Wallefeld

Wallefeld Municipality Engelskirchen
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 55 ″  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 6 ″  E
Height :	243 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	570  (Dec. 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51766
Area code :	02263
Location of Wallefeld in Engelskirchen

The coat of arms was affixed in 1981 by the local beautification association in the center of the village on the occasion of the 850th anniversary.

View of Wallefeld

Wallefeld-Unterdorf. The L 307 coming from Gummersbach to Engelskirchen-Ründeroth.

Wallefeld is a village in Engelskirchen in the Oberbergisches Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

Wallefeld is a health resort and is located approx. 7.7 km from the main town of Engelskirchen.

history

First mention

The place was first mentioned in a document after 1131 .

Spelling of the first mention : Waleuelt (ibid.)
Later spelling (around 1450): Valvelde

Savings bank

The savings bank of the municipality of Ründeroth, the historical forerunner of the current branch, started operations on April 1, 1882. As with other savings banks, the expectation was that the economically weak sections of the population would be able to accumulate assets in a modest way in order to reduce personal life risks. The first domicile was in Wallefeld until 1903, at the place of residence of the Rendanten Friedrich Gösser, who managed the institute as a one-man business. The location was opposite the confluence with Hermann Gösser Weg (son of Friedrich Gösser).

leisure

Association

• The men's choir "Liedertafel" Wallefeld, founded in 1851, celebrated its 160th anniversary in 2011.
• The Wallefeld women's choir celebrated its 25th anniversary in April 2012.
• Wallefeld Beautification Association
• TV Wallefeld celebrated its 100th anniversary from June 30, 2012 to July 1, 2012
• Oldest privately operated natural swimming pool (open-air swimming pool) in the Federal Republic of Germany, which celebrated its 75th anniversary on June 1st and 2nd, 2007.

Sports

• Wallefeld outdoor pool
• Handball club TV Wallefeld (2 senior men and various female youth teams).

Hiking and bike paths

The following hiking trails are offered by the SGV from the Wallefeld-Freibad hiking car park :

• A1 (3.2 km) - A2 (3.2 km) - A3 (6.0 km)

Personalities who were born in Wallefeld

• Ernst Joest (1873–1926), veterinarian

Web links

Commons : Wallefeld  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Historical photo from the first half of the 20th century as evidence of the earlier use of the coat of arms
2. ^ Wilhelm Arnold Günther : Codex Diplomaticus Rheno-Mosellanus. Document collection on the history of the Rhine and Moselle regions, the Nahe and Ahr regions and the Hundsrücken, Meinfeld and Eifel. Volume 1: Documents from the VIII. To the end of the XII. Century. In Commission by HJ Hölscher, Coblenz, 1822, p. 211 .
3. ^ Klaus Pampus: First documentary naming of Oberbergischer places (= contributions to Oberbergischen history. Sonderbd. 1). Oberbergische Department 1924 eV of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Gummersbach 1998, ISBN 3-88265-206-3 .
4. ^ Moritz Wohlrab: The blessing of saving. April 30, 2007, accessed on March 17, 2019 (German). 
5. ^ MGV Liedertafel Wallefeld: Foundation festival on the pages of the local weekly newspaper
6. ↑ engelskirchen-wallefeld.de ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 75 years of the Wallefeld outdoor pool