Wittfeld (Duisburg)
Wittfeld , called Wetfelde in the early days , is a peasantry in the former Hamborn community , now a district of Duisburg . Around 970 the piece of land was referred to as "Weitfelde iuxta Havenburnen" in the property register of Werden Abbey . The Wittfelder Mühle on the Emscher already existed as a grain mill in 1353, later also as a sawmill. Industrialization began here in the middle of the 19th century. In November 1899 August Thyssen began sinking shaft 4 of the German Emperors' union in Wittfeld .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Hamborn District ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 2 " N , 6 ° 46 ′ 26.3" E