Unterilstein

Unterilstein City of Overath Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 54 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 55 ″  E
Location of Unterbilstein in Overath

Unterbilstein is a district of Brombach in the town of Overath in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

Location and description

The village of Unterbilstein, located near the border with the Oberbergischer Kreis , can be reached via Sülztaler Straße (Landesstraße 284), which runs for longer stretches along the Sülz , which in turn winds in a distinctive loop around Unterbilstein and further in a similar loop around the neighboring village of Bilstein . Places in the near are Klefhaus , Bilstein and Engeldorf .

history

The neighboring Bilstein was also called Unterbilstein for a long time to distinguish it from the nearby Lindlar Oberbilstein . In the course of time the place name lost its defining word sub-name and appears in maps and documents only as Bilstein.

In the middle of the 20th century a new settlement was founded west of Bilstein, which now continued the old name Unterbilstein to distinguish it from Bilstein . When we speak of Unterbilstein in older historical sources, we usually mean today's Bilstein, not the new foundation of Unterbilstein.

On the basis of Section 10 of the Cologne Act , several Bensberg suburbs were transferred to the municipality of Overath in 1975, including Unterbilstein.

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Cologne Act in full. Retrieved June 7, 2016 .