List of street names in Solingen (I – Q)

Overview of the boroughs of Solingen

The list of street names in Solingen (IQ) contains all streets and places in this letter range of the Bergisch city ​​of Solingen as well as an explanation of the origin of the name, if known, an allocation to the respective city districts and the subject area of ​​the classification plan for the naming of streets, Paths and places.

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• In the column meaning , explanations of the origin of the name (such as places, personalities or historical events) are given, as well as the links to existing articles.
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Street name	district	if applicable, allocation plan	meaning	Remarks
Hedgehog forest	Forest		Local situation Igelsforst	The name already existed before 1715
Im Haalsiefen	At the height		Field name, derived from hahl or hael for dry and siefen for wet meadow, swamp
In the Heiderbusch	Graefrath		Field name, after the court name Heide , the ending -busch indicates the densely wooded area that was there before	The name of the street in this new development was given against the background of a historical field name
In the Ohligs	Ohligs		former court of Ohlig , dubious origin, it may be a genitive form and a noun like Hof should be added: Ohligs Hof , Ohlig is possibly a name given the name Ohliger, which is still widespread in Solingen today	The original court of Ohlig, which gave the city its name, was located here
In the Wöll	Höhscheid		Field name, Brangs suspects a name as the origin, Wenke suspects an earlier rampart	formerly Hindenburgstrasse, renamed on April 26, 1935
In the Locher meadows	Merscheid		after the court name Loch , which is derived from Loh and means forest	The streets in the new development areas in Merscheider at the Lochbachtal were mostly given the traditional names of old field names
In freedom	Graefrath		after the privilege of freedom that was granted to the town of Gräfrath in 1325	formerly Solinger Straße, the name was changed on April 26, 1935
In the plank	Castle		?
Industriestrasse	Graefrath		Naming without a special reason
Ingridweg	Graefrath	Female first names	Ingrid , first name
Irlen	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Irlen , derived from the alder , i.e. the trees - in earlier times the rubble dumps outside the cities were called Irlen because alder trees were often planted there in the swamp
Irlenfeld	Merscheid		Field name, see Irlen
Irler Hof	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Irler Hof , see Irlen
Irler Strasse	Forest		see Irlen
Isarweg	Ohligs	German rivers	Isar , river in Austria and southern Germany
Itterberger Strasse	Forest		Itterberg location, i.e. the mountain that rises from the Itter
Itterbruch	Forest		Itterbruch location , the ending -bruch indicates a swampy terrain on the Itter	The name already existed before 1492
Itterstrasse	Forest		Itter , a tributary of the Rhine, rises on the Holy Born in Graefrath
Ittertalstrasse	Forest		after the Ittertal through which the road leads, connecting path between the three farms of Oben-, Mittel- and Unteritter	The long unpaved road was expanded in 1910 and received its first official name in the same year, in 1914 the road was extended beyond the Obenitter estate (today Bausmühlenstraße)
Jagenberg	Castle		Hofschaft Jagenberg , the word probably means something like Am jähen Berg , i.e. Am steep mountain , the Hofschaft lost this meaning when a Jagenberg family actually moved there
Jaegerstrasse	Graefrath		?
Jahnstrasse	Forest		Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778–1852), German educator and founder of German gymnastics
Jakob-Lebel-Weg	Forest		Jakob Lebel , apple variety	The street name goes back to a suggestion by a local resident, it is supposed to remind of an 80 - 90 year old apple tree that had to be felled when the street was built.
Jakobshäuschen	Merscheid		Hofschaft Jakobshäuschen (formerly Lockshäuschen), derived from the family name Jakob
Jaspersstrasse	Forest	Philosophers and scholars	Karl Jaspers (1883–1969), German psychiatrist and philosopher who became known far beyond Germany
Johannisstrasse	center		possibly the name indicates an old possession of the Johanniter (e.g. in Cologne ), in house number 13 (before the destruction) the famous blade smith Johannes Wundes lived
Johänntgesbruch	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Johänntgesbruch , derived from the personal names Johnen or Johännchen, the ending -bruch suggests a swampy terrain
Johänntgesbruch way	Höhscheid		see Johänntgesbruch
Jörgensfeld	Castle		Field name
Josefstal	At the height		Location Josefstal , named after the first name Josef	The field name already existed in 1830
Josefstrasse	Höhscheid		Josef , male first name
Junkerstrasse	Merscheid		after the old court name Junkernhäuschen , which in turn is derived from the personal name Junker
Jupiter way	Ohligs	Planets and stars	Jupiter , fifth planet in our solar system
Kamper Street	Ohligs		the name refers to the former Hofschaft Siebelskamp located there
Canal Street	Höhscheid		after the Weinsberger Bach, which had to be relocated into a larger canal in 1890 because the former field path to Hofschaft Weeg (today's Canal Street) was expanded
Kantstrasse	Forest	Researcher and inventor	Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), German Enlightenment philosopher	The former Körnerstraße got its current name due to the duplication after the town union on April 26, 1935
Karl-Haberland-Strasse	At the height		Karl Haberland (1893–1978), honorary mayor of Solingen (1955–1961), from 1927 member of the administration of the savings and construction association	At the beginning of the 2000s, the streets of the new SBV housing estate in Börkhauser Feld bear the names of famous Solingen citizens and mayors with contacts to the Solingen savings and construction association
Karl-Schurz-Weg	Höhscheid	Politician	Carl Schurz (1829–1906), German-American revolutionary and statesman	The street got its name in the course of the new building of the SBV housing estate Weegerhof on March 16, 1928
Karlstrasse	Ohligs		Karl , male first name
Kärntener Strasse	Ohligs		after the referendum in 1920 in Carinthia , Austria , in which more than half of the voters voted for their region to remain in Austria (instead of, for example, the Miessal and the Kaneltal, the majority of which voted for Yugoslavia and Italy )	The former Gasstraße got its current name due to the duplication after the town union on April 26, 1935
Karolinenweg	center	Female first names	Caroline , first name
Kasernenstrasse	center		During wartime in the 19th century and earlier, people of the war were barracked in special buildings on the nearby Bergstrasse
Casino Street	center		after the former building of the casino company from the 1840s, which was destroyed in the Second World War, but still exists today in a simplified form on the corner of the main street
Kasparstrasse	Ohligs		Kaspar (or Caspar) von Perdsdorf, builder of the Caspersbroich Castle	The previously unnamed street (part of it had the old court name Kullen) was named on June 15, 1935
Kastanienweg	center	Botany trees	Chestnut , genus of the beech family
Katharinenstrasse	Graefrath	Church history	Catherine of Alexandria , one of the most famous saints
Käthe-Kollwitz-Weg	Forest	Painter and sculptor	Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), German graphic artist, painter and sculptor	The newly laid out street was given its name in 1967 on the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday.This street naming finally put an end to the discussions that had been going on since the 1950s about naming the Ohligser Lyceum after Kollwitz, against which the parents fought heavily The school became the Geschwister-Scholl-Gesamtschule in 1953
Katternberger Strasse	Höhscheid		after the three courts of Katternberg, which are probably derived from the women's name Katrin = Katarina	The common name of Katternberger Straße has been used since 1862, the part of the street in Solingen was called, in 1880 the Dorper part of the street was called Neugrünewalder Straße, the Höhscheider part was called Solinger Straße, at the request of the city of Solingen, the uniform name Katternberger was later Street chosen. since 1912 the road has extended to the Kotter Feldweg
Katzbach	Höhscheid		Field name, dubious origin, possibly the nearby brook was once home to the sallow willow with its catkins , so that the vernacular gave rise to the name Katzbach	The street was given its name An der Katzbach on June 29, 1909, which was later shortened
Kauffunger way	At the height	Silesia, Goldberg sponsorship	Kauffung , town in south-western Poland
Keldersplatz	Ohligs	Ohligser citizens	Theodor Kelders (1832–1910), Mayor of Merscheid / Ohligs (1863–1889)	The square between Keldersstrasse and Forststrasse got its name in the course of the construction of the shopping center in 1986
Keldersstrasse	Ohligs	Ohligser citizens	see Keldersplatz	The street in the immediate vicinity of the Ohligser Bahnhof got its name in 1936
Basement hammer	Castle		after Keller Hammer , probably a hammer of an owner named Keller
Kempen	Höhscheid		Kempen location , probably the majority of Kamp (= field)
Keplerweg	Höhscheid	Astronomers, mathematicians, geographers	Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), German natural philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, optician and Protestant theologian
Ketzberger Strasse	Graefrath		Hofschaft Ketzberg , originally Kicenberch , probably derived from (deer) fawn	The court name existed before 1218
Keusenhof	Ohligs		Hofschaft Keusenhof , Brangs suspects connections between the Hofschaftsname Keusenhof and a family name of the same name	The name already existed before 1715
Lapwing path	Höhscheid	Zoology birds	Lapwing , species of bird
Pine road	At the height		Pine , conifer type
Kieler Strasse	Ohligs		Kiel , capital of Schleswig-Holstein
Pebble humps	Ohligs		Field name
Kirberger Strasse	Höhscheid		former court of Kirberg , after a family of the same name
Kirchgasse	Ohligs		to the nearby Evangelical Church of Ohlig
church Square	center		after the Protestant town church that surrounds the square, until 1805 also the cemetery
Kirchstrasse	center		the street leads to the Protestant town church	Until the end of the 18th century, the once narrow alley was also called Korinthengässchen , the entrance to Kölner Straße was also popularly called Am Haspelt because there was a turnstile there that only allowed pedestrians to cross
Church stairs	Graefrath		the stairs lead to the parish church of St. Mary of the Assumption
Kirschbaumer Hof	center		Hofschaft Kirschbaumer Hof , possibly the nucleus of the family name Kirschbaum and derived from the cherry tree	The name of the court has existed since 1488, the so-called street section today received its name on April 26, 1935
Kirschbaumer Strasse	center		see Kirschbaumer Hof
Kirschheider Strasse	Höhscheid		Former Hofschaft Kirschheide, which was originally just called Heide after it came into the possession of the Kirsch family, called Kirschheide from the 18th century	Two villas located at this point were named Kirschheide, the so-called Blue Side of the Kirschheide, which was destroyed by fire, and the White Side of the Kirschheide, today's Haus Kirschheide
Klauberg	center		Field name, Hofschaft Klauberg, probably derived from a chunky, massive mountain	The name of the court already existed before 1300
Klauberger Strasse	center		see Klauberg
Kleiberweg	Höhscheid	Zoology birds	Nuthatch , species of bird of the genus Sitta
Klein-Heipertz	At the height		Location Klein-Heipertz , this is probably a genitive form, there is no noun like Hof, Haus or Feld, i.e. Heipert's farm or the like, Klein- based on the already existing Heipertz court	The court name Heipertz already existed before 1715
Kleine Kamper Strasse	Ohligs		the street leads into Kamper Straße
Small street	center		Naming without a special reason
Kleinenberg	Forest		Hofschaft Kleinenberg , possibly the location was decisive, the location on a small mountain up to today's Beethovenstraße	The court name existed before 1650
Kleinenberger Strasse	Forest		see Kleinenberg
Kleiststrasse	At the height	Poet of the German-speaking area	Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811), German playwright, storyteller, poet and publicist
Klemens-Horn-Strasse	center	Sword smiths and citizens of old Solingen	Klemens Horn , one of the most skilled swordsmiths around 1600, used a unicorn as his master's mark	The street, initially called Weststraße from 1885, got its current name due to the duplication of the old name on April 26, 1935. Klemens Horn himself wrote his first name with c , the spelling with k did not appear until a century later
Klingenstrasse	center		Blade , main component of various tools and weapons, for which the city of blades Solingen is world famous	The former Felder Polizeistrasse got its current name, inspired by its proximity to Schwertstrasse, in 1884 or on December 1, 1903
Klommenberg	Forest		Flurname who was popularly known and as much as crested mountain means
Monastery courtyard	Graefrath		Courtyard of the Gräfrath Monastery	formerly Kirchplatz, renamed due to duplication on April 26, 1935
Monastery wall	center		not a part of the city wall, but until 1780 a part of the city moat, which was filled in because it spoiled the streetscape, so in 1793 a school and a parsonage were built on this site, which the people called a monastery
Knappenstrasse	Höhscheid		A tight young man who is learning the craft of weapons from a knight	The name of the street was chosen because of its proximity to Ritterstraße and was officially set on February 21, 1928
Knynsbusch	Forest		Location Knynsbusch , Knyn means rabbit, bush stands for a forest or undergrowth
Kocherstrasse	Höhscheid		Quiver , container for arrows (for archery )	The street got its name because of its proximity to the then Bogenstraße, today's Worringer Straße
Cabbage bush	Aries		Field name
Kohlerfeld	Höhscheid		Field name, possibly a field owned by the owner Kohl	Most of the streets in the Bauermannskulle development area bear the names of historical land names, some of them come from the original map of 1829
Kohlfurth	center		Hofschaft Kohlfurth , not after the coal supply, which partly happened via this path, as the name was already there before, but there may be a connection to the nearby Hofschaft Külf, and there was perhaps a ford in the river bed of the Wupper	The court name existed before 1363, long before the coal transports
Kohlfurther Eickholz	Graefrath		Wüstung Kohlfurther Eickholz , the name describes an oak forest near the Hofschaft Kohlfurth	The farm, which was previously only known as Eickholz, was given the name Kohlfurther Eickholz on April 26, 1935 to distinguish it from the association of towns
Kohlfurther Strasse	center		see Kohlfurth
Kohlsberg	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Kohlsberg , after the family name Kohl	The name of the court already existed in 1715, but the street officially only bears its name since April 26, 1935
Kohlsberger Höhe	Höhscheid		see Kohlsberg
Kohlsberger Strasse	Höhscheid		see Kohlsberg
Koelner Strasse	center		Cologne , cathedral city in North Rhine-Westphalia	From the trading city of Cologne, which was already important in the Middle Ages, the Solingen cutlery, at the beginning primarily swords, were sold to all of Central Europe, therefore the city of Cologne is of enormous importance for the Solingen economy, the street was meanwhile (January 30, 1937 to 28. June 1945) Street of the SA
Columbus Street	center		Christopher Columbus (around 1451–1506), a seafarer in the service of Spain, who discovered America in 1492
Königgrätzer Strasse	Merscheid		Battle of Königgrätz between Prussia and Austria, which took place there in 1866 and was the decisive battle in the Prussian-Austrian war
Koenigsberger Strasse	Forest	East German city names	Koenigsberg , capital of the Russian exclave of the same name Kaliningrad
Königsmühle	Höhscheid		after the Königsmühle , whose name is derived from the owner's name König
Königsmühler way	Höhscheid		see Königsmühle	The street was named Karl-Laforce- Weg from March 31, 1938 and was renamed Königsmühler Weg on June 28, 1945 in the course of denazification
Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse	center		Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967), first Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949–1963)	The street originally formed the upper part of the main street, the name was changed in honor of Adenauer on June 25, 1976
Kopernikusweg	Höhscheid	Astronomers, mathematicians, geographers	Nikolaus Kopernikus (1473–1543), Frauenburg canon, lawyer, administrator and doctor in the service of the Duchy of Warmia in Prussia, who devoted his free time to mathematics and astronomy
Körnerstrasse	Höhscheid		Theodor Körner (1791–1813), German poet and playwright, who was best known for his songs in the struggle for freedom against Napoleonic domination and after his death became a patriotic figure of identification for the Prussians	In the pre-war districts around Bismarckplatz and Bülowplatz, some streets still bear the names of Prussian generals and statesmen; Körnerstraße got its name on March 4, 1903
Kornstrasse	Forest		?
