Elberfeld is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929. 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." Therefore, the original meaning of "elverfeld…Elberfeld is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929. 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." Therefore, the original meaning of "elverfelde" can be understood as "field on the river." Elverfelde received its town charter in 1610.
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