Field (Leichlingen)

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Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 47 ″  E
Height : 218 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 42799
Area code : 02174
Feld (Leichlingen (Rhineland))
field

Location of Feld in Leichlingen (Rhineland)

Feld is a locality in Leichlingen (Rhineland) in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis .

Location and description

Feld is located on the south-eastern edge of the hill village of Witzhelden . The place is no longer perceptible as an independent residential space, as it has merged into the Witzhelden residential development. Neighboring towns are Nüsenhöfen , Altenbach , Bern , Meie , Neuenhof , Bechhausen , Flamerscheid , Brachhausen , Höhscheid , Dorffeld , Wersbach and Wersbacher Mühle .

The Felder Weg in Witzhelden is named after the former place and also leads through its old town center. The Weyerfelder Bach , a tributary of the Altenbach, rises near Feld .

history

Feld was founded by weavers from the Jülich area who, due to the ducal economic policy, settled in Witzhelden in the geographical vicinity of their castle castle residence . The topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824 and the Prussian first survey of 1844 already record the place unlabeled as part of the settlement area of ​​Witzhelden. The table sheet Solingen of the official topographic map 1: 25,000 shows the place in the editions 1929 to 1974 continuously labeled with field . In 1815/16 there were 79 people living in the village. In 1832 field belonged to the parish Witzhelden of the Burscheid mayor . The place, categorized as a village according to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district , had 13 residential houses and 15 agricultural buildings at that time. At that time there were 66 people living in the village, all of them Protestant beliefs.

Due to the municipal code for the Rhine province, the parish of Witzhelden received the status of a municipality in 1845, left the Burscheid mayor and formed its own mayor's office from 1850 onwards . In the municipality lexicon for the Rhineland province in 1885, 22 houses with 98 inhabitants are given. In 1895 the place had 19 houses with 76 inhabitants, in 1905 19 houses and 62 inhabitants.

On January 1, 1975, the municipality of Witzhelden was incorporated into Leichlingen with field.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bechhausen (with mention of Feld) on www.witzhelden-web.de. Retrieved February 22, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , 1836
  3. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1888.
  4. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1897.
  5. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1909.
  6. ^ 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. 298 .