Großscherkenbach

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Großscherkenbach
City of Wipperfürth
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 4 ″  N , 7 ° 25 ′ 22 ″  E
Height : 324 m above sea level NN
Residents : 17  (Jul 21, 2019)
Postal code : 51688
Area code : 02267
Großscherkenbach (Wipperfürth)
Großscherkenbach

Location of Großscherkenbach in Wipperfürth

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

Location and description

The place is southeast of the city of Wipperfürth. The village belongs to the district Agathaberg. A tributary of the Gaulbach rises on the northern edge of the village . Neighboring towns are Kleinscherkenbach , Agathaberg and Nagelsbüchel .

Politically, Großscherkenbach is represented in the council of the city of Wipperfürth by the direct candidate from electoral district 14.1 (141) Agathaberg.

history

In 1413 the place is mentioned for the first time under the name "Scherkenbach" in accounts of the excise lifting of the Bergische Ämter. The map Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 shows two farms at the site of Großscherkenbach and names them "Scherckenbeck" . The topographical recording of the Rhineland from 1825 shows on a delimited courtyard under the name “Gr. Scherkenbek “ five floor plans. From the topographic map from 1894 to 1896, the place name in common use today, Großscherkenbach, is used.

A sandstone footfall erected between 1919 and 1920 is in place.

Hiking trails

The A2 circular hiking trail, signposted by SGV , leads through the village.

bus connections

Großscherkenbach is connected to local public transport via the Nagelsbüchel stop on line 333 (VRS / OVAG).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ River Area Geoinformation System (FluGGS). Wupperverband , accessed on December 21, 2017 .
  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, Landesvermessungsamt NRW, sheet 4810 Wipperfürth
  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. ↑ Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
  7. ↑ Busnetz 2010, Oberbergischer Kreis, published by Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH