Loh (Wuppertal)

Loh (52) ; district of Wuppertal
Coordinates	51 ° 15 '55 " N , 7 ° 10' 14" E Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '55 " N , 7 ° 10' 14" E
height	180– 235 m above sea level NHN
surface	0.97 km²
Residents	4511 (December 31, 2018)
Population density	4651 inhabitants / km²
Proportion of foreigners	22.2% (Dec. 31, 2018)
Post Code	42283, 42285
prefix	0202
Borough	Barmen
Transport links
Overhead conveyor	Wuppertal suspension railway
bus	612 622 640 643 NE4
	Source: Wuppertal statistics - spatial data

The Loh residential area in Wuppertal is one of ten quarters in the Barmen district .

geography

The 0.97 km² residential area in Unterbarmen is surrounded by the disused Wuppertal Northern Railway and the Loh – Hatzfeld railway line in the north, Buchenstraße , Kastanienstraße and Tulpenstraße in the east, Hohenstein and Wupper streets in the south and Schwabenweg in the west limited. Clockwise, the residential areas Clausen , Rott , Friedrich-Engels-Allee , Elberfeld-Mitte and Ostersbaum surround the residential area.

Dense residential development predominates on the northern, eastern and southern district boundaries. The middle part is taken up by the Hardt park and several allotment gardens. The listed buildings include the Bismarck Tower and the children's house of the mission society. In the residential area are the Hardthöhlen nature reserve and the Wuppertal branch of the employment agency , a municipal elementary school, the cath. Church congregation Herz Jesu (Barmen) and the office of the United Evangelical Mission. The sports facility of the Wuppertal Company Sports Association is located on Rudolfstrasse. The national educational institutions include the Wuppertal / Bethel Church University and the North Rhine-Westphalia penal school .

Etymology and history

Loh is an old name for forest .

The earliest mention of Loh with a date comes from the Beyenburger official account (account of the rent master to the Bergisch-ducal camera administration ) of the year 1466. This shows that the Loh residential area consisted of three courtyards with 21 acres .

Loh belonged to the court association of the Oberhof Wichlinghausen in Oberbarmen and was therefore an allod of the Count von der Mark since 1384 . From the late 14th century onwards , the area around Loh was part of Unterbarmen in the Bergisch Amt of Beyenburg . There it was part of the Barmer peasantry . Ecclesiastically it belonged to the parish of Elberfeld until its own parish in Barmer was established . In 1641 the size of the estate is given as 92 acres.

1715 is on the Topographia Ducatus Montani of Erich Philipp Ploennies between two courtyards T.loo and a courtyard Schimelsloo distinguished. With the other farms in the Barmen farming community , Aue was part of the Bergisches Amt Beyenburg until 1806.

literature

Walter Dietz: Barmen 500 years ago. An examination of the Beyenburger official accounts from 1466 and other sources on the early development of the place Barmen (= contributions to the history and local history of the Wuppertal. Vol. 12, ISSN 0522-6678 ). Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1966.

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