Moitzfeld

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Moitzfeld
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 215  (187-225)  m
Area : 7.9 km²
Residents : 4560  (2010)
Population density : 577 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 51429
Area code : 02204
St. Joseph Church Moitzfeld

Moitzfeld (pronounced [ ˈmoːtsfɛlt ] with Dehnungs -i ) is a district of Bergisch Gladbach and belongs under no. 55 to the statistics district 5 of the city.

Surname

With regard to the name of the settlement "Moitzfeld", there are various possible interpretations. It is most likely that the defining word could have been formed from “Mutz” or “Mutze” . This is the vernacular name of the dogwood , which was particularly valued as goat feed . Accordingly, "Moitzfeld" referred to an area overgrown with dogwood. According to a less probable interpretation, “Moitzfeld” emerged from “Moritz-” or “Modesfeld” , which would result in a derivation from the personal names “Moritz” or “Mori” . (P. 363) Another interpretation goes back to “Modi's field”, which refers to Modi , the son of Thor . Modi is said to have had a place of worship at the site.

history

The earliest detectable settlement in the vicinity of Moitzfeld is the Erdenburg , which dates back to 310 ± 80 BC. Is dated.

Today's Moitzfeld has developed from three separate settlement cores, which are recorded in the original cadastre as "Am untersten Moitzfeld" , "Am Mittelsten Moitzfeld" and "Am Obersten Moitzfeld" along the "Path from Bensberg to Herkenrath and to Immekeppel " . The founding of the Moitzfeld settlement can probably be dated to the High Middle Ages around 1100 and is documented in the form of "Moisfeld" in 1550 . The estate "Am Obersten Moitzfeld" recorded in the original cadastre is identical to the manor that was probably given to the Lords of Moitzfeld through a ducal donation. The Moitzfeld manor also included some goods in the Bensberg freedom , such as Hackberg , Bockenberg and Kradenpoel. (P. 362) On old maps, the center of Moitzfeld is called the “square” . The name comes from the former Gutshof Platz in the former Mittelmoitzfeld. Up until the 1930s, Moitzfeld was still a dual village with the name Platz-Moitzfeld . At the general request of the residents, this name was changed between 1933 and 1940 exclusively to Moitzfeld . (P. 365)

By the beginning of the 20th century, Moitzfeld had developed into a larger town with 21 homes and 151 inhabitants. The relatively small chapel community Moitzfeld received a temporary wooden emergency church only in 1920/21. Immediately after the end of the Second World War , the then pastor Jakob Holl initiated the construction of a new church from Lindlar quarry stone. The excavation work began by hand on May 27, 1946. On December 17, 1950, the new St. Joseph Church was consecrated . Even if the services took place here from now on, it remained a construction site until it was finally completed.

Mining / Economy

The Romans probably already mined in the area around Moitzfeld. In many places certain traces point to medieval mining. From the middle of the 19th century, Moitzfeld was considered a center for industrial mining. Around the place there were several larger mines that gave work to hundreds of miners. Particularly noteworthy are the pits Weiß , Leopold von Buch , Jungfrau , Blücher , Georg Forster , Berzelius and Apfel . In the TechnologiePark Bergisch Gladbach , which extends on the site of the former Leopold von Buch and Weiß mines, 2400 people are employed in 140 companies today.

population

According to the EDP population register, Moitzfeld had a total of 4,522 residents on June 30, 2017 (340 of them foreigners). The age group over 65 with 993 inhabitants (including 35 foreigners) was stronger than the age group under 18 with only 750 inhabitants (including 59 foreigners).

education

The following schools are located in Moitzfeld:

  • Primary school Moitzfeld in Diakonissenweg
  • Friedrich-Fröbel-Schule, special school with a special focus on intellectual development in Fröbelstrasse

societies

  • The TuS Moitzfeld 1961 eV consists of the three departments soccer, tennis, gymnastics and games.
  • The Moitzfeld village community was founded in 1975.
  • The Erdenburg tribe in the Association of Boy Scouts (BdP) has existed since 1990.
  • The Catholic Young Community Moitzfeld has existed in various forms since 1954.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andree Schulte: Bergisch Gladbach, Stadtgeschichte in Straßenennamen , Bergisch Gladbach 1995, p. 348ff., ISBN 3-9804448-0-5
  2. ^ A b c Andree Schulte Bergisch Gladbach, City history in street names , Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5 .
  3. ^ Friedrich Fischbach: Contributions to mythology . Teutonia Publishing House, 1906.
  4. ↑ Erdenburg - examined in the laboratory, scientists discovered: Older than 2000 years , in: Rheinisch-Bergischer Calendar, 1970, p. 170
  5. ^ Herbert Stahl : Moitzfeld - Through life, through the year , Bergisch Gladbach 2009, p. 59, ISBN 3-932326-56-3
  6. ^ Paul Reinehr : Moitzfeld, Chronicle of the Kapellengemeinde from 1920–1952 taking into account local and contemporary events . Moitzfeld 1986
  7. ^ Paul Reinehr: St. Josef Moitzfeld, A guide through the church and its history , Moitzfeld 1982
  8. ↑ Herbert Stahl: The white mine with its flotation, the heaps and sewage ponds in my childhood and youth . In: Heimat between Sülz and Dhünn ( Memento from June 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )., Issue 1, 1994
  9. ^ Herbert Stahl (editor), Gerhard Geurts , Herbert Ommer : The legacy of ore, the white pit . Bergisch Gladbach 2003, ISBN 3-00-011243-X
  10. ^ Herbert Stahl (editor), Gerhard Geurts, Herbert Ommer: Das Erbe des Erzes, Volume 2, The pits on the Gangerz deposits in the ore district of Bensberg . Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-00-014668-7
  11. ↑ Technologiepark Moitzfeld celebrates a comeback , Citizen Portal Bergisch Gladbach Balance and Outlook: 20 Years TechnologiePark Bergisch Gladbach and Rheinisch-Bergisches Technologiezentrum , press release from: TechnologiePark Bergisch Gladbach of November 12, 2015, accessed on February 13, 2017
  12. ^ Statistics - City of Bergisch Gladbach. Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
  13. ^ Moitzfeld primary school. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Home - Friedrich Froebel School. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
  15. ↑ TuS Moitzfeld website accessed on January 9, 2013
  16. ^ Homepage of the Moitzfeld village community accessed on January 9, 2013
  17. ^ Homepage of the Erdenburg tribe accessed on 15, 2013
  18. ↑ Internet presence of the KJG Moitzfeld accessed on 15, 2013

literature

  • Johann Bendel : Homeland book of the district of Mülheim am Rhein. History and description. Sagas and stories. 2nd and 3rd edition. J. Bendel, Cologne-Mülheim 1925.
  • Kurt Kluxen : History of Bensberg. Schöningh, Paderborn 1976, ISBN 3-506-74590-5 .
  • Paul Reinehr: From the Erdenburg to the Gottesburg, text underlay for a DIA show on the history of Moitzfeld. Moitzfeld 1985
  • Paul Reinehr: A happy day 65 years ago, on the history of the emergency church in Bensberg-Moitzfeld. In: Rheinisch-Bergischer Calendar . 1986, pp. 68-72.
  • Paul Reinehr: 75 years of St. Josef Moitzfeld. Moitzfeld 1996.
  • Paul Reinehr: Moitzfeld Memoirs. Moitzfeld 1996.

Web links

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