Wellerscheid

Wellerscheid Much parish Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 43 ″  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 21 ″  E
Height :	233 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	383
Postal code :	53804
Area code :	02245
Location of Wellerscheid in Much

Wellerscheid is a church village in the municipality of Much in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Geographical location and description of the place

Wellerscheid is located in the Bergisches Land around 3.5 km (as the crow flies ) northeast of the central town of Much between the districts of Oberbusch and Niederwahn .

It is located in the Bergisches Land nature park at the confluence of the Dichsbach and the Wahnbach . The highest point near Wellerscheid is 383.4  m above sea level. NN on the Heckberg , located just under 3 km northwest in the Heck forest area .

The federal highway 56 leads through Wellerscheid .

history

Between 1745 and 1966, with the mention of the Bley and silver mine, the narrow Kaule in the direction of Oberdorf in Wellerscheid is proven to be mining, which employed up to 200 people at the beginning of the 20th century. The pits have now been closed.

In 1820 a private school was established in Wellerscheid. In 1883 a proper two-class school was built. In 1962 a new school was built. After the school closed in 1991, the three-group kindergarten was housed in the building.

In 1910 the village had 108 inhabitants. The families at that time were

Field worker Franz Adolph, the carpenters Anton and Peter Büscher, the farm workers of the Büth family: Karl, Katharina, Elisabeth, Franz, Gertrud, Josef and Peter, carpenter Theodor Fuhrbach, teacher Anna Götzen, field worker Joh.Peter Hess, landlord and retailer Peter Hess , Farmer Martin Kauert, saddler Wilhelm Kauert, head climber Heinrich Molsberger, teacher Peter Roth, farmer Franz Rüttmann, small trader Peter Schmallenbach, bricklayers Franz Adolph and Gerhard Trömpert and miner Theodor Weissenberg.

The Catholic Church of St. Petrus Canisius was built from 1926 to 1927 according to plans by the Cologne architect Hermann Neuhaus; The Siegburg architect Otto Silberberg was in charge of construction.

village life

In addition to the church, there is a youth home, a soccer field, a kindergarten, a children's playground and a village square with a barbecue hut. In the village there is a village community, a harvest club, a church choir and a ladies gymnastics club.

Monument protection

Three sandstone crosses in Wellerscheid are under monument protection .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gabriele Krüper: 200 men in the tunnel of the Aurora mine. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. September 21, 2006, accessed November 21, 2016 . 
2. ^ Resident directory Siegkreis 1901
3. ↑ Village page ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2016 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.