Strassweg

This article deals with a district of the German municipality of Hückeswagen . For the German politician see Alfred Straßweg .

Strassweg City of Hückeswagen Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 24 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 26 ″  E
Height :	315 m above sea level NN
Residents :	1312  (Sep 12, 2004)
Postal code :	42499
Area code :	02192
Location of Straßweg in Hückeswagen
Within the western Straßweg

Straßweg is a village in Hückeswagen in the Oberbergisches Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).

Location and description

Straßweg is located in the south-western part of Hückeswagen.

The place consists of two separate settlements, which are connected by the state road L68. Neighboring towns are Kotthausen , Strasbourg , Wickesberg , Bochen , Dörpfelderhöhe , Kleinkatern and Großkatern . The district road  14 to Purd branches off in Straßweg.

The place lies on the watershed between the catchment area of ​​the Kleine Dhünn brook and that of the Purder brook , both of which flow into the Great Dhünntalsperre . The Straßweger Bach rises in the local area.

history

In 1481 the place was mentioned for the first time in a list of donations for the Marien Altar of the Hückeswagen church. Spelling of the first mention : zom Straitwege .

In the 18th century the place belonged to the Bergisches Amt Bornefeld-Hückeswagen . 16 inhabitants lived in the village in 1815/16. In 1832, Straßweg belonged to the Great 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 three residential buildings and five agricultural buildings at that time. At that time, 18 residents lived in the village, four of them Catholic and 14 of the Protestant faith.

In the municipality lexicon for the Rhineland province , eight houses with 44 residents are given for 1885. At that time the place belonged to the rural community Neuhückeswagen within the Lennep district . In 1895 the place had eight houses with 48 inhabitants, in 1905 eight houses and 49 inhabitants.

Cultural life

• Choir community Germania Straßweg - Bêché & Grohs
• Volunteer Fire Department Straßweg

Hiking and biking trails

The following hiking trails lead through the western town:

• The local hiking trail □ from the Wermelskirchener Bone Mill to the Bevertalsperre

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and topography of the administrative district of Düsseldorf. Part 2: Containing the statistical table of places and distances and the alphabetical index of place names. Schreiner, Düsseldorf 1836, p. 11 .
2. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 ). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1888.
3. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1897.
4. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1909.