Kotten	Merscheid		Hofschaft Kotten , a Kotten is a place of work, in Solingen it is often a Schleifkotten	The name already existed before 1488
Kottendorfer Strasse	Ohligs		old Hofschaft Kottendorf , originally Kortendorp, suspected a family name called Korte or Korten (Kort = short)
Kotter dirt road	Höhscheid		after the court name Kotten	The street got its name on April 26, 1935
Kotter hammer	Höhscheid		after the Kotter Hammer , which was already in operation as a Reckhammer in 1715 and operated until shortly after the First World War
Kotter Street	center		after the court name Kotten
Kotterheidberg	Höhscheid		Field name, hillside overgrown with heather near the farm of Kotten
Kottermühlenstrasse	Höhscheid		after the Kottermühle, which was already listed in 1715
Puked sticks	Forest		Location Kotzerter Stöcken , originally just sticks, the word refers to the tree stumps left over after clearing or felling , the addition Kotzert refers to the nearby yard	The street got its name Kotzerter Stöcken to distinguish it from the city association on April 26, 1935, the field name Stöcken had been around for a long time
Puked street	Forest		Location Kotzert , Kotz- could indicate the personal name Konrad, the ending of the word Kotzert ( -art ) could be an ancient word for arable land, perhaps that is why the name means Konradsacker	The name Kotzert already existed before 1715
Kovelenberg	Ohligs		for a name
Crow height	Castle		Hofschaft Krahenhöhe after the family name Grah / Krah or the bird Krähe , the ending -höhe comes from the altitude between Solingen and Burg
Krahenhöher way	Castle		see crow height
Kranichweg	Höhscheid	Zoology birds	Crane , bird species
Frills	Forest		Hofschaft Krausen , possibly the short form of the old Hofschaft Crauhausen	The name already existed before 1715
Krausener Strasse	Forest		see Krausen	The street got its name on January 9, 1928
Krautstrasse	Forest		?
Krebsweg	Höhscheid	Constellations of the zodiac	Cancer , constellation
Kreuzstrasse	center		Naming without a special reason
Kreuzweger Strasse	center		after the old place name Am Kreuzweg , where the streets Wald – Dältgenstal – Mangenberg and Merscheid – Mangenberg cross
Kriemhildenstrasse	Graefrath	Nibelung legend	Kriemhild , figure from the Nibelungen saga
Kronenstrasse	Ohligs		?
Kronprinzenstrasse	center		Crown Prince Friedrich III. (1831–1888), German Emperor and King of Prussia, was on the throne for 99 days during the three Emperor's year of 1888	The street was given its name on November 24, 1885 in honor of the then crown prince, on October 17, 1922 the name was changed to Düsseldorfer Strasse, in 1935 the double street name was supposed to be removed and replaced by Hansastrasse, but after popular resistance was over the street on April 26, 1935 to Kronprinzenstrasse again
Krüdersheide	Ohligs		Hofschaft Krüdersheide , the name means herbal heather , the Krüder is a pharmacist or herb collector
Kuckesberg	Ohligs		Court of Kuckesberg	The name of the court already existed before 1660
Kuckesberger Weg	Ohligs		see Kuckesberg
Külf	Graefrath		Hofschaft Külf , this is perhaps a diminutive of Kohlfurth or Kolfert	The name already existed before 1672
Kulle	Aries		Hofschaft Kulle, a Kulle is a depression (compare also the word Kuhle)	The name already existed before 1715
Kuller Street	center		after the old place name up der Kullen , allegedly there was once a stone and a clay hollow at this point	The court name Kullen has been used since 1638, the names Kuller Straße or Kuller Weg have been used since the early 19th century
Küllersberg	Graefrath		Field name, after the family name Küller
Küppersfeld	center		Field name, Küppersfeld is derived from the family name Küpper	The street was given its name Am Küppersfeld on July 2, 1925, which was later shortened
Kurfürstenstrasse	center		Electors , imperial princes of the Holy Roman Empire who elected the king (cure = election)	The investor Hermann Rauh planned around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Century a settlement of town villas and town houses, which should be built on a new access road, he himself preferred the names Kurfürsten-, Kaiser-Wilhelm- or Auguste-Victoria-Straße, the city council wanted the name Prinzenstraße, but this continued due to the risk of confusion not through to Kronprinzenstraße, so the street got its current name
Short street	center		During the expansion of the street, a name was sought, a local resident said that such a short street did not need a name at all, this saying led to the name
Küstergasse	center		named after the nearby Protestant town church
Kyffhäuserstraße	center		Kyffhäuser , mountain range	In Germany there are various legends according to which an emperor sleeping in the mountain will one day return and bring people closer to the monarchy again, Frederick I should sleep in Kyffhäuser , and there is also the Kyffhäuser monument, a place where both Barbarossa and Wilhelm I. , the former Gartenstrasse was given its name on April 26, 1935
Kyllmannweg	Merscheid		after the Solingen judges and merchants family Kyllmann, who belonged among other things to Otto Adam Kyllmann, judge of the office of Solingen (1674–1677), who had his residence in the court of Dahl , into which the street leads
laugh	Aries		Hofschaft Lache , the word could indicate a pond, a puddle or a boundary sign	The court name existed before 1715
Lacher Strasse	Aries		see laugh	The street was named on September 12, 1912
Loading street	Ohligs		?
Lahnstrasse	Ohligs	German rivers	Lahn , right tributary of the Rhine	The street was originally called Sandstraße, due to the duplication of the old name after the town union, the name was changed on April 26, 1935
Laibacher Strasse	Ohligs		former court of Ljubljana in the Haan town area
Laiken	Graefrath		Laiken residential area
Landhausstrasse	Graefrath		?
