Gennebreck
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Gennebreck
City of Sprockhövel
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 41 ″ N , 7 ° 12 ′ 10 ″ E
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| Height : | 262 (210-310) m |
| Area : | 10.34 km² |
| Residents : | 1910 (Dec. 31, 2012) |
| Population density : | 185 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1970 |
 Evangelical Church Herzkamp
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Gennebreck is one of six districts of the city of Sprockhövel in the Ennepe-Ruhr district , North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1970 Gennebreck was an independent rural community in the Haßlinghausen district .
Location and description
Gennebreck is located in the west of Sprockhövel and borders in the west and in the south on Wuppertal (districts Nextebreck and Dönberg ) and in the north on Hattingen (district Oberelfringhausen ). Beyond the Herzkämper Mulde through which the Felderbach flows in the east lies the Sprockhövel district of Obersprockhövel . The Deilbach forms part of the western border with Wuppertal.
The southern border lies on the watershed between the river systems of the Wupper and the Ruhr . There is also the Hilgenpütt forest area . The mining history Herzkämper-Mulde-Weg , the Gennebrecker Rundweg and also the Wuppertaler Rundweg open up Gennebreck for hikers.
Gennebreck consists of the Kirchdorf Herzkamp as well as numerous suburbs and farms such as Äckern , Alter Schee , Alter Schneppendahl , Schee Train Station , Berge , Bredde , Birkenhof , Brink , Bruch , Busch , Egen , Einfeld , Ellerhäuschen , Erlen , Flüsloh , Frielinghausen , Gennebreckmühle , Großer Siepen , Heege , Hetberge , Horath , Huxel , Hütte / Sankt Moritz , Kickersburg , Kleiner Siepen , Kreiskotten , Kuhoß , Kuxloh , Lehn , Lohbusch , Mellbeck , Mettberg , New America , Neuer Schneppendahl , Ochsenkamp , Quellenburg , Rottenberg , Sauerholz , Scheerenberg , But , sticks , horse mackerel Becke , Stöckerbrögel and stubble breaking .
history
The predominantly rural area was up to the incorporation of an independent congregation in office Haßlinghausen the district Hagen (until 1887), the circle Schwelm (until 1929) and the Ennepe-Ruhr district (until 1970).
Since the Middle Ages was in Gennebreck in mines coal mined. The southernmost mine of the Ruhr mining , the Stöckerdreckbank colliery , was in Gennebreck. Ribbon weaving was very widespread in the community of Gennebreck .
In 1900 Gennebreck had 2182 inhabitants, in 1931 only 1477 (Protestant: 1368, Catholic: 69, others: 40). The total area of the municipality in 1900 was a total of 1258 ha, in 1931 it was 1034 ha. The differences are due to the assignments on the southern edge to the city of Barmen-Elberfeld . These took effect on August 1, 1929.
On January 1, 1970 Gennebreck was incorporated into Sprockhövel.
literature
- Directory of Sprockhövel literature in the city library and in the Sprockhövel city archive - "Gennebreck". (PDF; 1.6 MB) City of Sprockhövel, accessed on December 29, 2012 (excerpt from the complete directory).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 236 .
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 113 .
