Lower State (Engelskirchen)

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Sub-state
Municipality Engelskirchen
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 28 ″  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 9 ″  E
Height : 148 m above sea level NHN
Area : 1.5 km²
Residents : 340  (2007)
Population density : 227 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1994
Postal code : 51766
Area code : 02263
Lower State (Engelskirchen)
Sub-state

Location of the Lower State in Engelskirchen

Unterstaat is a place in the municipality of Engelskirchen in the Oberbergisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany .

Location and description

The place is located in the southwest of Engelskirchen on the border with the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis and the municipality of Lindlar in the Agger valley . Neighbors are Ehreshoven with Ehreshoven Castle , Oberstaat , in the area of ​​Lindlar Hohkeppel and in the area of ​​the city of Overath the places Unterhasbach and Vilkerath .

history

In the Prussian first recording from 1845, the place is recorded under the name "Auf dem Staat" . From 1896 the topographic maps show the place name Unterstaat. The Overather house numbering register from 1907 lists two houses in the Lower State owned by Countess v. Nesselrode with the residents Wtwe Meuter and Johann Schmidt.

traffic

Unterstaat is connected to the VRS network via the OVAG line 310 . In the neighboring district of Oberstaat there is a connection to line 434 to Untereschbach .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
  2. ^ Historika25, State Surveying Office NRW, sheet 5010, Engelskirchen
  3. ^ Berthold Gladbach, Peter Lückerath: The Overather population in lists of names, taxes and residents from the 15th to the 20th century, p. 376. Ed .: Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg, Bergisch Gladbach 2016. ISBN 978-3-932326-75 -2