Schieten (Wuppertal)

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Schießen
City of Wuppertal
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 22 ″  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : approx. 270 m above sea level NHN
Area code : 0202
Schieten (Wuppertal)
Schießen

Location of Schieten in Wuppertal

The location Schieten or Auf der Schieten in the residential area Schrödersbusch in the Wuppertal district of Vohwinkel goes back to an old place name.

location

To the north, Schieten is just below a ridge, to the north, on a hillside, is a larger cattle pasture belonging to the Sonnenberg farm . The monastery bush connects to the east.

Neighboring locations are: Nockershäuschen , Sonnenberg, Mühlenpfad , Frohental , Steeger Eiche , Boltenheide , Dasnöckel and Roßkamp . In the municipality of Solingen the localities Steinbeck and Schieten (Solingen) are neighboring.

etymology

Schieten (2008)

The origin of the name Schieten is not exactly known. A connection can probably be traced back to 'divide', 'divide' = border. In addition to the district boundary, a watershed can also be meant.

history

Around 1677 there was only one estate in Schieten, at that time still together with Dasnöckel and Roßkamp. In the 18th century it was divided into three parts and Roßkamp and Dasnöckel parted ways.

In the map series Topographia Ducatus Montani by Erich Philipp Ploennies from 1715, the place with the name 'a. Scheidt '(the one further south, in today's Solingen area, is labeled by Ploennies as' Schieten').

Around 1833, two properties of 6 hectares each are recorded in Schieten.

In the municipality lexicon for the province of Rhineland from 1888 seven houses with 52 inhabitants are given. the place is called Schiete at this time .

On the topographic map (TK25) from 1974, the location 'Schieten' is last labeled, on the map from 1983 the name has been omitted.

Two brick houses painted in white from the second half of the 19th century have been preserved as historical building fabric.

Today's street

The small residential street Schieten is named after this location . It connects the streets Dasnöckel and Sonnenberg .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names. Their origin and meaning. Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8
  2. a b Wilfried Heimes : The beginnings of the district Sonnborn in the Bergisches Land and their development. Cologne 1961 (Cologne, University, PhD thesis of December 14, 1961).
  3. Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1888.