Oberholz (Bergisch Gladbach)

Oberholz City of Bergisch Gladbach Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 56 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 46 ″  E
Location of Oberholz in Bergisch Gladbach

Oberholz is a district in the Romaney district of Bergisch Gladbach .

history

Half-timbered house in Oberholz 2015

The medieval settlement of Holtze was documented in 1400. Later it was broken down into the place names Oberholz and Unterholz . Both have already been recorded separately in the original cadastre . The name of the settlement wood referred to the topographical location in a forest area.

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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, p. 104, 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