Ösingen

Ösingen municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 11 " N , 7 ° 40 ′ 51" E
Height :	354 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	14 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02296
	Location of Ösingen in Reichshof

Ösingen (according to the place-name sign and street signs Oesingen ) is one of 106 localities in the Reichshof community in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .

Entrance to the town with a view of the town

Location and description

The place is located south of the Wiehltalsperre , the closest centers are Gummersbach (15 km northwest), Cologne (64 km west) and Siegen (39 km southeast).

history

First mention

In 1575 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document: "Alof and Gerhart van Oesingen are among the witnesses when circumventing the border."

The spelling of the first mention was Oesingen .

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 .