Itterberg (Solingen)

Itterberg City of Solingen Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 19 ″  N , 7 ° 2 ′ 19 ″  E
Height :	about 185 m
Postal code :	42719
Area code :	0212
Location of Itterberg in Solingen
Itterberg

Itterberg is a residential area in the Bergisch city ​​of Solingen .

geography

Itterberg is located in the Wald district on a hillside in the south of the Itter on Obenitterstraße. The Obenitterstraße leads steeply from the Wittkuller Straße over Felder Hof down into the Ittertal and joins the Ittertalstraße at Obenitter . Itterberg is located at the intersection of Obenitter- and Itterberger Straße. Mittelitter is northwest of Itterberg , and Adamsfeld is to the south .

etymology

The place name Itterberg is probably derived from the nearby Itter. He describes a mountain near the Itter. In fact, Itterberg is located on a valley slope above the Itter.

history

The place was created in the second half of the 19th century and appears for the first time in the Solingen measuring table , edition 1893, the official topographic map 1: 25,000 on maps. At that time Itterberg belonged to the mayor's office in Wald . In the municipality lexicon for the Rhineland province of 1888, eight residential buildings with 58 inhabitants are given for Itterberg. In 1895 the district had eleven houses with 103 inhabitants, in 1905 ten houses and 78 inhabitants are given.

With the town union of Groß-Solingen in 1929 Itterberg became a district of Solingen. From the 1930s onwards, the town gradually lost its independent position and merged into the north-expanding residential and commercial areas of the Walders core town. Immediately between Felder Hof and Itterberg, a large industrial complex was built, which is now operated as the Solingen-Wald industrial park and houses various companies.

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1. ↑ Hans Brangs:  Explanations and explanations of the corridor, place, yard and street names in the city of Solingen , Solingen 1936
2. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1888.
3. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1897.
4. ↑ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1909