Elberfeld is a district of the German town Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929. Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

First official mentioning of the geographic area on the banks of today's Wupper River as "elverfelde" in a document of 1161. Etymologically, "elver" is derived from the old Lower German word for "river." (See etymology of the name of the German Elbe River; cf. Scandinavian älv). Therefore the original meaning of "elverfelde" can be understood as "field on the river." Elverfelde received its town charter in 1610. The Wupper is a tributary to the Rhine river in Northrhine-Westfalia of Germany. ... Events Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... The Elbe River (Czech Labe  listen?, Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, Polish Łaba, German Elbe, Hungarian Elba) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ... The North Germanic languages (also Scandinavian languages or Nordic languages) is a branch of the Germanic languages spoken in Scandinavia, parts of Finland and on the Faroe Islands and Iceland. ... Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ...

In 1726 Elias Eller and the pastor Daniel Schleiermacher founded a Philadelphian society. They later moved to Ronsdorf in the Duchy of Berg, becoming the Zionites, a sect of visionary fanatics. Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... Ronsdorf is a district of the German town Wuppertal with a population of about 22. ... ... There have been a number of religious groups called the Zionites: Another name for the Christian Catholic Church, founded in 1896 by John Alexander Dowie The Zionites were a sect of visionary fanatics which flourished in the eighteenth century at Ronsdorf in the Duchy of Berg. ...

In 1826 Friedrich Harkort, a famous German industrialist and politician, had a type of suspension railway built as a trial and ran it on the grounds of what is today the tax office at Elberfeld. In fact the railway, the Schwebebahn Wuppertal, was eventually built between Oberbarmen and Vohwinkel and only runs through Elberfeld. 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Schwebebahn over the river Wupper The Schwebebahn Wuppertal is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany. ...

In 1888 the municipality of Sonneborn was incorporated into Elberfeld. In 1929 the towns of Elberfeld, Barmen, Cronenberg, Ronsdorf and Vohwinkel became "Barmen-Elberfeld"; in the same year, the new community's town councillors decided to rename the town "Wuppertal". This took place in 1930. Today Elberfeld is the largest district in Wuppertal. 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Sons and daughters of the town

• Johann Peter Lange, Protestant theologian
• Julius Pluecker, mathematician and physicist
• Sigurd Rascher, American saxophonist of German birth