Landwehr	At the height		Field name and location Landwehr , there was once a fortification here
Landwehrstrasse	At the height		see Landwehr
Langhansstrasse	Ohligs		Wilhelm Langhans (1888–1928), alderman for the city of Ohligs from 1921 to 1928	The street was given its first name Sonnenstraße in 1900, in 1932 the Ohligs city council debated about honoring the deceased alderman Langhans with a street name, but the renaming of Rathausstraße (today Sauerbreystraße) did not succeed, so the remote, almost undeveloped street was chosen Sonnenstrasse, which was renamed on October 20, 1932
Lehmbruckstrasse	Forest	Painter and sculptor	Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881–1919), German sculptor and graphic artist
Mud Hollow	Castle		Field name, there was probably a clay hollow there once	formerly Westhausener Straße, renamed due to duplication after the incorporation of Burg to Solingen in 1975
Lehn	center		Hofschaft Lehn , the name describes a fiefdom	The court name existed before 1213
Lehner Strasse	center		see Lehn
Leibnizstrasse	Ohligs	Researcher and inventor	Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), German philosopher, mathematician, historian	The streets south of Deusberger Strasse were given the names of Prussian generals in the second half of the 1930s, while the street called Leibnizstrasse since 1946/1947 was named Marwitzstrasse in memory of the Prussian officer Georg von der Marwitz
Leichlinger Strasse	Höhscheid		to the neighboring town of Leichlingen , into which the street leads	The street got its name on April 26, 1935
Leipziger Street	Ohligs	German cities	Leipzig , big city in Saxony
Lenbachstrasse	Forest	Painter and sculptor	Franz von Lenbach (1836–1904), German painter
Lennestrasse	Ohligs	German rivers	Lenne , tributary of the Ruhr	The street was initially called Marktstraße after the Ohligser Markt to which it leads, then on May 23, 1935, it was named Admiral-Scheer-Straße after the naval officer of the First World War, Reinhard Scheer , as Ohlig's street name was intended for the context of the imperial navy The street was renamed Lennestrasse in 1946 to ban militaristic symbols
Lerchenstrasse	Höhscheid	Zoology birds	Larks , songbird family	The street was named on October 17, 1910
Lessingstrasse	center		Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), important poet of the German Enlightenment
Liebermannstrasse	Forest	Painter and sculptor	Max Liebermann (1847–1935), German painter and graphic artist
Liebigstrasse	Forest	Researcher and inventor	Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), German chemist
Lilienstraße	Forest		Lily , ornamental plant
Lilienthalstrasse	Forest	Aviation pioneers	Otto Lilienthal (1848–1896), German aviation pioneer	The former Florastraße got its current name because of the duplication of the old name on April 26, 1935
Limminghofer Strasse	Merscheid		Hofschaft Limminghofen , Brangs interprets this old name as Hof der Limlinge (?), Limilo was a proper name	The court name Limminghofen already existed before 1312, the Limminghofer Straße received its current name on April 26, 1935
Linden tree	At the height		Local situation Linde , possibly from the same tree derived	The name of the farm existed before 1488
Lindenbaumstrasse	Höhscheid		Before the road was expanded, there was a large linden tree in the alignment of the road , which had to be torn down, so the road was designed as an avenue that is lined with linden trees on both sides to this day
Lindenhof	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Lindenhof , a courtyard surrounded by lime trees	The name of the court already existed in 1463, the street was initially called Lindenstraße and was given its current name Am Lindenhof on April 26, 1935, which was later shortened
Lindenstrasse	center		Linden , deciduous tree
Lindersberg	Forest		Location Lindersberg , after the family name Linder, whose bearer was a resident of an old Linden court
Lindgesfeld	Graefrath		Field name
Lingmannstrasse	center		The adjoining land was owned by the Lingmann heirs when the road was built	The street was built in 1930 and was given its current name on October 30, 1930, and in the mid-1930s the savings and construction association built a housing estate there
Linkgasse	center		The street name is Lindgasse derived, the road is so originally a Lindengasse been	The street name already existed in 1684 at least
Lippestrasse	Ohligs	German rivers	Lippe , tributary of the Rhine	The former Neustraße was given its current name on April 26, 1935 due to the duplication of the old name
Lochbachstrasse	Forest		Hofschaft Loch am Lochbach named after her , derived from Loh , which means forest	The name of the Hofschaft Loch already existed before 1713
Hole punch bushes	Merscheid		see Lochbachstrasse	The streets in the new development areas in Merscheider at the Lochbachtal were mostly given the traditional names of old field names
Locher Kotten	Merscheid		after the punch Kotten	The Locher Kotten was already listed without a name in 1715
Locher Street	Wald / Merscheid		see Lochbachstrasse
Lohdenberg	At the height		Field name
Loehdorf	At the height		Hofschaft Löhdorf	The court name Löhdorf already existed before 1312
Löhdorfer Feld	At the height		see Löhdorf
Löhdorfer Strasse	At the height		see Löhdorf	The street previously commonly known as Löhdorf-Mangenberger Chaussee was only given the name Löhdorfer Straße for its section in 1908 by the Ohligser city council, the name changed to Wittelsbacher in 1911 and to Heinrich-Heine- Straße in 1920 , in 1935 the renaming to Löhdorf-Mangenberger Chaussee was under discussion, but after protests by the tourist associations and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the part from Aufderhöhe to Schmalzgrube got its current name
Lortzingstrasse	Höhscheid		Gustav Albert Lortzing (1801–1851), German composer, librettist, actor, singer and conductor	formerly Querstraße, renamed due to duplication on April 26, 1935, two streets in this residential area bear the names of the composers, Regerstraße and Lortzingstraße
Lotharstrasse	Merscheid	Male first names	Lothar , first name
Lotsenstrasse	Ohligs		Pilots , masters experienced in seafaring, who enable ships to be safely escorted	The former Wiesenstraße received its present name due to the doubling of the towns association on 26 April 1935 against the background that in Ohligs some roads for terms from the Imperial Navy were named
Löwenburgstrasse	At the height	Siebengebirge	Löwenburg , mountain in the Siebengebirge
Löwenweg	Höhscheid	Constellations of the zodiac	Leo , constellation
Luebecker Strasse	Ohligs	German cities	Lübeck , city on the Baltic Sea
Lucasstrasse	Graefrath		Adolf Lucas (1862–1945), District Administrator of the Solingen District (1900–1927)	The street was named on September 22, 1927
Lüderitzweg	Merscheid		Adolf Lüderitz (1834–1886). German wholesale merchant and founder of the German South West Africa colony	The former Flurstraße was given its current name by renaming due to duplication on April 26, 1935, Lüderitz is viewed critically today due to the general dispute with colonialism , but the street has not been renamed as in the case of Hindenburgplatz
Ludwig-Richter-Weg	Ohligs		Ludwig Richter (1803-1884), German painter
Ludwigsdorfer Weg	At the height	Silesia, Goldberg sponsorship	Ludwigsdorf , city in Poland
Ludwigstrasse	center	male first names	Ludwig , first name
Luisenstrasse	center		Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776–1810), Prussian queen and wife of Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Lüneschloßstrasse	Höhscheid		Johannes Lüneschloß (1583–1656), first paid, reformed pastor in Solingen during the Thirty Years' War	The former Wiedenhofstraße was renamed on April 26, 1935 because of the duplication after the city association
Lützowstrasse	Graefrath		Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782-1834), Prussian Major General, who by the eponymous Free Corps, the Black Hunter , became known	The street was named Zeppelinstraße on September 30, 1913, and the name was changed on April 26, 1935 due to the duplication of the name after the city association
Magnolia Path	center	Botany shrubs	Magnolias , shrub genus
Mainauweg	At the height	Islands	Mainau , island in Lake Constance
Mainstrasse	center		Main , right tributary of the Rhine	In the residential area between Friedrichstrasse and Kirschbaumer Strasse, the streets are named after old naming plans after German rivers, Mainstrasse, Neckarstrasse, Mosellestrasse and Saarstrasse; Mainstrasse received its name on October 8, 1901
Malteserstrasse	center		The Order of Malta , founded in the 11th century as the Order of St. John, which also had numerous possessions in Solingen, the property south of the Breidbacher Tor extended as far as Malteserstrasse or beyond
