Karrenstein

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Karrenstein
City of Hückeswagen
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 15 ″  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 25 ″  E
Height : 296 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 42499
Area code : 02192
Karrenstein (Hückeswagen)
Karrenstein

Location of Karrenstein in Hückeswagen

View in Karrenstein
View in Karrenstein

Karrenstein is a village in Hückeswagen in the Oberbergisches Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

Karrenstein is located in the northern Hückeswagen above the Wuppertalsperre . Neighboring towns are Oberhombrechen (distance 1,200 meters as the crow flies), Mittelhombrechen (distance 600 meters as the crow flies), Niederhombrechen (distance 500 meters as the crow flies), Neukretze , Kormannshausen , Mitberg and, across the Wuppertalsperre, Hammerstein , Dürhagen , Voßhagen and Steffenshagen .

The village can be reached via an access road that branches off from the K11 district road between Kormannshausen and Neuenherweg and also connects Vormwald , Oberhombrechen and Mittelhombrechen.

The Kretzer Bach , which runs southeast in the valley, flows into the Wuppertalsperre near Karrenstein. The Jostberg hill (317 m above sea level) extends to the north of the village. The Wuppertalsperre is about 150 meters as the crow flies from the first buildings in the village.

history

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1484 in old church accounts. The spelling of the first mention was Karensteyn . The map Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 shows the farm as a cart stone . In the 18th century the place belonged to the Bergisches Amt Bornefeld-Hückeswagen .

In 1815/16 there were 14 people living in the village; in 1820, according to official records, Karrenstein had 16 inhabitants and was run as a farm. In 1832 Karrenstein belonged to the Herdingsfelder Honschaft , which was part of the Hückeswagen external citizenship within the Hückeswagen mayor . The place, categorized as a hamlet according to the statistics and topography of the administrative district of Düsseldorf , had a residential house and three agricultural buildings at that time. At that time there were seven people living in the village, all of whom were Protestant.

In the municipality lexicon for the Rhineland province in 1885, three houses with 18 inhabitants are given. At that time the place belonged to the rural community Neuhückeswagen within the Lennep district . In 1895 the place had two houses with 16 inhabitants, in 1905 two houses and 13 inhabitants.

At the end of the 19th century, Ewald Rellenmann's farm burned down in the village.

leisure

Sports

The FC Karrenstein sports field is located in Karrenstein. It has a lawn play area and floodlights. Due to its topography - the pitch has a slight slope - it is feared by visiting clubs.

Hiking and biking trails

The following hiking trails lead through the village:

Association

  • FC Karrenstein (hobby football club without association membership)

Web links

Private homepage about Karrenstein

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Pampus: First documentary naming of Oberbergischer places (= contributions to Oberbergischen history. Sonderbd. 1). Oberbergische Department 1924 eV of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Gummersbach 1998, ISBN 3-88265-206-3 .
  2. ^ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and topography of the administrative district of Düsseldorf. Part 2: Containing the statistical table of places and distances and the alphabetical index of place names. Schreiner, Düsseldorf 1836, p. 12 .
  3. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 ). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1888.
  4. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1897.
  5. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1909.