Before the mark

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Before the mark
City of Radevormwald
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 22 "  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 33"  E
Height : 362 m above sea level NHN
Postal code : 42477
Area code : 02195
Before the Mark (Radevormwald)
Before the mark

Location of Vor der Mark in Radevormwald

Vor der Mark is a court in Radevormwald in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .

Location and description

The Hofschaft Vor der Mark seen from a crossroads

The Hofschaft is located in the north of the city on Kreisstraße 7. The neighboring towns are called Scheideweg , Brunshöh , Hardt and Niederwönkhausen .

Southeast of Before Mark originates in the Heilenbecke dam opens Bach Heilenbecke , who is also in the upper reaches Lambecke is called.

Politically, the court is represented by the direct candidate from electoral district 170 in the city council of Radevormwald.

history

From the Neolithic period ( Neolithic ) comes a "small, broad-nosed ax" that was found between Vor der Mark and Im Holte . The finds are now kept in the Bergisches Museum at Burg Castle.

Vor der Mark is mentioned for the first time in 1433 or 1434. On the occasion of the naming of "war damage caused by the devastation of the troops of Cologne Archbishop Dietrich von Moers", the court is referred to as "before the Marcke" .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
  2. ^ Stadt Radevormwald, public announcement of October 20, 2008; Allocation of electoral districts for the election of the Radevormwald city council (municipal elections 2009)
  3. ^ Klaus Goebel (Ed.): Oberbergische Geschichte. Volume 1: Hellmut Grabert: From the beginnings to the Peace of Westphalia. Gronenberg, Wiehl 2001, ISBN 3-88265-224-1 .
  4. ^ Klaus Pampus: First documentary mentions of Oberbergischer places (= contributions to Oberbergischen history. Special volume 1). Oberbergische Department 1924 eV of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Gummersbach 1998, ISBN 3-88265-206-3 .