Mangenberger Strasse	Middle / Merscheid		Hofschaft Mangenberg , formerly Mandenberg, probably from Mande in the meaning of common property as opposed to own property	The name of the court already existed in 1512
Mankhauser Hof	Ohligs		Hofschaft Mankhauser Hof,
Mankhauser Strasse	Ohligs		after the court names Unten- and Obenmankhaus
Margaretenstrasse	center		Naming for no particular reason, the residents of the time supposedly agreed on the name when the road was to be expanded	The road was a narrow dirt road until 1910 and was given its current name on June 13, 1911 after it was expanded
Marienstrasse	Höhscheid		Maria , female first name	The name was chosen in 1910 based on the nearby Josefstrasse
Market street	Graefrath		?	Despite its name, there has never been a market on this street
Marble path	Castle	Minerals and rocks	Marble , metamorphic rock
Marschnerweg	Forest	Composers	Heinrich Marschner (1795–1861), German Romantic composer
Mars Street	Ohligs	Planets and stars	Mars , fourth planet in our solar system	The street was named Lodystraße on April 26, 1935, after the German spy Carl Hans Lody , and the name was probably changed to Marsstraße in 1946/1947
Martin-Luther-Strasse	center		Martin Luther (1483–1546), reformer, theologian and Bible translator	On the occasion of the 450th birthday of the theologian, the Protestant district synod in 1933 asked for double street names to be renamed after the reformers Luther, Clarenbach and Melanchthon ; Lutherstraße (formerly Jägerstraße) was given its name on November 3, 1933
Martinstrasse	Merscheid	Male first names	Martin , first name
Machine line	Merscheid		to the machine factory Müller located there	The company, which operates today as Müller & Dungs, is still based on the street today
Matthias-Claudius-Strasse	At the height		Matthias Claudius (1740–1815), German poet and journalist
Maubes	Ohligs		Maubes court	The court name existed before 1715
Maubeshauser Strasse	Ohligs		see Maubes
Maurerstrasse	Merscheid	Craftsman	Mason , craft occupation
Max-Leven-Gasse	center		Max Leven (1882–1938), Solingen journalist and Jew murdered by the Nazis	The street was the residence of the Leven family until they were persecuted, and the name was changed in 1979 in memory of Leven
Max-Planck-Strasse	Ohligs	Researcher and inventor	Max Planck (1858–1947), important German physicist
Meigen	center		Hofschaft Meigen , meaning personal property in contrast to common property	The court name existed before 1488
Meigener Strasse	center		see Meigen
Meisenburger way	Höhscheid		after a teacher named Meisenburg from Kettwig , who was the first to build a house there
Meissen Street	Ohligs	German cities	Meißen , city in Saxony
Meisenhof	Höhscheid		after a teacher named Meisenburg from Kettwig , who was the first to build a house on the nearby Meisenburger Weg
Melanchthonstrasse	Graefrath		Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560), theologian and reformer	On the occasion of Martin Luther's 450th birthday, the Protestant district synod in 1933 asked for double street names to be renamed after the reformers Luther, Clarenbach and Melanchthon ; Melanchthonstrasse (formerly Hochstrasse) was given its name on November 3, 1933
Melbeckstrasse	center		Karl Friedrich Melbeck (1816–1891), long-time district administrator of the Solingen district (1851–1886) and honorary citizen of Dorp and Solingen	The city of Solingen gave more than 20 streets their first official name on November 24, 1885, including what was then Südstraße, which was given its current name on April 26, 1935 due to the duplication of the old name
Memelstrasse	center		Memelland , part of German East Prussia , which was under Lithuanian administration between 1923 and 1939 and is now part of Lithuania	According to old plans, the short street should be expanded to Weidenstrasse and bear the name Humboldtstrasse, but it never expanded, today the Solingen public utility depot is located there and on June 15, 1935, the street was used as a sign of the street name due to the duplication of the street name Territorial claims of the Greater German Reich renamed Memelstrasse
Menzelstrasse	Forest	Painter and sculptor	Adolph von Menzel (1815–1905), ennobled in 1898, painter, draftsman and illustrator	Brangs goes on to explain that Menzel glorified Friedrich the Great in particular in his pictures , the former Buchenstrasse was given its new name on April 26, 1935 due to duplication
Mercatorweg	Höhscheid	Astronomers, mathematicians, geographers	Gerhard Mercator (1512–1594), geographer and cartographer
Merianstrasse	center		Matthäus Merian (1593–1650), Swiss-German engraver and publisher, who also made cityscapes of Solingen	The street was previously named Hofstraße after the nearby Gut Grülshöfchen, the name was changed on April 26, 1935 due to duplication
Mercury Street	Ohligs	Planets and stars	Mercury , innermost planet in our solar system	The street, initially called Oststraße, was given the name Weddigenstraße on April 26, 1935 in memory of the naval officer Otto Weddigen ; the name was changed in 1946/1947 to ban military symbols
Merowingerstrasse	Graefrath	Old German tribes	Merovingians , Franconian ruling family
Mercimek square	center		Mercimek , place in the central east of Turkey	Mercimek is the original place of origin of the Genc family, who lost five family members in the xenophobic assassination attempt in Solingen in 1993; the appointment was made on September 18, 2012
Merscheider Busch	Merscheid		Court of Merscheider Busch	The Merscheider Hof existed before 1488
Merscheider Strasse	Merscheid		after the court name Merscheid
Messerstrasse	Höhscheid		Knife , cutting tool and part of the cutlery	Solingen is known as the city of blades, so some streets bear the names of edged weapons or cutlery. Originally there was a Messer-, a Gabel- and aakenaken street in this residential area, however, the castle street was renamed Wiener street, the street was named on the 15th. June 1897
Meteor road	Ohligs		after the various German war and science ships that bore the name Meteor , including the ship Meteor, which sank a French warship twice as strong off Havana in 1870	The former Nordstraße was given the new street name on April 26, 1935 due to duplication, as the Imperial Navy was intended for Ohligs
Meves-Berns-Strasse	center	Sword smiths and citizens of old Solingen	Meves (= Bartholomäus) Berns, one of the most famous Solingen swordsmiths, who lived in the city around 1600 and left a stag's head as a trademark on the weapons he made	formerly Herzogstrasse, renamed due to duplication on April 26, 1935
Michelsdorf way	At the height	Silesia, Goldberg sponsorship	Michelsdorf , district in Poland
Michelshäuschen	Höhscheid		Location Michelshäuschen after the personal name Michel
Milky Way	center		after a milk product located there at the time the street was named
Midday street	Höhscheid		Midday , midday	The Mittagstrasse and Abendstrasse in this Wilhelminian style residential district go back to the previously existing Morgenstrasse, which is derived from an old hallway name; later both streets were named in an alleged analogy; Mittagstrasse was named on March 29, 1904
Mittelfürkelt	Aries		Hofschaft Mittelfürkelt as one of the three Hofschafts Fürkelt, derived from Fürk , the Middle High German word for the pine tree, the pine
Mittelgönrather Strasse	Merscheid		Hofschaft Mittelgönrath , the ending -rath indicates a clearing out	The court name Mittelgönrath already existed before 1715
Mittelhöhscheid	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Mittelhöhscheid , Höhscheid refers to a border or watershed located in the heights	The court name Mittelhöhscheid already existed before 1363
Mittelhöhscheider Weg	Höhscheid		see Mittelhöhscheid
Middle knitter	Forest		Location Mittelitter as one of the three Itter courts, whose names are derived from the Itter river on which they are located	The court name Mittelitter already existed before 1715
Mittelitterstrasse	Forest		see middle knitter
Mittelkatternberg	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Mittelkatternberg as one of the three Hofschaft Katternberg, probably derived from the women's name Katharina	The court name Mittellkatternberg already existed before 1303
Central Pilghausen	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Mittelpilghausen , the name Pilghausen is derived from the personal name Piliko (also known as Pelges in dialect)	The court name Mittelpilghausen already existed before 1412
Mittelpilghauser Weg	Höhscheid		see Mittelpilghausen	The street got its name on April 26, 1935
Mittelstrasse	Ohligs		after the middle school introduced in 1876 next to the Wahnenkamp elementary school
Poppy path	At the height	Botany forest plants	Poppy , genus of plants from the poppy family
Mohrenkamp	Graefrath		Field name, possibly derived from a name	The street was given its name Am Mohrenkamp on October 5, 1934, which was later shortened
Mollstrasse	Höhscheid		?
