Wüstenhof (Elberfeld)
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Desert farm
City of Wuppertal
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 59 ″ N , 7 ° 8 ′ 21 ″ E
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| Height : | 180 m above sea level NHN | |
Location of Wüstenhof in Wuppertal |
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Wüstenhof is a location in the north of the Bergisch city of Wuppertal .
Location and description
The location is at an altitude of 180 m above sea level. NHN near the streets Unterer Dorrenberg and Wüstenhofer Straße in the north of the Nordstadt residential area in the Elberfeld district . Neighboring locations are Unterer and Oberer Dorrenberg , Lehmbruch and Dreckloch .
Etymologically, 'desert' (also 'Wöste' or 'Weuste') denotes an area that has not yet been built on or a deserted area, a desolate farm and village.
history
In early documentary mentions, the 'Wüstehof', Wüstenhoff or 'Wüstehoff' is referred to as the property of the Schomacher family. The courtyard was one of the 28 half-courtyards in the Elberfeld district and was known for a group of seven old half-timbered houses. Later owners were the Elberfeld mayor Johannes Plücker (17th century), the clerk Peter von Worringen, Peter Rübel , Johann Karl Wülfing , Abraham Frowein and finally the Rübel family again.
At the beginning of the 19th century, a Protestant sect, the Wüstenhöfer , emerged in Wüstenhof . They became the general term for religious enthusiasts of the time.
A school that was established here in 1723 was moved to the Höchst in 1823 and kept the name “ Wüstenhofer Schule ” until it was closed in 1859 .
In 1832 Wüstenhof belonged to the Mirker Rotte of the rural outskirts of the parish and the city of Elberfeld . According to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district , the place, which was categorized as an arable property and a craftsman's apartment, was called Im Wüstenhof and at that time had four residential buildings and nine agricultural buildings. At that time, 80 people lived in the place, one of them Catholic and 79 Protestant.
In the address book from 1850 to 1868/70 the location is noted as Wüstenhof , from 1875 in Wüstenhof . The Wüstenhofer Straße , east of the town, was given its name on December 14, 1880.
The southern area of Wüstenhof was touched by the Düsseldorf-Derendorf-Dortmund Süd railway line, which opened in 1873 and closed in 1991 . The northern area was built over with the federal motorway 46 at the latest in the 1960s . To the south of the motorway and the former railway line, the site is currently used as an industrial area.