Behind the cluse

Behind the cluse City of Wuppertal Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 56 ″  N , 7 ° 16 ′ 47 ″  E
Height :	325 m above sea level NHN
Postal code :	42399
Location of Hinter der Cluse in Wuppertal
Behind the cluse

Behind the cluse is a residential area in the Wuppertal residential quarter of Herbringhausen in the Langerfeld-Beyenburg district . The place is also referred to as Jägerhof on maps . The Wuppertal circular route crosses the town.

geography

Behind the Cluse lies on the edge of the Garschager Heide on Landesstraße 411 at 324  m above sea level. NHN at the highest point of the ridge between the valleys of the Herbringhauser Bach and the Wupper . To the east are the hamlets In der Hardt and Frielinghausen , south of the residential area Cluse and north of the hamlet Grünental .

history

In the Middle Ages, Landesstraße 411 was part of the Cologne – Dortmund military route , an important medieval trade, pilgrimage and military route between the Rhine and Westphalia . On the eastern side of the state road in the parcel “ Im Galgenfeld ” was the execution site of the Beyenburg office . As a warning, travelers who entered the Beyenburg office on Altstrasse from the Bornefeld office were confronted with the bodies of the executed criminals directly at the office border. There is evidence that a body remained there over a period of nine years from 1597.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gerd Helbeck : Beyenburg. History of a place on the Bergisch-Mark border and its surrounding area. Volume 1: The Middle Ages. Basics and advancement. Association for local history, Schwelm 2007, ISBN 978-3-9811749-1-5 .