Moltkestrasse	Merscheid		Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (1800-1891), Prussian Field Marshal General, played a major role as Chief of the General Staff in the Prussian / German victories in the German-Danish War, the Prussian-Austrian War and the Franco-German War	Some streets east of Bebelallee still bear the names of Prussian generals, the Blücher-, Roon- and Moltkestrasse
Monhofer Strasse	Ohligs		Former Hofschaft Monhof , Monhof derived from Nonnenhof , i.e. an estate of the Gräfrath monastery	The name Monhof already existed before 1715
Monhofer Feld	Ohligs		see Monhof
Montanushof	Höhscheid		Vinzenz Jakob von Zuccalmaglio , called Montanus (1806–1876), German writer and poet, local researcher from Bergisch
Morning street	Höhscheid		Field name, the street name is derived from the old, vernacular and later included in the cadastral map of the field name Auf den Fünf Morgen (derived from the old unit of area)	The street got its name based on the old field name on August 2, 1889 or more likely 1898, in a supposed analogy the Abendstrasse and the Mittagstrasse were later named
Mörikestrasse	Forest	Philosophers and scholars	Eduard Mörike (1804–1875), German poet from the Swabian School, narrator and translator
Moselstrasse	center		Moselle , left tributary of the Rhine	In the residential area between Friedrichstrasse and Kirschbaumer Strasse, the streets are named after old German rivers according to old naming plans, Mainstrasse, Neckarstrasse, Mosellestrasse and Saarstrasse; Moselstrasse was named on October 8, 1901
Seagull path	Höhscheid	Zoology birds	Seagulls , bird family
Mozartstrasse	Ohligs		Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), an important composer of the Viennese classical period	In the residential area east of the Ohligser Bahnhof, only two streets still bear the names of important composers, Mozartstrasse and Handelstrasse
Mühlenberg	Aries		Field name
Mill dam	Castle		after the flour mill located there	formerly Mühlenstraße, renamed due to duplication after the incorporation of Burgs into Solingen in 1975
Mühlenplatz	center		after the town windmill located there from 1515 to 1860
Mühlenstrasse	Ohligs / Aufderhöhe		after the Scharrenberger mill at the confluence with Virchowstraße
Mill pond	Graefrath		after the location of the pond of the monastery mill Gräfrath, which was formerly at this point
Mummenscheid	Forest		Hofschaft Mummenscheid , after the noble family Mumm von Schwarzenstein from the Lower Rhine, who settled in Scheid from 1690, part of the formerly free aristocratic estate Scheid near Wald; when a Paffrath family later lived there, the name Paffrathscheid was created, but it has not survived
Mummstrasse	center	Sword smiths and citizens of old Solingen	after the Solingen swordsmith family Mumm, to which Solingen mayor Peter Mumm belonged (18th century)	The so-called Brüderstraße from 1862 on (after the Masonic Lodge Prince of Prussia to the Three Swords ) was given its current name due to the duplication of the street name after the city union on April 26, 1935
Müngstener Brückenweg	center		after the Müngstener bridge	The street was previously called Kaiser-Wilhelm- Weg (this was even after the inauguration at the bridge, which initially also bore his name) and was popularly known as Schaltkottenweg or Pinnelsweg even before that; when the monarchy symbols were abolished, the path was renamed on October 17, 1922
Müngstener Strasse	Castle		to Müngsten , to which the road leads
Müritzstrasse	Ohligs	German rivers	Müritz , largest lake in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Nightingale Path	Höhscheid	Zoology birds	Nightingale , species of songbird
neck	Merscheid		Hofschaft Nacken , formal word for elevations in the ground	The name of the court has existed since 1488
Nack way	Merscheid		see neck
Nahestrasse	Ohligs	German rivers	Close , left tributary of the Rhine	The street initially bore the name Charlottenstraße, which was renamed Koesterstraße on April 26, 1935 due to duplication, in honor of the imperial naval officer Hans von Koester , and to banish militaristic symbols after the Second World War, the street was probably renamed Nahestraße in 1946
Nansenstrasse	Forest	Researcher and inventor	Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930), Norwegian zoologist, polar researcher, diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Natural park	Ohligs		after the bird park , which is on the road	The street was given its name Am Naturpark on April 26, 1935, which was later shortened
Neckarstrasse	center		Neckar , right tributary of the Rhine	In the residential area between Friedrichstrasse and Kirschbaumer Strasse, the streets are named according to old naming plans after German rivers, Mainstrasse, Neckarstrasse, Moselstrasse and Saarstrasse, Neckarstrasse (formerly Feldstrasse) received its current name on April 26, 1935
Neptunstrasse	Ohligs	Planets and stars	Neptune , outermost planet in our solar system	The street was initially divided into two parts, the western part up to Barler Strasse was named Alte Strasse, the eastern part the name Solinger Strasse; on April 26, 1935, both streets became Falklandstrasse in memory of the armed conflict between the German and English navies off the Falkland Islands In December 1914, to ban military symbols, the name was changed in 1946/1947
Ness Ziona Street	At the height	Solingen's international friendship between cities	Ness Ziona , twin town in Israel since 1986
Kotten nests	Höhscheid		after the nest Kotten
Nettelbeckstrasse	Graefrath		Joachim Nettelbeck (1738-1824), German captain, who excelled in 1807 defending Kolberg under Gneisenau	The street was named on August 12, 1913 in memory of the protagonist of the wars against the French
New egg pass	Forest		Location Neu-Eipaß
Neu-Löhdorf	At the height		Location Neu-Löhdorf
Neuenhaus	Höhscheid		Neuenhaus court	The name of the court has been attested since the early 16th century
Neuenhauser Kotten	Höhscheid		after the Neuenhauser Kotten
Neuenhof	Höhscheid		old Hofschaft Neuenhof , perhaps the name was chosen to distinguish it from the old Höhscheider Hof	The name of the court already existed in the 17th century, the street got its official name on March 13, 1934
Neuenhofer Strasse	Höhscheid		see Neuenhof
Neuenkamper field	Höhscheid		see Neuenkamper Strasse
Neuenkamper Strasse	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Neuenkamp , Kamp = field, i.e. a newly created field	The court name existed before 1715
Neuenufer	At the height		Neuenufer Hofschaft , the location was created on a bank (slope) of the Viehbach Valley
Neustraße	Höhscheid		Fix name	The street was laid out in 1899 and was given its current name on July 18, 1899
Neutor	center	Historical names	last built city gate of the Solingen old town	The gate was mentioned as early as 1488, the street was given its name Am Neutor on April 26, 1935, which was later shortened
Neuwerk	Castle		Location Neuwerk , a new factory, a new factory
Nibelungenstrasse	Graefrath	Nibelung legend	after the Nibelungen saga	The former Rheinstrasse was given its current name on April 26, 1935 due to the duplication of the old name
Niederrheinstrasse	center	German landscapes	Lower Rhine , region in North Rhine-Westphalia
Niedersachsenstrasse	center	German landscapes	Lower Saxony , country in northwest Germany
Niederstrasse	Ohligs			It was named in a double pack with the parallel street, the Oberstraße, which in 1935 became the street Schleifersberg due to the duplication
Nietzschestrasse	Forest		Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German classical philologist who became world famous as a philosopher posthumously	formerly Lessingstrasse, renaming due to duplication on April 26, 1935
Nippesstrasse	Ohligs	Ohligser citizens	Otto Nippes (1842–1922), city councilor of Merscheid / Ohligs, from 1881 to 1911 honorary councilor and sole honorary citizen of the city of Ohligs	The street, which was previously called Kirchstraße after the Protestant town church of Ohligs, to which it leads, was given its current name on April 26, 1935 because of the duplication of the old name
Nöhrenhaus	Höhscheid		Field name
Nöhrenhauser Strasse	Höhscheid		see Nöhrenhaus
Noldestrasse	Forest	Painter and sculptor	Emil Nolde (1867–1956), German expressionist painter
Norbertstrasse	Merscheid	Male first names	Norbert , first name
North street	Forest		after the compass north
Normannenstrasse	Graefrath	Old German tribes	Normans , ethnic group
Nümmen	Graefrath		Court of Nümmen	The court name already existed around 1300
Nümmener field	Graefrath		see Nümmen
Nümmener Strasse	Graefrath		see Nümmen	The street was named Gasstrasse in 1902 after the gasworks built there in 1891 ; the name was changed on April 26, 1935 due to the duplication of the old name
Nussbaumstrasse	At the height		the street leads past the former Hofschaft Nussbaum , whose name is probably derived from the tree of the same name, similar to apple tree , the field name is derived from a single tree
Up to the wood	Graefrath		Hofschaft Abben zum Holz , a wood is a forest area	The place name has existed since the 18th century
Obenflachsberg	Graefrath		Hofschaft Obenflachsberg , Brangs suspects either the family name Flach or the plant name of the same name as the origin , Wenke also considers the interpretation as a flat mountain	The court name Flachsberg already existed before 1482
Fear above	Aries		Hofschaft Obenfürkelt as one of the three Hofschaft Fürkelt, derived from Fürk , the Middle High German word for the pine tree, the pine
Obengönrath	Merscheid		Hofschaft Obengönrath , the ending -rath indicates a clearing out	The place name has existed since the 18th century
