Morsbach (Remscheid)
 district of Remscheid |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 10 '44 " N , 7 ° 9' 8" E |
| height | 135– 161 m above sea level NN |
| surface | 9.9 km² |
| Residents | 1130 (Dec. 31, 2007) |
| Population density | 114 inhabitants / km² |
| Post Code | 42857 |
| prefix | 02191 |
| Borough | Old Remscheid (1) |
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| bus | 658 NE18 |
Morsbach is a district and a residential area in the west of the Bergisch city of Remscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia .
Location and geography
The village is located in the district of Alt-Remscheid, directly on the city limits of Wuppertal-Cronenberg ( Sudberg district ). It extends from the floodplain of the Morsbach up the eastern mountain slope over the locality of Fürberg to Vieringhausen . The Morsbach that runs here forms the border between the two neighboring cities of Remscheid and Wuppertal over long stretches. Morsbach is located at about 135 meters above sea level in the Morsbach valley between the settlements of Aue and Müngsten . The court was named after Dr. Wilhelm Rees was first mentioned in a document in 1369 .
Due to the water power of the streams, metal producing and processing companies settled here early on. There were water hammers , blacksmiths and sanding pots in the vicinity . Even today there are various mainly smaller industrial companies involved in metal processing in and around Morsbach .
The Ronsdorf-Müngstener Eisenbahn (RME) ran through the Morsbachtal on Morsbachtalstrasse (Landesstrasse 216) and was primarily used to transport the companies' raw materials and finished goods. The section from Clarenbach via Morsbach to Müngsten was opened on November 16, 1891. The Müngsten - Morsbach section was closed on November 5, 1944, and a good 10 years later on November 26, 1954, the section from Morsbach to Gründerhammer was closed . Until 2006 the masts of the electrical superstructures of the former railway line were still standing. In Morsbach there was a train station near the intersection with Morsbachtalstraße. Today a city bus line , a citizen bus and a call collective taxi operate in public transport .
In the village there is next to some new buildings are numerous, partly verschieferte , half-timbered houses . A striking building is the three-storey half-timbered building, similar to a residential tower, with the address "Morsbach 34" in the middle of the village, the so-called Powder Tower , which is a weir storage facility , also known as the "tower house". According to research by Josef Schepers , the building with its half-hipped roof and board cladding on the gable ends was probably closed up around 1760 when the house was added to the left. However, it was built between 1550 and 1575 and initially had a thatched roof. Half a millennium ago, the tower served the residents of the court as an escape tower and protection against robbery parties and storage facilities.
The ensemble was later supplemented by the Marksteller House and the Reinshagen House. Morsbach used to be a destination with several restaurants, not least because of its connection to the RME.
In addition to other marked hiking trails, the Röntgenweg , the Bergische Weg ( SGV main hiking route X29) and the Morsbach adventure trail set up as part of the Regionale 2006 pass Morsbach.
literature
- Günther Schmidt; Hammer and Kotten research in Remscheid , Volume 1: The Morsbach . Buchhandlung R. Schmitz, Remscheid 1999, ISBN 978-3-9809033-6-3
- Wilhelm Rees : Local history booklets of the Remscheid City Archives , No. 7
Web links
- Hiking on the Morsbach , project of the Regionale 2006
- Private homepage with pictures of the remnants of the RME
Individual evidence
- ^ Siegfried Horstmann: The Bergische Land and its songs , 1st part: The Morsbachtal and its songs . S. Horstmann, Remscheid 1975, p. 54