Scherpenberg (Moers)

Scherpenberg City of Moers Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 59 ″  N , 6 ° 40 ′ 28 ″  E
Height :	27.5 m above sea level NN
Area :	92 ha
Residents :	4547  (December 31, 2015)
Population density :	4,942 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	April 1, 1906
Postal code :	47443
Area code :	02841
Location of Scherpenberg in North Rhine-Westphalia

Residential areas of Moers; Scherpenberg is located in the eastern area of ​​Moers

Scherpenberg is a district (officially residential area ) of the Moers district in the east of Moers in the Wesel district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The district borders in the north on the district Uettelsheim of the Duisburg district Baerl , in the east on Hochheide , in the south on Asberg and in the west on Hochstraß .

history

Fire station Scherpenberg

With one exception, there is no evidence of a settlement of Scherpenberg before the Middle Ages. Only on Scherpenberger Straße was a pot unearthed, which indicates a grave site from the early Iron Age .

Scherpenberg cannot be found on older maps. The rural district had developed like Hochstraß in the Birck district . Hochstraß has been traceable since the second half of the 18th century. At that time, a rural community was formed from the Hochstraß peasantry with the hamlets of Westerbruch and Scherpenberg. In 1800, Hochstraß was merged with the rural communities of Asberg, Fünderich, Hülsdonk, Vinn and Schwafheim with the city of Moers by the French to form Mairie Meurs (Moers) in the Département de la Roer . This inevitably also affected the Westerbruch and Scherpenberg farmers.

After the end of the French era on the Lower Rhine, Hochstraß and its associated farmers became part of the Homberg community . The Hochstraß sub-community was later spun off from this collective community. In a list from 1901, the hamlets of Westerbruch, Moerserheide and Scherpenberg belonged to the Hochstraß community. During the municipal reform of April 1, 1906, Scherpenberg was incorporated into Moers as part of Hochstraß together with Asberg, Hülsdonk, Schwafheim and Vinn.

Attractions

In the list of architectural monuments in Moers , two architectural monuments are listed for Scherpenberg :

• the fire station (Cecilienstraße 38), built in 1908
• the former school building (Cecilienstraße 40), built around 1900

Web links

Commons : Scherpenberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Moers - districts and residential areas. Retrieved August 15, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Wensky, Margret, in: Moers. The history of the city from the early days to the present . 2000, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Volume 1, p. 422. ISBN 3-412-04600-0
3. ↑ Wensky, Margret, in: Moers. The history of the city from the early days to the present . 2000, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Volume 2, p. 108. ISBN 3-412-04600-0
4. ↑ Mairie Meurs. Retrieved June 3, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Vierbahn, Johann Georg von. In: Statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district. Second part . 1836, p. 105.
6. ↑ Scherpenberg story. Retrieved August 16, 2015 .