Obenhöhscheid	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Obenhöhscheid , Höhscheid refers to a border or watershed located in the height
Obenitterstrasse	Forest		Location Obenitter as one of the three Itter courts, whose names are derived from the Itter river on which they are located	The place name has existed since the 18th century
Obenkatternberg	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Obenkatternberg as one of the three Hofschaft Katternberg, probably derived from the woman's name Katharina	The place name has existed since the 18th century
Obenketzberg	Graefrath		Hofschaft Ketzberg , originally Kicenberch, possibly derived from (deer) fawn	The place name Ketzberg already existed before 1218
Above Mankhaus	Ohligs		Hofschaft Obenmankhaus	The place name Mankhausen already existed before 1715
Obenpilghausen	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Obenpilghausen , the name Pilghausen is derived from the personal name Piliko (also known as Pelges in dialect)	The place name Pilghausen has been around since the 14th century
Obenpilghauser Weg	Höhscheid		see Obenpilghausen
Male	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Obenrüden	The place name Rüden has existed since the 18th century
Obenrüdener Kotten	Höhscheid		after the Obenrüdener Kotten
Obenscheidt	Graefrath		Hofschaft Obenscheidt , after the court name Scheid or Scheidt , which occurs several times in the forest , which in turn is derived from a watershed and means something like border	The place name has existed since the 18th century
Above the mill	Ohligs		the road runs above the Scharrenberger mill
Obere Dammstrasse	Graefrath		Street running parallel to the embankment , upper part
Obere Hildener Strasse	Ohligs		Upper extension of Hildener Straße from Broßhauser Mühle to the railway underpass, newly built at the end of the 20th century
Upper wooden road	Graefrath		after the court name Oben zum Holz
Oberhaaner Strasse	Graefrath		Oberhaan , district of Haan , into which the street (today interrupted by the street Roggenkamp) leads
Oberstrasse	Höhscheid		?	The street was called Hochstraße until 1893 and was given its current name in that year
Odental path	Aries		Location Odental , originally Ulendael , the term can therefore be interpreted as Eulental, according to other sources the word Odental can also stand for a depression or depression	The place name was already available in 1335
Oil mill	Höhscheid		after the oil mill , is called what it was, namely an oil mill	The oil mill was already there in 1685
Ohliger Tor	center	Historical names	after the Ohliger Tor, the western Solingen city ​​gate , Ohlig is probably derived from the family name Ohliger , which is often found in Solingen	The gate was mentioned in a document as early as 1650, and it was introduced as the official street name in 1935
Ohligser market	Ohligs		Market place in Ohligs	The square was called Markt until May 23, 1934 , then got the name Skagerrakplatz because of the duplication of the old name after the victorious naval battle of Prussia of the same name over the English fleet off the Skagerrak in 1916 (see also the associated Admiral-Scheer and Admiral -Hipper -Straße , now called Lenne- and Aachener Straße); probably in 1946, the street name was to exile militaristic symbols by Ohligser market replaced
Ohligser Schützenplatz	Ohligs		Schützenplatz in Ohligs, which takes its name from the Schützenburg located there	The square was called Schützenplatz until 1935 and the name of the district was added to avoid duplication
Ohm path	Höhscheid	Astronomers, mathematicians, geographers	Georg Simon Ohm (1789-1854), German physicist
Ölbergweg	At the height	Siebengebirge	Great Mount of Olives , highest mountain in the Siebengebirge
Olgastrasse	Merscheid		Olga , female name
Oligschlägerweg	center		Franz Wilhelm Oligschläger (1809–1877), historian and botanist working in Solingen, founder of Solingen local history research	The street got its name on June 15, 1935
Olof-Palme-Strasse	Höhscheid	Politician	Olof Palme (1927–1986), Swedish social democratic politician and two-time Prime Minister of Sweden (1969–1976 and 1982–1986)	The street was previously part of Walter-Dodde-Strasse and was split off from it in 1986, just three months after Palme's murder, in order to give it his name in memory of the politician
Sacrificial Fields Street	Forest		Field name, according to legend, there was a place of worship there in pre-Christian times
Opladener Strasse	At the height		Opladen , until 1975 an independent town and district town of the Rhein-Wupper district , into which the street leads	The street got its name on April 26, 1935
Orchid path	Aries		Orchid , plant
Oskar-Riess-Strasse	At the height		Oskar Rieß (1895–1957), Lord Mayor of Solingen (1945) and multiple chairman of the savings and construction association	In the new SBV housing estate Börkhauser Feld, the newly laid streets have been bearing the names of famous Solingen citizens and mayors with contacts to the Spar- und Bauverein Solingen since the beginning of the 2000s
Ossianweg	center		after the men's choir Ossian, which paved the way in 1890
East Street	center		the street is east of the old town of Solingen	The street got its name on November 24, 1885
Otto-Müller-Strasse	At the height		Otto Müller (1868–1947), Solingen theologian, brief chairman of the savings and construction association	In the new SBV housing estate Börkhauser Feld, the newly laid streets have been bearing the names of famous Solingen citizens and mayors with contacts to the Spar- und Bauverein Solingen since the beginning of the 2000s
Ottostrasse	Höhscheid		Nikolaus August Otto (1832–1891), German engineer and inventor of the Otto engine
Palm Street	Forest		Palm tree , tropical tree
Paper mill	center		Hofschaft paper mill , here was the paper mill founded by Johannes Soter, which was one of the first in the region and operated for several centuries	The court name can be traced back to the year 1618
Poplar Path	center		after the field name An den Pappeln , there were old poplars around a small pond around the middle of the 19th century, and young poplars were planted when a beautification path was created from Hippergrund to Altenbau	The street previously known as An den Pappeln became the Pappelweg after 1936
Parallel street	Forest		Name of embarrassment, street running parallel to Henshauser Strasse
Parkstrasse	Ohligs		Fix name
Parsevalstrasse	Forest		August von Parseval (1861–1942), German airship designer	The former Ringstrasse was given its current name on April 26, 1935
Passauer Strasse	Ohligs	German cities	Passau , city in Bavaria
Pastoratstrasse	Aries		Location of the pastorate (the rectory) of the Evangelical Church in Widdert on Lacher Strasse
Paul-Ehrlich-Strasse	center	Nobel Prize Winner	Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915), German chemist, physician and serologist
Paul-Kircheis-Strasse	At the height		Paul Kircheis (1896–1982), German journalist, civil servant and social democratic politician, member of the board of directors of the savings and construction association Solingen, known as Papa Kircheis	In the new SBV housing estate Börkhauser Feld, the newly laid streets have been bearing the names of famous Solingen citizens and mayors with contacts to the Spar- und Bauverein Solingen since the beginning of the 2000s
Paul-Röltgen-Strasse	Merscheid		Paul Röltgen, Solingen entrepreneur and founder of the Röltgen Marking Systems company located on this street	The former Harzstrasse was named after the founder of the company Röltgen; the company had settled on the street in 1960/1961
Paulinenstrasse	center	Female first names	Pauline , first name	The street got its name on February 21, 1902
Paulstrasse	center		Paul , first name
Peresstrasse	Höhscheid		after the Pereskotten , who got its name from the owner Peter Daniel Peres (1776–1845)
Peter-Hahn-Weg	center	Sword smiths and citizens of old Solingen	Peter Hahn (1720–1794), prominent Solingen weapons and cutlery smith , known for the Simrock poem Der Schmied von Solingen	The former Wiesenstrasse was given its current name on April 26, 1935 due to duplication
Peter-Henlein-Weg	Ohligs	Researcher and inventor	Peter Henlein (1479–1542), inventor of the can-shaped pocket watch	The street was previously part of Hofschaft Tiefendick, its name was changed in the course of the reorganization of the Hofschaft on April 2, 1976
Peter-Höfer-Platz	Höhscheid		Johann Peter Höfer (1773–1852), Mayor of Höhscheid (1821–1849)	During the Third Reich, the square was named Ludendorffplatz after the Hitler supporter and General Erich Ludendorff
Peter-Knecht-Strasse	center	Sword smiths and citizens of old Solingen	Peter Knecht (1798–1852), Solingen arms manufacturer	formerly Poststrasse after the post office located there, renaming due to duplication on April 26, 1935
Peter-Rasspe-Strasse	center		Peter Rasspe (1866–1932), partner in the PD Rasspe Söhne company , whose factory, which has since been abandoned, is located on the street	The former Schrodtberger Straße was given its new name in honor of the deceased company partner on October 20, 1932
Petersbergstrasse	At the height	Siebengebirge	Petersberg , elevation in the Siebengebirge
Petersmühle	Höhscheid		after the Petersmühle , probably derived from the family name Peters or Peter
Pfaffenberg	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Pfaffenberg = mountain of the priests ( clergy ), as the forest around the Hofschaft belonged to the Wiedenhof	The court name Pfaffenberg already existed in the 15th century
Pfaffenberger way	Höhscheid		see Pfaffenberg
Pfalzstrasse	center	German landscapes	Palatinate , region in southwest Germany
Arrow road	Ohligs		?
