Niederherweg

Niederherweg City of Halver Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 18 ″ N , 7 ° 32 ′ 50 ″ E
Height :	326 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	58553
Area code :	02355
Location of Niederherweg in Halver

Niederherweg is a court in Halver in the Märkisches Kreis in the administrative district of Arnsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

Niederherweg is located in eastern Halver on the road 892 between Mittelherweg and the larger Ehringhausen . Other neighboring towns are Grund , Berge , Pottheinrich and the Herweger Schleifkotten . Niederherweg is no longer perceptible as an independent locality, but is today on the western edge of the encompassing Ehringhauser development.

history

Niederherweg was first mentioned in a document in 1557, but the time of origin of the settlement is assumed to be between 1400 and 1500 as a result of the late medieval expansion period.

In 1818 twelve people lived in the village. In 1838 Niederherweg belonged as Niedern-Herweg to the Ehringhauser peasantry within the Halver mayor . The place, which was categorized as a courtyard according to the location and distance table of the government district of Arnsberg , had four houses and an agricultural building at that time. At that time, 16 residents lived in the village, all of whom were Protestant.

The municipality encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia from 1887 gives a number of 20 inhabitants who lived in three houses.

Like the other -herweg places in Halver ( Oberherweg , Schröders Herweg , Mittelherweg , Neuenherweg , Herweger Schleifkotten ), the place name derives from the location on the Altstrasse from Cologne via Wipperfürth , Halver, Lüdenscheid , Werdohl and Arnsberg to Soest , a medieval one (According to other views, prehistoric ) trade , pilgrimage and military route that ran across the route north of Mittelherweg.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Alfred Jung: Halver and Schalksmühle. Investigation and thoughts on the settlement history of the Halver Office, an old parish in the Saxon-Franconian border area. Friends of Altena Castle, Altena 1978 ( Altenaer contributions. Works on the history and local history of the former county Mark 13, ISSN 0516-8260 ).
↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Local and distance table of the government district Arnsberg, arranged according to the existing state division, with details of the earlier areas and offices, the parish and school districts and topographical information. Ritter, Arnsberg 1841.
↑ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (ed.): Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume X), Berlin 1887.

[jung-1] A ^b Alfred Jung: Halver and Schalksmühle. Investigation and thoughts on the settlement history of the Halver Office, an old parish in the Saxon-Franconian border area. Friends of Altena Castle, Altena 1978 ( Altenaer contributions. Works on the history and local history of the former county Mark 13, ISSN 0516-8260 ).

[2] Johann Georg von Viebahn : Local and distance table of the government district Arnsberg, arranged according to the existing state division, with details of the earlier areas and offices, the parish and school districts and topographical information. Ritter, Arnsberg 1841.

[Gemeindelexikon1887-3] Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (ed.): Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume X), Berlin 1887.