Scharpenstein

Scharpenstein City of Wuppertal Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 55 ″ N , 7 ° 17 ′ 14 ″ E
Height :	200 m above sea level NHN
Location of Scharpenstein in Wuppertal

Scharpenstein is a location in the Wuppertal residential district of Beyenburg-Mitte in the Langerfeld-Beyenburg district .

Etymology and Geography

Scharpenstein means sharp stone in the sense of a steep rock . The name refers to the location at the foot of the steep mountain slope.

The location is at 200 m above sea level. NHN on the route of the Wuppertal Railway west of the former Beyenburg train station . In addition to the western part of Beyenburg, neighboring locations are the Beyenburger Lohmühle , In der Grüne , Beyenburger Brücke , Brückberg , Steinhaus , Siepenplatz and Mosblech . To the west is the Sondernbusch forest area .

history

In 1715, Erich Philipp Ploennies recorded the court as Scharpens in his work Topographia Ducatus Montani . On the topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824 the place is recorded as Scharpenstein and on the Prussian first survey of 1843 it is unlabelled.

In 1815/16 two residents lived in the village. In 1832 Scharpenstein was part of the Walbrecken Honschaft , which now belonged to the mayor's office in Lüttringhausen . According to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district , the place called craftsmen's apartments had a residential building at that time. At that time, eleven residents lived in the village, all of whom were Protestant. In the municipality lexicon for the province of Rhineland from 1888 a house with 15 inhabitants is given.

Individual evidence

^ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and topography of the administrative district of Düsseldorf. 1836.
^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Rhineland. Based on materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, edited by the Royal Statistical Bureau. In: Royal Statistical Bureau (Hrsg.): Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. tape XII , 1888, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 ( digitized version ).

[Viebahn-1] Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and topography of the administrative district of Düsseldorf. 1836.

[Gemeindelexikon1885-2] Community encyclopedia for the province of Rhineland. Based on materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, edited by the Royal Statistical Bureau. In: Royal Statistical Bureau (Hrsg.): Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. tape XII , 1888, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 ( digitized version ).