Hückeswagen

Hückeswagen
Hückeswagen
Town
	City administration office in the Hückeswagen Palace
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hückeswagen within Oberbergischer Kreis district
	Hückeswagen Hückeswagen
	Coordinates: 51°8′42″N 7°20′30″E / 51.14500°N 7.34167°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Oberbergischer Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Dietmar Persian (Ind.)
Area
• Total	50.46 km2 (19.48 sq mi)
Elevation	308 m (1,010 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	14,770
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	42499
Dialling codes	02192
Vehicle registration	GM
Website	www.hueckeswagen.de

Hückeswagen (German pronunciation: [ˈhʏkəsˌvaːɡn̩] ^ⓘ) is a town in the north of Oberbergischen Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the governmental district of Cologne.

Geography

Hückeswagen is situated on the river Wupper. Two dams, Bevertal dam and Wuppertal dam, are near the city. Hückeswagen's location in the narrow valley and well as the castle mountain are notable. It is located approximately 40 km away from Cologne. Nearby towns are Radevormwald, Wipperfürth, Wermelskirchen and Remscheid.

The coat of arms of Hückeswagen

The arms were granted on August 9, 1892. The arms show in the upper part the lion from the arms of the Counts of Berg, who bought the area in 1260 from the Counts of Hückeswagen. The lower part is a symbol for the textile industry, which has been important to the town since the late Middle Ages. The combination of lion and spindle appears first in a seal from 1555.

History

Hückeswagen was an ancestral seat of the counts of Hückeswagen and in 1085 became for the first time a Franconian Salhof, or saddle court, in form of a "confirmation of a donation of the genotypes of the Essen abbess Svanhild among other things by emperors Heinrich IV. (HRR)" mentions documentary. (Documentary first namings oberbergische places v. Klaus Pampus).

Between 1220 and 1240 the counts of Hückeswagen moved to Bohemia and built the "Hukvaldy" and "Alttitschein" castles.

Between 1490 and 1508 the "Nikolaus church" was built. Later the "Paulus church" was established after a fire.

Town privileges were given to Hückeswagen on 4 April 1859 according to Rhenish town order. From 1861 to 1920 Hückeswagen consisted of the municipality and Neuhückeswagen, a juridically rural community. On 1 March 1920 the juridically independent municipalities were combined. On 18 October 1875 the still young city was connected to the railroad network. During the period of industrialisation Hückeswagen had a significant textile industry. Cloth available in Hückeswagen today testifies to the great prosperity of the industrial families. The importance of the town as the center of the local area has been reduced in last few decades as the neighbouring town Wipperfürth received some municipal and public facilities to establish itself as an important center. Because of municipal reform, in 1975 the town lost the share of Bergisch Born in Remscheid.

On July 12, 1969 Joachim Kroll murdered Maria Hettgen, 61, near here.

Population

On 31 August 2004 Hückeswagen had 16,541 inhabitants; 1,209 residents are of foreign origin. The number of females (8,561) exceeds the male inhabitants (7,983).

Origin of the name

Market street in Hückeswagen

The name derives from the earlier form "Hukensuuage" or "Huckengeswage", signifying the settlement of a man named Hugobert or Hugibald. Local history researcher Wilhelm Blankertz presents a different theory in his publications, that the oldest local name was "Hukengesuuage", meaning "settlement of the Hunginger family near the water". The settlement was mentioned for the first time in 1085 in a deed issued by the abbess Svanhild of Essen to a nobleman. Around 1298 the form "Huckenshove" came into use.

