Hope Valley (Much)

Hope valley Much parish Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 6 ″  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 38 ″  E
Height :	160 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	29  (2012)
Postal code :	53804
Area code :	02295
Location of Hope Valley in Much

Hope valley is a district of the municipality Much in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia . The place was created on December 2, 1861 with the move of the Heinrich Geldmacher paper mill from Drabenderhöhe to the Homburg Bröltal .

location

Hope valley is on the eastern border of the municipality of Much to the municipality of Ruppichteroth . Neighboring towns are Neßhoven in the north, Millerscheid in the south and Werschberg in the south-west. The place is right on Landesstraße 350 .

Residents

In 1901 Hoffnungsthal had 14 inhabitants. Besides the paper manufacturers Albrecht and Rudolf Geldmacher, only the innkeeper and wheelwright Peter Josef Ludwig lived here.

Paper mill

At the beginning of the 20th century the management of the factory was handed over to Gustav Geldmacher. In 1910 there was a factory fire brigade here in addition to the two fire departments in Much and Marienfeld , headed by Gustav Söcker from Schönthal . In 1922, a private siding was laid from the Bröltalbahn station in Felderhoferbrücke over four kilometers to the factory. In 1940 the Geldmacher company with 50 employees was the largest employer in the community. In 1979 the company had to file for bankruptcy.

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. 612
2. ^ Resident directory Siegkreis 1901
3. ^ Resident directory Siegkreis 1919
4. ↑ Description of the village ( Memento from November 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )