Flachsberg (Bergisch Gladbach)
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Flax mountain
City of Bergisch Gladbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 59 ″ N , 7 ° 6 ′ 5 ″ E
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Location of Flachsberg in Bergisch Gladbach |
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 Residential house Flachsberg 14 in Paffrath around 1900, today the Lob bakery is located here
Photo: Vinzenz Feckter |
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Flachsberg is a district in the Paffrath district of Bergisch Gladbach .
history
The late medieval settlement name Flachsberg is first documented in 1453 as tzo dem Vlasberge . Up until the early modern period , a small hamlet developed from the establishment of the settlement , which had eight farms around 1790. The Am Flachsberg settlement is recorded in the original cadastre in the area of today's Flachsberg road .
etymology
The name corresponded to the former agricultural use of the area with flax cultivation . Linseed oil is obtained from the seeds of flax . The stalks of the flax provide fibers for the production of linen . Flax cultivation was widespread until the 19th century.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b 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. 66 f., ISBN 3-9804448-0-5
literature
- Anton Jux: The Bergisch Botenamt, the history of Bergisch Gladbach up to the Prussian era , published by the Culture Office of the City of Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach 1964