Stern house

Stern house Much parish Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 23 ′ 58 ″  E
Height :	330–355 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	17  (2012)
Postal code :	53804
Area code :	02245
Location of Heckhaus in Much
Old forester's house in Heckhaus

Heckhaus is a district of the municipality of Much in the Rhein-Sieg district .

location

At the height of the Heckberg ( 383.4  m above sea  level ), Heckhaus is located on Brüderstraße . It is the highest and northernmost point in the municipality of Much. From here you have a wide view over the southern Bergisches Land and the Siebengebirge to the Hohe Acht in the Eifel.

history

In the vicinity of Heckhaus, mining for non-ferrous metal ores has been carried out since the middle of the 19th century . The Silberkaule mine was in the immediate vicinity . A little further north was the Bliesenbach mine . Both mines were major employers in the region.

In 1901, Heckhaus was a homestead with eight residents. Here lived Ackerin widow Joh. Höger and the gamekeeper Wilhelm Kreuzer.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Müller's Large German Local Book 2012: Complete local dictionary. 33. revised and exp. Ed., Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-027420-2 , online at Google Books , p. 549
2. ↑ Hike around the Heckberg, accessed on October 28, 2014
3. ^ Resident directory Siegkreis 1901

Web links

• "Heckberg" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia