Kiel (Bergisch Gladbach)

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Kiel
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 54 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 15 ″  E
Kiel (Bergisch Gladbach)
Kiel

Location of Kiel in Bergisch Gladbach

Kiel is a district in the Bärbroich district of Bergisch Gladbach .

history

The name Kiel is recorded in the original cadastre as "Aufm Kiel" . It is an early modern settlement. The farm , which was previously located in the municipality of Immekeppel , had developed into a small hamlet with three farms and 19 residents by 1905 . The name of the settlement Kiel is explained by the New High German word wedge and means a wedge-shaped field or parcel .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andree Schulte: Bergisch Gladbach City History in Street Names , published by the Bergisch Gladbach City Archives, Volume 3, and by the Bergisch Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg e. V., Volume 11, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, p. 222 ISBN 3-9804448-0-5