Metzholz (Leichlingen)

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Metzholz
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 33 ″  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 181 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 42799
Metzholz (Leichlingen (Rhineland))
Metzholz

Location of Metzholz in Leichlingen (Rhineland)

Metzholz is a village in the town of Leichlingen (Rhineland) in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district that emerged from a court .

Location and description

Metzholz is located east of the center of Leichlingen on a ridge between the Murbach and the Weltersbach on state road 294 near the city limits of Burscheid . In Metzholz, the K6 district road branches off the state road to Oberbüscherhof . The place has grown together with the former Witzhelden residential areas Schneppenpohl and Krabbenhäuschen to form a local area.

Other neighboring towns are Tyrol , Windfoche , Eichen , Wiedenbach , Scheuerhof , Koltershäuschen , Weltersbach , Unterbüscherhof , Schüddig , Holzerhof , Wilhelmstal , Sieferhof , Krähwinkel , Neukrähwinkel and, in the Burscheider urban area, Unterwietsche .

history

The place name is possibly derived from Ahd. Mezzôn , which means something like hewn . Metzholz is a place where timber was obtained by working on felled trees. The map Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 shows two farms under the name Mertsholt . In the 18th century, the place belonged to the parish of Leichlingen in the Bergisches Amt Miselohe . The topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824 and the Prussian first survey from 1844 both record the place as Metzholz . Metzholz was in the Leichlingen area, right on the border with the parish of Witzhelden, which formed its own mayor's office and community from 1845 to 1974 .

In 1815/16 83 people lived in the village. In 1832 Metzholz belonged to the mayor's office in Leichlingen . The place, which was categorized as a village according to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district , had 17 residential houses and 18 agricultural buildings at that time. At that time, 79 residents lived in the village, all of whom were Protestant.

In the municipality lexicon for the Rhineland province in 1885, 29 houses with 117 inhabitants are listed. In 1895 the place had 30 houses with 117 inhabitants, in 1905 27 houses and 102 inhabitants.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Dittmaier : settlement names and settlement history of the Bergisches Land , Schmidt, Neustadt ad Aisch 1956 ( journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein , vol. 74 / parallel edition as a publication of the Institute for Historical Regional Studies of the Rhineland at the University of Bonn )
  2. ↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , 1836
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Königliches Statistisches 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.