Wilkenroth
Wilkenroth
City of Waldbröl
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 7 ″ N , 7 ° 38 ′ 22 ″ E
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Height : | 295 m above sea level NN |
Residents : | 356 (Dec. 2, 2004) |
Postal code : | 51545 |
Area code : | 02291 |
Location of Wilkenroth in Waldbröl
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Wilkenroth is a village in the town of Waldbröl in the Oberbergisches Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne .
The place is 4.5 km north of Waldbröl town center.
history
The place was mentioned for the first time in 1436 , namely "Sale of various goods on the Bröl and Sieg including Wylkerode."
Spelling of the first mention: Wylkerode .
The name Wilkenroth comes from the personal name "Williko". The suffix “roth” formerly “rode” comes from clearing. It can be assumed that “Willikorode” was created during the clearing phase (800 - 1000).
Personalities
- Ferdi Huick was a well-known speaker at the Cologne Carnival. (Bergische Landbote)
Competition - Our village should become more beautiful
As part of the nationwide competition Our village should become more beautiful (Oberberg), Wilkenroth has already received many prizes:
- State competition 1979 bronze
- State competition 1981 silver
- State competition 1983 silver
- Federal competition 1985 silver
- State competition 1985 gold
- State competition 1991 silver
- State competition 1993 gold
- State competition 2003 bronze + bronze, special prize for rural women
- District competition 2005 gold and special prize donated by the Waldbröler mayor
- State competition 2006 silver
- District competition 2008 gold
- State competition 2009 silver
Transport links
Stop: Wilkenroth
- 311 Waldbröl, Nümbrecht ( OVAG )
Others
societies
- Non-profit association Wilkenroth 1924 eV with their village community center
Hiking and biking trails
The hiking trail A8 leads through Wilkenroth, coming from Niederhof . There are also three hiking trails A1 to A3 with a total length of around 12 kilometers around Wilkenroth.
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 .
- ↑ Chamber of Agriculture NRW; State Evaluation Commission - Our village has a future - State competition 2008/2009 from August 27, 2009