Hungenberg
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Hungenberg
City of Bergisch Gladbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 10 ″ N , 7 ° 9 ′ 12 ″ E
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Location of Hungenberg in Bergisch Gladbach |
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Hungenberg is a district in the Bensberg district of Bergisch Gladbach .
history
The early modern settlement name Hungenberg was first mentioned in 1666 in the form "ahm Hundenberg" . Until the beginning of the 19th century, the Hungenberger Gut was under the Gladbach Fronhofsgericht and belonged to the Gladbach messenger office . In 1869 the settlement of Hungenbach was "re-pastured" to Bensberg . By 1905 it developed into a larger hamlet with 17 residential buildings and 104 inhabitants.
There are several interpretations to explain the determinative word hunger or dog :
- The Old High German hunno / hunto (= captain) or the Middle High German hunne / hunde (= centenarius, from the Latin centum = 100) refer to the "centenarius" , that is, the head of a hundred (Honschaft). As a result, Hungenberg would be in the etymology of the number word hundred and refer to the Honschaft (= hundredth) Bensberg.
- Another interpretation leads the Hungenberg back to the dialect adverb "ongen" (= down), which meant that the settlement is down on the mountain.
- Finally, the old spelling dogs could refer to the common field name dog , which would mean that there is poor quality soil in the area.
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 327 f., ISBN 3-9804448-0-5