Helberg

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Helberg
City of Gummersbach
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 8 ″  N , 7 ° 38 ′ 21 ″  E
Height : 375–427 m above sea level NN
Residents : 69  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Postal code : 51647
Area code : 02354
Helberg (Gummersbach)
Helberg

Location of Helberg in Gummersbach
Helberg with the "castle"

Helberg is a district of Gummersbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

geography

The place is about 10.8 km from the city center near the Genkel and Aggertalsperre .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1473: Tilman op dem Hellenbergh and Clas vamme Hellenberge were named among the feudal lords and court owners in the license of the Stilkinger feudal court .

Attractions

"Castle"

The upper part of Helberg is dominated by the so-called "castle", a fortified-looking farmhouse. The Feste Haus or Kasteel (Low German for fort ), over two storeys with mighty quarry stone walls and a multiple folded hipped roof , arouses interest in particular due to its unusual square shape with cut corners (basic shape 14 m * 14 m, four long sides of 11.3 m and four short 1.8 m each - measured across the corner). The "castle" was expanded in the 18th century over an allegedly medieval complex. The house received a new interior work in 1918 and is currently being completely restored into a large single-family house. According to the architect in charge of the monument-care measures, the details of the external dimensions according to Rentsch are not correct. This is why it is basically not an octagon, as the object is usually described elsewhere, since the side lengths are not the same length, i.e. not octagon-conform.

leisure

Hiking and bike paths

  • From the Helberg hiking car park , SGV offers the A1 circular hiking trail (4.6 km).

traffic

Helberg is only indirectly connected to public transport . The place can be reached by bus line 318 (Gummersbach - ( Niedernhagen -) Lieberhausen / Piene / Pernze ) via the Deitenbach stop , from there about 1 km on foot.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Pampus: First documentary naming of Oberbergischer places (= contributions to Oberbergischen history. Sonderbd. 1). Oberbergische Department 1924 eV of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Gummersbach 1998, ISBN 3-88265-206-3 .
  2. ↑ Dietrich Rentsch: Oberbergischer Kreis (= The monuments of the Rhineland. Vol. 10-11). 2 volumes. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1967.
  3. ↑ Hans-Jochen Baudach, Extraordinary Design - The Basics of the Architecture of the House of Helberg , in Contributions to Oberberg History . Volume 12. Oberbergische Department 1924 eV of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Gummersbach 2017, page 199 ff., ISBN 978-3-9813282-7-1