Hedge (Reichshof)

hedge municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 17 ″ N , 7 ° 42 ′ 42 ″ E
Height :	388–400 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	23 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02265
	Location of Hecke in Reichshof

Hecke is one of a total of 106 localities in the Reichshof municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .

Location and description

Hecke lies north of the Wiehltalsperre , the closest centers are Gummersbach (24 km northwest), Cologne (61 km west) and Siegen (45 km southeast).

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1598 . "In the case of the lease and pension payments of the Eckenhagener church, income from the hedges is also mentioned (the place mentioned in the Mercator map from 1575 has probably been renamed" Honnerfluhe ")."

The spelling of the first mention was in front of the hedges .

Individual evidence

^ Klaus Pampus: First documentary naming of Oberbergischer places (= contributions to Oberbergischen history. Sonderbd. 1). Oberbergische Department 1924 eV of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Gummersbach 1998, ISBN 3-88265-206-3 .

[1] Klaus Pampus: First documentary naming of Oberbergischer places (= contributions to Oberbergischen history. Sonderbd. 1). Oberbergische Department 1924 eV of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Gummersbach 1998, ISBN 3-88265-206-3 .