Wickesberg

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Wickesberg
City of Hückeswagen
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 4 "  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 54"  E
Height : 290 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 42499
Area code : 02192
Wickesberg (Hückeswagen)
Wickesberg

Location of Wickesberg in Hückeswagen

Wickesberg is a court in Hückeswagen in the Oberbergisches Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).

Location and transport links

Wickesberg is located in the southwest of Hückeswagen on the K 14 district road near Straßweg . Other neighboring towns are Bochen , Schückhausen , Strasbourg , Kleinkatern , Großkatern and Purd .

Wickesberg lies in the catchment area of ​​the Purder Bach , which flows into the Great Dhünntalsperre after the confluence with the Große Dhünn brook .

history

In 1481 the place was mentioned for the first time in a list of donations for the Marien Altar of the Hückeswagen church. Spelling of the first mention: Wickesberg .

In the 18th century the place belonged to the Bergisches Amt Bornefeld-Hückeswagen . In 1815/16 there were 66 people living in the village. In 1832, Wickesberg belonged to the Great Honorship , which was part of the Hückeswagen external citizenship within the Hückeswagen mayor . The place, categorized as a hamlet according to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district , had eight residential buildings and twelve agricultural buildings at that time. At that time, 67 residents lived in the village, all of whom were Protestant.

In the municipality lexicon for the province of Rhineland , seven houses with 40 inhabitants are given for 1885. At that time the place belonged to the rural community Neuhückeswagen within the Lennep district . In 1895 the place had six houses with 33 inhabitants, in 1905 six houses and 39 inhabitants.

Hiking and biking trails

The following hiking trails lead past the place:

Individual evidence

  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. ^ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and topography of the administrative district of Düsseldorf. Part 2: Containing the statistical table of places and distances and the alphabetical index of place names. Schreiner, Düsseldorf 1836, p. 11 .
  3. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 ). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1888.
  4. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1897.
  5. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland province. Based on the materials from the census of December 1, 1905 and other official sources (= community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1909.