Rotterdam (Hückeswagen)

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Rotterdam
City of Hückeswagen
Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 38 ″  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 15 ″  E
Height : 295 m above sea level NN
Rotterdam (Hückeswagen)
Rotterdam

Location of Rotterdam in Hückeswagen

Rotterdam was an industrial town in Hückeswagen in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). The site was demolished in 1938 for the expansion of the Bevertalsperre and the site is flooded today.

Location and description

Rotterdam was in the Bever valley in the east of Hückeswagen, near the city limits of Wipperfürth . Neighboring towns were Käfernberg , Reinshagenbever , Großberghausen , Steinberg , Elberhausen , Ober- and Niederlangenberg , and on Hückeswagener and Oberröttenscheid also Wipperfürth urban area. The neighboring Fröhlenhausen , Spinnerei and Rasselstein were also removed as part of the construction of the dam .

history

In the municipality lexicon for the Rhineland province in 1885, a house with six inhabitants is given. At that time the place belonged to the rural community Neuhückeswagen within the Lennep district . In 1895 the place had a house with five residents, in 1905 one house and seven residents.

In 1898 the old Bevertalsperre was dammed, and Rotterdam has been located below the dam ever since. When the dam was enlarged in 1938, the location was in the planned expanded storage space, was laid down and flooded.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 ). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1888.
  2. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1897.
  3. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1909.