Weltersbach (Leichlingen)

Weltersbach City of Leichlingen (Rhineland) Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 31 ″  N , 7 ° 4 ′ 47 ″  E
Height :	141 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	42799
Location of Weltersbach in Leichlingen (Rhineland)

Weltersbach is a village that emerged from a court in the town of Leichlingen (Rhineland) in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis . The place is known nationwide due to the settlement of the Protestant-free church Diakoniewerk Pilgerheim Weltersbach.

Location and description

Weltersbach is located east of the center of Leichlingen in the valley of the Weltersbach of the same name and is now completely occupied by the buildings of the Diakonisches Werk Pilgerheim. 19 row houses, 30 bungalows and 120 apartments of the Diakoniewerk are available for assisted living and long-term care . There is also a meeting center and a village cafe for residents, visitors and guests.

The place has grown together with the Hofschaft Heeg approx. 300 meters downstream to form a local area.

Other neighboring towns are Unterbüscherhof , Ufer , Holzerhof , Schüddig , Metzholz , Schneppenpohl , Krabbenhäuschen , Scheuerhof , Friedrichshöhe , Koltershäuschen , Bremersheide , Neuwinkel , Hinterberg and Sankt Heribert . Bremersheidermühle has gone .

The Baptist Cemetery Weltersbach is located near the site .

The Weltersbachtal nature reserve begins below Weltersbach .

history

The Topographia Ducatus Montani map from 1715 shows two farms under the name Weltersbag . In the 18th century, the place belonged to the parish of Leichlingen in the Bergisches Amt Miselohe . The topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824 and the Prussian first survey from 1844 record the place unlabelled or as Weltersbach . On the former, a mill symbol is drawn next to the place.

In 1815/16 there were 57 people living in the village. In 1832 Weltersbach belonged to the mayor's office in Leichlingen . The place, which was categorized as a court town according to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district , had eight residential buildings and five agricultural buildings at the time. At that time 55 people lived in the place, two of them Catholic and 55 Protestant faith.

In the municipality lexicon for the province of Rhineland in 1885 eight houses with 42 inhabitants are given. In 1895 the place had nine houses with 47 inhabitants, in 1905 seven houses and 39 inhabitants.

The pilgrims 'home Weltersbach was founded in 1926 by the parishes of the Evangelical Free Churches Regional Associations of Rhineland and Westphalia under the leadership of the Wuppertal pastor Ernst Merten, who also directed the pilgrims' home in the first few years. On the large yard area, the residents continued to run agriculture and a horticultural business for self-sufficiency. After the Second World War , the pilgrims' home was expanded to give refugees a home. In the 1980s, for demographic reasons, the concept changed in the direction of care and support.

See also

• Diakonisches Werk Pilgerheim

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , 1836
2. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1888.
3. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1897.
4. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1909.
5. ^ History of the pilgrims' home in Weltersbach ; accessed on March 16, 2015