Großeledder

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Grosseledder manor from 1777

Großeledder is a place in the city of Wermelskirchen and lies between the villages of Stumpf and Grunewald . The village is connected by a country road that connects the Dabringhausen district with the city of Hückeswagen . A supply by local public transport is guaranteed with the bus line 263.

Großeledder is known as a location for an international seminar and leisure hotel. Bayer AG from Leverkusen in particular uses these rooms for conferences and meetings. A postcard from 1962 also mentions the Böttingerheim house , which is located about 800 m northeast , today the Böttingerhaus .

There is also a youth hostel for the TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen sports club in Großeledder.

history

In the sources Großeledder is also written as Jusche or Gauschen .

A possible first mention of Großeledder can be found in 1336 when a "Johannes de Scala" is mentioned in the revenue register of the St. Gereon Monastery in Cologne. The word "Scala" is Latin and means "Leiter", called "Ledder" in Bergisch dialect.

In 1469 a Wilhelm "Knechtgen zur Ledener", a small farmhand named Wilhelm, pays a fee to the Duke von Berg. Furthermore, in 1586 a Marcus zur Grosseledder is named. In 1666 a Hans Adolf zur Ledder takes part in the hereditary homage in Ostringhausen. The Grosseledder court was liable to pay interest for 7.5 pounds of wax to Schloss Burg each year. The Wüstenledder farm delivered 1 Malter oats there. In 1692, Gridtgen zur Ledder leased a meadow near Eichholz.

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The married couple Amalie Henriette Platte and Philipp Heinrich Pastor around 1807

Around the middle of the 18th century, members of the Platte and Halbach families from Lüttringhausen founded a foil ribbon factory on the Großenledder . In its heyday it is said to have employed up to 1,100 people, mainly women and children. These were in-house knitting shops that produced in the publishing system . The foil tape was made from silk waste mixed with cotton and linen thread. It stood out from the pure silk ribbons by being reasonably priced, a circumstance that favored mass consumption. This and the extremely good business acumen of Peter Johann Platte enabled the Platte family to amass a large fortune over several generations, not least by lending money.

Peter Johann Platte was married to Anna Catharina Halbach; When he died on March 24, 1807, he is said to have left a fortune of well over 200,000 thalers. His present will shows 128,484 thalers. His daughter married the cloth and needle manufacturer Philipp Heinrich Pastor from Aachen.

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  • W. Pilgram: Große Ledder - A historical chat . Published by Farbenfabriken Bayer AG, Leverkusen, undated (1963?)
  • Nicolaus J. Breidenbach : “Große Ledder” - From the “Scala” to the “Jusche” to the “Seminar and Leisure Hotel of Bayer Gastronomie”. Verlag Gisela Breidenbach, Wermelskirchen 2009, ISBN 3-9802801-6-0

Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′  N , 7 ° 13 ′  E