Gerhardsfeld

Gerhardsfeld City of Wipperfürth Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 29 ″  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 17 ″  E
Height :	255 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	51688
Area code :	02268
Location of Gerhardsfeld in Wipperfürth

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

Location and description

Gerhardsfeld is located southwest of the center of Wipperfürth near the Kürtener Sülz . Neighboring towns are Furth , Unterschwarzen , Heid and Jörgensmühle .

The village belongs to electoral district 16 (160) and thus to the district of Wipperfeld .

history

In 1548 the place was first mentioned under the name "Felde" in the lists of the Bergisch tension and barge services. The map Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 shows four courtyards and names them "Güntsfeld" . The topographical photograph of the Rhineland from 1825 shows five separate floor plans in a delimited courtyard. The place name is already Gerhardsfeld on this map.

The sandstone wayside cross in the local area dates from 1779 .

bus connections

Gerhardsfeld is connected to local public transport via the stops on lines 426 and 429 (VRS / OVAG) in Jörgensmühle.

Hiking trails

The A4 circular hiking trail, signposted by SGV , leads through the village.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
2. ^ City of Wipperfürth, public announcement from June 2009; Allocation of the streets to the individual electoral districts
3. ^ Klaus Pampus; First documentary mention of Oberbergischer places
4. ^ Historika25, State Surveying Office NRW, sheet 4910, Lindlar
5. ↑ Treasures by the wayside; Field crosses in Wipperfürth and its church villages; Home and History Association Wipperfürth e. V .; 2009; ISBN 978-3-00-029052-7
6. ↑ Busnetz 2010, Oberbergischer Kreis, published by Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH