that time there were 25 inhabitants living in the place called Ober-Grandchildren , all of them of Catholic faith. The municipality and estate district statistics of the Rhine Province lists Oberenkeln in 1871 with three houses and 22 inhabitants. In the municipality encyclopedia for the Rhineland province of 1888, three houses with 23 inhabitants are given and the place is designated as Ober Grandson . In 1895 the place had three houses and 21 residents. In 1905 the place had two houses and twelve residents and belonged to the Catholic parish of Kürten.

Lower grandsons

In 1822, 27 people lived in the place, which was categorized as a court and referred to as lower grandchildren . The place, which was categorized as a hamlet in 1845 according to the overview of the government district of Cologne , had seven houses at that time. At that time, 37 inhabitants lived in the place called Unter-Grandchildren , 27 of them Catholic and ten Protestant denominations. The municipality and estate district statistics of the Rhine province lists Unterenkel in 1871 with three houses and 13 inhabitants. In 1895 the place had four houses and 20 inhabitants. In 1905 the place had four houses and 19 inhabitants and belonged denominationally to the Catholic parish of Kürten.

20th century

In 1927 the mayor's office in Kürten was transferred to the office of Kürten. In the Weimar Republic in 1929 the offices of Kürten were merged with the municipalities of Kürten and Bechen and Olpe with the municipalities of Olpe and Wipperfeld to form the office of Kürten. The Wipperfürth district became part of the Rheinisch-Bergisch district on October 1, 1932, with its seat in Bergisch Gladbach .

In 1975 the current municipality of Kürten was established on the basis of the Cologne Act , to which, in addition to the offices of Kürten, Bechen and Olpe, a sub-area of ​​the city of Bensberg with Dürscheid and the surrounding areas was added.

Attractions

Dr. Foerster sleeve approx. 1918 with a circumference of 1.45 m and a height of 10 m,

In Mittelenkeln there is probably the oldest holly in Germany, the Dr. Foerster pod , which is still preserved today as a tree fragment with new shoots.

In Mittelenkeln there is also a sandstone wayside cross from 1898 . It has a height of 2.8 m. It is recorded as number 45 in the list of architectural monuments in Kürten .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Heinrich Dittmaier : Settlement names and settlement history of the Bergisches Land . In: Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein . tape 74 , parallel edition as a publication by the Institute for Historical Regional Studies of the Rhineland at the University of Bonn. Schmidt, Neustadt ad Aisch 1956.
2. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations for the Historical Atlas of the Rhine Province. Second volume: The map from 1789. Division and development of the territories from 1600 to 1794. Bonn 1898.
3. ↑ JC Dänzer: Décret impérial sur la circonscription territoriale du grand-duché de Berg… Imperial decree on the division of the Grand Duchy of Berg . 1808, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-84858 .
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Alexander August Mützell, Leopold Krug (Ed.): New topographical-statistical-geographical dictionary of the Prussian state. Third volume. Kr-O. With Karl August Kümmel, Halle 1822 ( digitized ).
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Royal Government of Cologne (ed.): Overview of the constituent parts and list of all localities and individually named properties of the government district of Cologne, according to districts, mayor's offices and parishes, with information on the number of people and the residential buildings, as well as the confession , Jurisdictions, Military, and former provincial relationships. Cologne 1845 ( digitized ).
6. ↑ ^{a b c} The communities and manor districts of the Rhine Province and their population. Edited and compiled by the Royal Statistical Bureau from the original materials of the general census of December 1, 1871. In: Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Hrsg.): The communities and manor districts of the Prussian state and their population. tape XI , 1874, ZDB -ID 1467523-7 ( digitized ).
7. ↑ ^{a b} Community dictionary for the province of Rhineland. Based on materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, edited by the Royal Statistical Bureau. In: Royal Statistical Bureau (Hrsg.): Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. tape XII , 1888, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 ( digitized version ).
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Community dictionary for the province of Rhineland. Based on materials from the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources, edited by the Royal Statistical Bureau. In: Royal Statistical Bureau (Hrsg.): Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. tape XII , 1897, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 .
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Community encyclopedia for the Rhine Province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources, edited by the Royal Prussian State Statistical Office. In: Königliches Prussisches Statistisches Landesamt (Hrsg.): Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Booklet XII, 1909, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 .
10. ^ History of the municipality of Kürten
11. ^ GV. NRW. 1974 p. 1072