Wendershagen

Wendershagen municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 15 ″ N , 7 ° 44 ′ 5 ″ E
Height :	314 m above sea level NN
Residents :	288 (Dec. 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51597
Area code :	02294

Wendershagen is a district of Morsbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

Wendershagen is a district of the municipality of Morsbach in a valley basin in the Oberbergischer Kreis on the southern border of North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne .

In the village of 250 people, “the world is boarded up”, as the 'indigenous people' themselves say, who until the beginning of the 1960s lived exclusively on agriculture and cattle breeding. Then the only access road into the village at that time was paved and a post bus line was set up between Wendershagen and Morsbach, running three times a day. This enabled the employable residents to commute to the industrial plants in Morsbach and Waldbröl . Since the construction of the K53 to Reichshof- Erdingen, the A4 is only 15 minutes away and Wendershagen is therefore also attractive for long-distance commuters.

The place was Catholic until after the war; 'Spiritual head' was the "pig pope", who resided in the neighboring town of Rome : Wendershagen was often called the "land of 1000 pigs" in Morsbach, as poultry and pigs roamed freely and the unpaved roads were often boggy, so that the shoes and pants of the Residents then did not stay clean.

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Panorama of Wendershagen

history

First mention

In 1492 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document: "Wolff Johann von Wenderßhain is mentioned in files about ailments between Berg and Sayn-Homburg."

Spelling of the first mention : Wenderßhain

Street and field names

Before the streets were officially named, the following names were common:

On the Dempel : Om Dempel
On the farm : Om farm
Birkenweg : Schlawiss
Borner Weg : Künningsborn
Ellinger Strasse : Op de Kempe
Lichtenberger Strasse : Horloh
Cross street : Zom Backes, Em Hoff
Turmstrasse : Hoelle Wä
Sonnenstrasse : Op de Hüll

In addition, other locations and corridors were unofficially named:

Position of the corridors listed opposite

Em break
In the badger hole
Service bush
Op de Muermisch
Summit of the Republic
Im Grawich (Grabich)
In de Fennschlah
To de Muermisch
To Inzenhahn (Hirtzenhahn)
Künningsborn
Siefer field
Em jug Siefen
Euelsberg
Om Weiherchen
In the sudden cocks
Op de Gezeh
Hirzheide
Op em Höfche (Auf dem Höfche)
Hönger the Steen
Op den Steen
Schlah (Schlawiss)
Fritz 'Eeche
Op de Horloh
Op de hemp
Op de Kempe (Kirchenkamp / Kämpche)
Hofwiss
In de Höef
Krüzland
Em Kriegersch Garten
Osterbach
In the Hahndermme
Om stick
Op de Dörnhecke
In de Kirschlah
Hoorwiss
Op de Huell
Kallich's field
Höngerm Lebel
Easter egg
Roman Shah
Op de Warich
Ricke fields
Ellings then
Schewe Ower
Mülleschlah
Garbage forest
Kieseleje Ka (h) mer
Wolf Lows
Hämmerhardt (Emmer Hardt / Auf der Hardt)

leisure

Association

Morsbach volunteer fire brigade , Wendershagen fire fighting group

Music train Wendershagen of the Morsbach volunteer fire department

Men's choir Harmonie Wendershagen

Wendershagen village community

Bus and train connections

Public bus

Stop: Wendershagen

349 Morsbach (OVAG)

swell

^ 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 .
↑ Wendershagen's historical field names
↑ The name "Republik Morsbach", whose highest point (444m) is meant here, originated shortly after the Second World War, when District Administrator August Dresbach (a Protestant) introduced the Catholic Morsbach to a British officer with the following sentence: "Now we come to one completely different republic. " - At that time the religious boundaries were still clearly tangible; For example, in mixed villages in the community of Morsbach (e.g. Wallerhausen) there were schoolhouses that were separated according to denomination, and people were still happy to go to bakers, butchers, etc.

[1] 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 .

[2] Wendershagen's historical field names

[3] The name "Republik Morsbach", whose highest point (444m) is meant here, originated shortly after the Second World War, when District Administrator August Dresbach (a Protestant) introduced the Catholic Morsbach to a British officer with the following sentence: "Now we come to one completely different republic. " - At that time the religious boundaries were still clearly tangible; For example, in mixed villages in the community of Morsbach (e.g. Wallerhausen) there were schoolhouses that were separated according to denomination, and people were still happy to go to bakers, butchers, etc.