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Broke City of Bergisch Gladbach Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 1 ″  E
Location of Plackenbruch in Bergisch Gladbach

Plackenbruch is a district in the Katterbach district in Bergisch Gladbach .

history

The medieval settlement of Plackenbruch is documented for the first time in 1460 with the name tzo Plackenbroech . It is recorded in the original cadastre south of the Gewannes on the old road from Hülsen to Torringen (this is today's Kempener Strasse).

etymology

The defining word Placken is derived from the Middle High German placke / phlacke (= area, patch) and can designate a small piece of land or parcel / lawn in field names. The word Plackenbruch stands for either a small swampy piece of land or forest or a swampy pasture.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{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, p. 44, 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