Heidgen (Bergisch Gladbach)

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Heidgen
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 20 ″  N , 7 ° 4 ′ 44 ″  E
Heidgen (Bergisch Gladbach)
Heidgen

Location of Heidgen in Bergisch Gladbach

Former Heidgen restaurant
Former Heidgen restaurant

Heidgen is a district in the Katterbach district in Bergisch Gladbach .

history

The name Heidgen goes back to the settlement name Heidchen , which is recorded in the original cadastre in the area of ​​today's street. Heidchen referred to the establishment of an early modern court, which is documented for 1731 as am Heydtgen . It was mentioned in 1820 in the form Heydgen . In the late 18th century there were already three farms here. The name refers to a heather landscape that was covered with heather , gorse and shrubbery.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andree Schulte, Bergisch Gladbach, city history in street names , published by the Bergisch Gladbach city archive, volume 3, and by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg e. V., Volume 11, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, p. 42, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5

literature

  • Anton Jux: The Bergisch Botenamt, the history of Bergisch Gladbach up to the Prussian era , published by the Culture Office of the City of Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach 1964
  • Helmut Rosenbach: The old Paffrath - Katterbach, Paffrath, Hand - in history and stories , ICS Communikations-Service GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach 1993