Duck (Wipperfürth)

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City of Wipperfürth
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 9 ″  E
Height : 297 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 51688
Area code : 02269
Duck (Wipperfürth)
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Location of Ente in Wipperfürth

Ente is a village in the municipality of Wipperfürth in the Oberbergisches Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

The place is located in the southwest of the city of Wipperfürth on the city limits to Kürten on the federal road 506 , which was an important military route between Cologne and Dortmund in the Middle Ages . The place lies on the watershed between the Große Dhünn and the Kürtener Sülz . A tributary of the Große Dhünn, the Hirschfelder Bach with its sources Hirschfelder Siefen , Wiebornsiefen and Enter Siefen rises north of the place. Neighboring places are Frösseln , Grunewald , Sommerberg , Hamböcken , Kofeln , Hüffen , Mittelschneppen and Pannenhöh .

The place belongs to the municipal electoral district 160 and thus to the electoral district Wipperfeld .

The "most iconic 2CV meeting in Germany" has been held in Ente since 2012. Founded by Reiner M. Sowa , the friends of the Citroen 2CV (the duck) meet every second Friday of the month in Ente.

history

The topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824 shows three separate courtyards with five floor plans. According to local history researcher Werner Stefer, there was a Landwehr in Ente to block the Altstrasse.

bus connections

Ente is connected to local public transport via the Ente stop on line 427 (VRS / OVAG).

Hiking trails

The Kürtenring , signposted by SGV , the district hiking trail 9 from Wipperfürth to Bergisch Gladbach and two local circular hiking trails A3 and A4 lead through the village.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herbert Nicke : Forgotten ways: the historical network of long-distance routes between the Rhine, Weser, Hellweg and Westerwald, its protective systems and junctions
  2. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
  3. ^ City of Wipperfürth, public announcement from June 2009; Allocation of the streets to the individual electoral districts
  4. ↑ Peter Berger: Friends of the 2CV. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, December 14, 2015, accessed on May 18, 2017 .
  5. ^ Historika25, State Surveying Office NRW, sheet 4809, Kürten
  6. ↑ Werner Stefer: Historic Archaeological finds in Wipperfeld: Landwehr, mill equipment, bomb craters
  7. ↑ Busnetz 2010, Oberbergischer Kreis, published by Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH