Heidt (district)

Heidt (71) district of Wuppertal
Coordinates	51 ° 15 '52 "  N , 7 ° 12' 29"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '52 "  N , 7 ° 12' 29"  E.
height	120- 320  m above sea level. NHN
surface	1.52 km²
Residents	7440 (December 31, 2016)
Population density	4895 inhabitants / km²
Proportion of foreigners	18.3% (December 31, 2016)
Post Code	42289
prefix	0202
Borough	Heckinghausen
Transport links
bus	640 644 646 T1 NE5
Source: Wuppertal statistics - spatial data

The Heidt (formerly Heydt ) residential area in Wuppertal is one of three residential areas in the Heckinghausen district . The quarter emerged from one of the medieval farms of origin in Barmen , the Hofgut am Heidt , which was located southwest of the district of Gemarke . The Heidt forms the southern part of the former city of Barmen.

geography

Hofeshaus Lütterkus-Heidt

The 1.52 km² residential area is in the east by the streets Untere Lichtenplatzer Strasse , Freiligrathstrasse , Grillparzerweg , Lönsstrasse , Mörikestrasse and Forestastrasse , in the south by the ridge in the Barmer Wald , in the west by the Oberen Lichtenplatzer Strasse and Fischertal and in the north by the Limited Elberfeld – Dortmund railway line .

Clockwise, the residential quarters Barmen-Mitte , Heckinghausen , Hammesberg , Lichtenplatz , Kothen and Friedrich-Engels-Allee surround the quarter.

The north and the east are characterized by closed inner-city housing developments, while the central part, the west and the south are occupied by the areas of the Barmer Anlagen , the Barmer Wald and the Barmer Ehrenfriedhof . To the south the terrain rises by 200 meters.

The quarter on the Heidt (still Heydt in the 19th century ) is the old southern town of Barmen. The urban development on the Clef (from Latin clivus - hill, gradual rise) arose during the building boom in the 19th century; Up the mountain, the development becomes looser and turns into a residential area. The quarter reaches its highest point in the Barmer Forest near the Toelleturm , which is already part of Barmen- Lichtenplatz .

The Hofeshaus Lütterkus-Heidt , which was built at the end of the 16th century, is the oldest half-timbered house in Barmen. It was restored over the course of the 20th century and inaugurated in 1986.

Etymology and history

Map of the courts in the area of ​​today's Barmen by Erich Philipp Ploennies (1715)

Heidt, Heydt, Heed refers to an undeveloped, forestless area, see also Heide .

The earliest secured with date mention of Heidts as on the Gentiles comes from the Beyenburger office account (settlement of Rentmeister's to the Bergisch-ducal Kameralverwaltung ) of the year 1466. From this it appears that the living space already at this time in two cotta , so yards with small size and tax burden.

Due to inadequate source material it is not occupied, but possible that Heidt to the mentioned already in 1244 "goods in Barmen" ( " Bona de Barme ") in the Electoral Cologne was one area that by Count Ludwig von Ravensberg as allod into possession the Count von Berg passed under Count Heinrich IV . Territorially, the area around Heidt was part of Oberbarmen until the beginning of the 14th century to the Electoral Cologne district of Schwelm , which was annexed by the Counts of the Mark until 1324 . From 1420 it belonged to the Bergische Amt Beyenburg and was part of the Barmen farmers . Ecclesiastically it belonged to the establishment of a separate Barmer parish to parish to Schwelm.

In 1715 the Topographia Ducatus Montani by Erich Philipp Ploennies recorded the neighboring farms of F. Heid and L. Heid (= Lütterkus Heid ). With the other farms in the Barmen farming community, the Heidter farms were part of the Bergisch Office of Beyenburg until 1806.

In the 19th century, the Heidter district extended east-west from Fischertal to Heckinghausen and north-south from the Wupper to the Barmer Wald . The Clever Höfe and Kotten were part of the district.

literature

• Walter Dietz: Barmen 500 years ago. An examination of the Beyenburger official accounts from 1466 and other sources on the early development of the place Barmen (= contributions to the history and local history of the Wuppertal. Vol. 12, ISSN  0522-6678 ). Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1966.

Web links

See also : List of architectural monuments in the Heidt residential area in Wuppertal

Commons : Heidt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names. Their origin and meaning. Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8