Schneppert

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schneppert
City of Solingen
Coordinates: 51 ° 11 '23 "  N , 7 ° 2' 48"  E
Height : about 205 m
Postal code : 42719
Area code : 0212
Schneppert (Solingen)
Schneppert

Location of Schneppert in Solingen

Schneppert is a locality in the mountainous city ​​of Solingen .

geography

Schneppert is located in the Wald district of Solingen along the Schnepperter Strasse named after the place. The Schnepperter Strasse branches off from the Stübbener Strasse in the north of the forest town center. To the east there is Delle und Strauch with the old Walder train station and the route of the corkscrew railway . In the south, at the intersection of Schnepperter and Wittkuller Strasse, is the Stübben residential area. To the south of it are the Sorgehaus , Henshaus and adjoining the factory area of ​​VS Guss AG. In an easterly direction, Wittkuller Straße runs over the fields Hof . To the north are Westersburg and Lindersberg .

etymology

The place name Schneppert occurs several times, in other areas such as Langenfeld it also appears as Schnepprath . The bird's name snipe is in the place name .

history

The place probably originated in the first third of the 19th century and is listed by name on the chart of the mayor's office of Wald from 1830. In the beginning the place belonged to the mayor's office forest . The municipality and estate district statistics of the Rhine Province list the place in 1871 with four houses and 27 inhabitants. In the municipality encyclopedia for the Rhineland province of 1888, ten houses with 65 inhabitants are given for Schneppert. From the early 20th century, the place lost its independent position and merged into the north-expanding residential and commercial areas of the Walders core town.

With the city association of Groß-Solingen in August 1929 Schneppert became a district of Solingen. The place name is now only represented in city maps by the Schnepperter Straße named after the place.

swell

  1. ↑ Hans Brangs:  Explanations and explanations of the corridor, place, yard and street names in the city of Solingen , Solingen 1936
  2. ^ City of Solingen: Street and place names in our city of Solingen , self-published, Solingen 1972
  3. ↑ Royal Statistical Bureau Prussia (ed.): The communities and manor districts of the Prussian state and their population . The Rhine Province, No. XI . Berlin 1874.
  4. ↑ 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.