Pützlohn

Location of the former town of Pützlohn in the Rhenish lignite district

Pützlohn was a northern, excavated district of Eschweiler one kilometer southeast of Lohn .

Pützlohn belonged to the municipality and the parish of Lohn before the incorporation - it was also postally under "5181 Lohn / via Eschweiler". Around 160 residents were relocated from 1962 to 1972, before demolition began in 1975. The "Pützlohner Hof" and the "Pützlohner Straße" in the Neu-Lohn district still refer to the place today .

In mid-1981 pit houses as well as pitchers, cups and ball pots were found in Pingsdorf style .

Etymology of "Pütz"

The name "Pützlohn" is composed of "Pütz" and the place name "Lohn": "Pütz" is a field name and one of the twelve most common family names in Eschweiler. The field name comes from the Middle German “plaster”, “pütte”, Middle Low German “putt” and means “pool”, “puddle”. The Eschweiler dialect dictionary (2003) lists “Pöts” (= well, water point, water) in, for example, “Di Brouereije en os Schtat hode fas al ene eeje Pöts em Käle.” (= Almost all of the breweries in our city had their own well in the Keller.) As well as “Pötsämel” (= well, water bucket) and pötsdön (= as thin as water) are outdated today. See German "Pfütze", Middle High German "pfütze", Old High German "puzza", Dutch "put", English "pit", Danish "pyt", French "puits", Spanish "poza", "pozo" and Italian "pozza" , "Pozzo", which means "fountain" and / or "pool of water" and / or "pit". Latin “puteus” (= well) is assumed to be the basic form.

The street “Am Pütt” in the Pump-Stich district is reminiscent of mining and the local mine Centrum with the mining meaning of “Pütt” (= mine).

The corridor and street name “Pützfeldchen” in the Kinzweiler district indicates a water point or a scoop or draw well.

50.854166666667 6.3047222222222Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ' N , 6 ° 18' E