Nork house

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Nork house
City of Wuppertal
Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 9 ′ 25 ″  E
Height : approx. 234 m above sea level NHN
Norkshäuschen (Wuppertal)
Nork house

Location of Norkshäuschen in Wuppertal

Norkshäuschen is a location in the north of the Bergisch city ​​of Wuppertal .

Location and description

The location is in the east of the Uellendahl-West residential area in the Uellendahl-Katernberg district at an altitude of 234  m above sea level. NHN between today's Norkshäuschen street and Am Brucher Häuschen street .

Neighboring locations, farms and residential areas are Am Gebrannten , In der Kiepe , An der Schockel , Duckmaus , Röttgen , Am Bruch , Auf der Nüll , Am Brucher Häuschen , In den Siepen , Am Haken and Kempers Häuschen .

The name of the Norkshäuschen farm was transferred to the one apartment complex southeast of the original residential area . The courtyard is no longer perceptible as an independent locality, as it is now part of Uellendahl's closed residential area.

Etymology and history

Norkshäuschen is derived from a person or family name Nork . House is a diminutive of house .

In the 19th century Norkshäuschen belonged to the Uellendahler Rotte of the Lord Mayor's Office of Elberfeld . The place is on the topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824 as Norkshäusg. drawn. On the Prussian first photo from 1843, the place is marked unlabeled, on the Wuppertal city map from 1930 with Am Norkshäuschen .

Eight inhabitants are counted in 1815/16. The place categorized as Kotten according to the statistics and topography of the district of Düsseldorf in 1832 was called am Norkshäus. referred to and owned a house at that time. At that time, eleven residents lived in the village, all of whom were Protestant.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names. Their origin and meaning. Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8
  2. a b Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , 1836