Siepen (Lennep)

Siepen City of Remscheid Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 6 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 23 ″  E
Height :	295 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	42897
Location of Siepen in Remscheid

Siepen is a court in Remscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).

Location and transport links

Siepen is located in the south-east of Remscheid in the statistical district of Bergisch Born Ost in the Lennep district, near the federal highway 237 and the border with Hückeswagen . Neighboring towns are Langenbusch , Karlsruhe , Kaltenborn and Sonnenschein , as well as Dörpe and Därersteeg in the Hückeswagen urban area. The Hofschaft can be reached via a branch road from the federal road 237 between Hückeswagen and Remscheid- Bergischborn .

history

The map Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 shows a single farm and designates it with sieves.

In the 18th century the place belonged to the Bergisches Amt Hückeswagen . In 1815/16 there were 35 people living in the village. In 1832 Siepen belonged to the Grand Honorship , which was part of the Hückeswagen external citizenship within the Hückeswagen mayor's office . The place, categorized as a hamlet according to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district , had two residential buildings and nine agricultural buildings at the time. At that time 23 residents lived in the place, eight catholic and 15 evangelical faith.

In the municipality lexicon for the Rhineland province , a house with 17 inhabitants is given for 1885. At that time the place belonged to the rural community Neuhückeswagen within the Lennep district . In 1895 the place had a house with 18 inhabitants, in 1905 a house and eleven inhabitants.

In the course of the North Rhine-Westphalian municipal area reform (§21 Düsseldorf Law ), the eastern area around Bergisch Born with the Siepen farm was detached from the city of Hückeswagen on January 1, 1975 and incorporated into the city of Remscheid.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , 1836
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1897.
4. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1909.