Im Letsch
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Im Letsch
City of Bergisch Gladbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 22 ″ N , 7 ° 6 ′ 31 ″ E
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Location of Im Letsch in Bergisch Gladbach |
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 older house Im Letsch
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Im Letsch is a district in the Refrath district of Bergisch Gladbach .
history
The current name of the street Im Letsch is based on the old `` Gewannen '' name of the same name , which is recorded in the original cadastre north of Vürels . There are different approaches to interpreting the field name. First, Letsch is interpreted as sand that was washed up and then dried. After that, the name of the corridor would refer to the nature of the soil found everywhere in Refrath. Second, Letsch can be traced back to the Middle High German last (= hindrance, inhibition, protective weir, border fortification) and indicates a protective system. Thirdly, the word Letsch could have been formed from the dialect Cologne verb letsche (= glitschen, glleiten), which in etymology is the Middle High German lihte (= smooth). Consequently, it would be a slippery or wet-swampy terrain.
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. 246, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5
literature
- Gerd Müller: Refrath, history of the districts of Bensberg-Refrath and -Frankenforst , published by Peter Bürling in collaboration with the city of Bensberg, 1974
Web links
- Im Letsch, article from Bürger- und Heimatverein Refrath 2011, accessed on July 12, 2015