Nittum

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Nittum
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 17 ″  N , 7 ° 4 ′ 41 ″  E
Nittum (Bergisch Gladbach)
Nittum

Location of Nittum in Bergisch Gladbach
Nittumer Weg from Nittum to Rothbroich
Nittumer Weg from Nittum to Rothbroich

Nittum is a district in the Schildgen district of Bergisch Gladbach . Before the reorganization in 1977 under the Cologne Act , Nittum belonged to Odenthal .

history

The settlement of Nittum emerged from a medieval farmstead that went back to an early Franconian settlement before 800. It was the oldest settlement center in the Schildgen area.

A tax list from 1586 shows that the village was part of the Grimßgewalt community in the Odenthal parish.

In the early modern times the farm developed into a larger village settlement. In 1830 it already had 129 inhabitants; by 1875 the number grew to 150. As the largest village in the area, Nittum received a school in 1810, which was moved to Fahn around 1824 .

etymology

The name of the settlement was first mentioned in a document in 1301 in the form de Nyitheym . Over time, the names Nittumb, Nictum, Nedderhem and Neidheim followed . The basic word heim is part of a Franconian settlement name. It was formed from the Germanic haima (= home, world) or from the originally Indo-European root kpei (= to live). The qualifier Nitt / Nyit goes back to a personal name with the stem Nid as an old form of the name Nidinheim .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerd Müller: Odenthal, History of a Bergische Gemeinde, published by the municipality of Odenthal, Odenthal 1976
  2. ^ A b Andree Schulte, Bergisch Gladbach, city history in street names , published by the Bergisch Gladbach city archive, volume 3, and by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg e. V., Volume 11, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, pp. 30 f., ISBN 3-9804448-0-5

literature

  • Anton Jux: The Bergisch Botenamt, the history of Bergisch Gladbach up to the Prussian era , published by the Culture Office of the City of Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach 1964
  • Helmut Rosenbach: The old Paffrath - Katterbach, Paffrath, Hand - in history and stories , ICS Communikations-Service GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach 1993