Pfitznerweg	Forest	Composers	Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949), German composer, conductor and author of anti-Semitic writings on music
Plow path	Höhscheid	Garden and farm implements	Plow , tillage implement
Piepersberg	Graefrath		Piepersberg location , after the family name Pieper
Pilghauser Kotten	Höhscheid		after the former Pilghauser Kotten, the court name Pilghausen is derived from the personal name Piliko (also known as Pelges in dialect)
Pilghauser Strasse	Höhscheid		see Pilghauser Kotten	The street got its name on July 11, 1905
Pina-Bausch-Strasse	Forest		Pina Bausch (1940–2009), dancer and choreographer born in Solingen	The newly built street was named in 2015, the street is only a few hundred meters from Bausch's birthplace on Central, which has now been demolished
Oriole Path	Höhscheid	Zoology birds	Golden Oriole , species of bird
Courtyard	Höhscheid		Hofschaft Platzhof , the courtyard was on a large square	The court name already existed in the 15th century
Platzhofstrasse	Höhscheid		see courtyard
Pluto path	Ohligs	Planets and stars	Pluto , dwarf planet in our solar system
Pohligshof	At the height		Location Pohligshof , after the family name Pohlig
Pommernweg	center	German landscapes	Pomerania , region in northwest Germany
Poschheide	Ohligs		Poschheide court , originally Paasheide, probably derived from the family name Paas	The court name already existed in the 17th century
Poschheider Strasse	Ohligs		see Poschheide
Poststrasse	Forest		to the post office on the street	The former Grabenstrasse received its current name on January 8, 1900
Potsdamer Strasse	center		Potsdam , state capital of Brandenburg , former Prussian residence city	The former North Road was given its present name due to the doubling on 26 April 1935 it was renamed in the light that Hitler took power in Potsdam on March 21, 1933 Garrison Church was done
Potshauser Strasse	center		former Hofschaft Potshaus , derived from the family name Pott	The area formerly belonging to Klauberg was settled in the 19th century by a Pott family who built a house there, called Potts Haus, the name was retained, so that the street received its official name on April 14, 1908
Pöttweg	Höhscheid		Pött , in the Solingen dialect a fountain , historically mostly a Hofschaftsbrunnen (like the nearby Pött of the Hofschaft Unnersberg , the Unnersberger Pött)	The newly created street south of Unnersberger Allee was given its current name in 1991, which was able to prevail against the field name Im Eichholz and the bird name Neuntöterweg
Potzhofer Strasse	Ohligs		Former Hofschaft Potzhof , probably derived from the family name Pott	The court name existed before 1715
Prinzenstrasse	Ohligs		after the Kronprinz company , whose factory is near the street
Propstweg	Graefrath	Church history	Provost , title within the Christian churches, the provost serves as administrator in monasteries alongside the abbot	The new road was given the name Probstweg with b instead of p on November 4, 1959, the erroneous spelling was first noticed in the 1980s, but was only corrected in 2011
Pützgasse	Forest		Field name
Cross street	Ohligs		Naming without a special reason

Web links and literature

• Hans-Georg Wenke: place and street names. on solingen-internet.de , accessed on September 6, 2015
• Marina Alice Mutz: On the meaning of old place and field names in Haan, Hilden, Wuppertal and the surrounding area. on zeitspurensuche.de , accessed on October 24, 2015
• Hans Brangs: Explanations and explanations of the corridor, place, yard and street names in the city of Solingen. Solingen 1936
• City of Solingen:  Street and place names in our city of Solingen , self-published, Solingen 1972

Sources and Notes

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en} Hans Brangs: Explanations and Explanations of the corridor, place, yard and street names in the city of Solingen . Solingen 1936.
2. ↑ Marina Alice Mutz: Notes on the place name Ohlig. Retrieved January 1, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Hans-Georg Wenke: Town and street names. Retrieved November 25, 2015 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa} Solinger Tageblatt from the series Our street / street names
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag} City of Solingen: Street and place names in our city of Solingen , self-published, Solingen 1972
6. ↑ ^{a b} Heinz Rosenthal, Rüdiger Schneider-Berrenberg (ed.): Solingen - history of a city . Volume 3, Walter Braun Verlag, Duisburg 1975, ISBN 3-87096-126-0 .
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} Report of the Solinger Morgenpost from November 17, 2006, accessed on December 22, 2015.
8. ↑ Information on the Kirschbaumer Hof at zeitspurensuche.de , accessed on November 26, 2015.
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Solingen City Archives: Chronicle 1945 ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on January 22, 2016 (PDF document) 
10. ↑ Marina Alice Mutz: Notes on some localities, farms and place names in the area of ​​the former municipality of Dorp. Retrieved November 26, 2015 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Rheinischer Städtatlas Burg ; Lfg. VIII No. 44, 1985; Editor: Renate Gerling; Rheinland-Verlag Cologne, ISBN 3-7927-0829-9 , p. 3.
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Solinger Tageblatt from the series search for traces / street names
13. ^ "Street names are a reflection of history", Solinger Tageblatt of September 27, 2014
14. ^ Website of Müller & Dungs on mueller-dungs.de , accessed on April 23, 2016
15. ↑ Hofschaft Nacken on zeitspurensuche.de , accessed on November 26, 2015.
16. ↑ Marina Alice Mutz: Odenthal - Galapa - Jagenberg. Retrieved February 26, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Information on Ossianweg at tetti.de , accessed on November 29, 2015.
18. ^ Report of the Solinger Morgenpost from April 20, 2016, accessed on April 21, 2016
19. ↑ Marina Alice Mutz: Brabant / Potzhof. In: Time Track Search. Retrieved April 23, 2016 . 
20. ↑ Error finally banned after 52 years , Solinger Tageblatt, accessed on April 23, 2016