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Elberfeld is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929. History. The first official mentioning of the geographic area on the banks of today's Wupper River as " elverfelde " was in a document of 1161. Etymologically, elver is derived from the old Low German word for "river."
Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and 17th-largest in Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of Elberfeld, Barmen, Ronsdorf, Cronenberg and Vohwinkel, and was initially "Barmen-Elberfeld" before adopting its present name in 1930.
Contents. Elberfeld. Germany. Learn about this topic in these articles: part of Wuppertal. In Wuppertal. …of the towns of Barmen, Elberfeld, Beyenburg, Cronenberg, Ronsdorf, and Vohwinkel, the name was changed to Wuppertal (“Wupper Valley”) in 1930.
Elberfeld war bis zu seiner Vereinigung mit vier anderen Städten zum heutigen Wuppertal am 1. August 1929 eine bergische Großstadt im östlichen Rheinland. Heute erstreckt sich Elberfeld als Stadtteil Wuppertals auf die Stadtbezirke Elberfeld, Elberfeld-West und Uellendahl-Katernberg.
ELBERFELD, a manufacturing town of Germany, in the Prussian Rhine province, on the Wupper, and immediately west of and contiguous to Barmen. Pop. (1816) 2 1, 710; (1840) 31,514; (1885) 109,218; (1905) 167,382. Elberfeld-Barmen, although administratively separate, practically form a single whole.
With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land. Wuppertal is known for its steep slopes, its woods and parks, and it ...more. Wuppertal is a city in North...
Wuppertal, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), northwestern Germany. The city extends for 10 miles (16 km) along the steep banks of the Wupper River, a right-bank tributary of the Rhine, northeast of Düsseldorf. Formed as Barmen-Elberfeld in 1929 through the amalgamation of the towns of.
