Velken

Velken municipality Ruppichteroth Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 50 ″ N , 7 ° 30 ′ 12 ″ E
Height :	190 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	163 (March 31, 2016)
Postal code :	53809
Area code :	02295

Velken is a district of the municipality of Ruppichteroth in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The place is in the Bröltal . The neighboring town is Oeleroth in the northwest. The place can be reached via the federal highway 478 .

history

Velken was first mentioned in a document in 1384 as vellinck . The place name indicates a settler with the family name "Wilke". In 1555 the place was called Veltkingen .

In 1809 the place had 96 Lutheran residents. At that time Velken was the main town of the Commüne Velken. These included Berg, Bornscheid, Buch, Ennenbach, Fußberg, Hänscheid, Heide, Ifang, Kämerscheid, Kammerich, Kesselscheid, Krahwinkel, Kuchem, Niederlückerath, Niederpropach, Oberlückerath, Rotscheroth, Schellenbroch, Schneppe and Wingenbach.

Individual evidence

↑ Friedrich Koch: Our place and field names. In: Harry Hendriks (Ed.): Ruppichteroth in the mirror of time. Ruppichteroth 1988, p. 398.
^ Karl Schröder : The civil community Ruppichteroth 1808-2006. Ruppichteroth - Schönenberg - Winterscheid. 100 years town hall in Schönenberg . Ed .: Ruppichteroth community. Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 2006, ISBN 3-87710-329-4 , p. 17 .

[hendriks-1] Friedrich Koch: Our place and field names. In: Harry Hendriks (Ed.): Ruppichteroth in the mirror of time. Ruppichteroth 1988, p. 398.

[2] Karl Schröder : The civil community Ruppichteroth 1808-2006. Ruppichteroth - Schönenberg - Winterscheid. 100 years town hall in Schönenberg . Ed .: Ruppichteroth community. Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 2006, ISBN 3-87710-329-4 , p. 17 .