Fürstenbrünnchen

Fürstenbrünnchen City of Bergisch Gladbach Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 12 ″ N , 7 ° 8 ′ 25 ″ E
Location of Fürstenbrünnchen in Bergisch Gladbach

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

Houses in Fürstenbrünnchen

history

The name Fürstenbrünnchen arose from an earlier mineral water fountain , which was located here with the name "am hillije Pötzje" (= at the holy spring). Supposedly, Elector Johann Wilhelm II (popularly: "Jan Wellem") discovered the natural, carbonic source during a hunt. From 1909 to 1929 the mineral water was marketed under the brand name Fürstenbrünnchen and a picture of the elector on the label. When the groundwater was permanently contaminated by the nearby Bensberg-Gladbacher Zinkhütte , the tap had to be abandoned and sealed.

Individual evidence

^ 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. 286 f., ISBN 3-9804448-0-5

[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. 286 f., ISBN 3-9804448-0-5