Places of interest

Swan pond at castle Hueckeswagen

The historic city center
Hückeswagen Castle and the local history museum
Catholic parish church – Sankt Mariä Himmelfahrt
Paulus church – Protestant
Johannis church – Protestant
Swan pond in the town park
The Bever dam and the Wuppertal dam offer recreational opportunities with their vast traveling and water sport possibilities.
Hückeswagner mills

Local area

Altenhof
Altenholte
Aue
Berbeck
Bergerhof
Bochen
Bockhacken
Böckel
Braßhagen
Buchholz
Busche
Busenbach
Busenberg
Dierl
Dörpe
Dörpersteeg
Dörpfeld
Dörpfelderhöhe
Dreibäumen
Dürhagen
Eckenhausen
Elberhausen
Engelshagen
Erlensterz
Fockenhausen
Frohnhausen
Fürweg
Fuhr
Funkenhausen
Goldenbergshammer
Großberghausen
Großeichen
Großenscheidt
Großkatern
Grünenthal – Grünestraße
Hagelsiepen
Hambüchen
Hammerstein
Hangberg
Hartkopsbever
Heide
Heidt
Heinhausen
Herweg
Hummeltenberg
Junkernbusch
Junkerndorf
Käfernberg
Kaisersbusch
Kammerforsterhöhe
Karquelle
Karrenstein
Kautzenberg
Kirschsiepen
Kleinberghausen
Kleineichen
Kleinenscheidt
Kleinhöhfeld
Kleinkatern
Knefelsberg
Kobeshofen
Kormannshausen
Kotthausen
Kurzfeld
Linde
Maisdörpe
Marke
Mickenhagen
Mitberg
Mittelbeck
Mittelhombrechen
Mühlenberg
Niederbeck
Niederburghof
Niederdahlhausen
Niederdorp
Niederhagelsiepen
Neuenherweg
Neuenholte
Neuhückeswagen
Neukretze
Niederlangenberg
Oberbeck
Oberburghof
Oberdorp
Oberhombrechen
Oberlangenberg
Odenholl
Odenholler Mühle
Pixberg
Pixberger Mühle
Pixwaag
Pleuse
Posthäuschen
Purd
Rautzenberg
Reinshagenbever
Röttgen
Scheideweg
Scheuer
Schmitzberg
Schnabelsmühle
Schneppenthal
Schückhausen
Siepersbever
Sohl
Stahlschmidtsbrücke
Steffenshagen
Steinberg
Steinberg (Bevertalsperre)
Stoote
Straßweg
Straßburg
Strucksfeld
Tannenbaum
Ulemannssiepen
Unterscheideweg
Vogelsholl
Vormwald
Voßhagen
Warth
Wefelsen
Wegerhof
Westenbrücke
Westhofen
Westhoferhöhe
Wickesberg
Wiehagen
Winterhagen
Wüste
Wüstung Hagermühle
Zipshausen

Economy

Enterprises

The biggest employer in the town is "Klingelnberg", a mechanical engineering company.

Trade surfaces

The city of Hückeswagen has approximately 600,000 square metres of industrial space. Of it the biggest coherent trades and industrial zones are in the city center area between the B 237 and the Wupper, in Kobeshofen, in Winterhagen/ Industriestreet and in the area in the Schlossfabrik /Kleineichen. A new industrial area with about 400,000 square metres commercial area is opened nowadays in cooperation with the town of Remscheid in the area between winter hedges and scabbard way on the western local border with immediate binding to the B 237.

Traffic

Public transit

The section of the Remscheid line between Hückeswagen and Gummersbach was rarely used, the main Remscheid railway station was closed off, and the railroad was later closed completely. Today, only bus connections exist to Remscheid, Gummersbach, Radevormwald and Wermelskirchen. The town belongs to the transport group Rhine-Sieg.

Motor traffic

The federal highway 237 and the federal highway 483 pass by Hückeswagen. A town bypass is planned, for the improvement of the transport guidance, but the financing of this road has not been cleared. Later plans for a second by-pass road should provide for further easing of traffic congestion throughout the town.

Location leading system

In 2004, a location-leading system was introduced to Hückeswagen, consisting of a terminal in the entrance to the town, it makes it easier for foreign visitors to orient themselves around the town. Above all, it enables foreign truck drivers, and company customers, whom need to visit one of the industrial areas, to bypass the town itself.