Überasbach

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Überasbach
municipality Morsbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 59 ″  N , 7 ° 41 ′ 14 ″  E
Height : 339 m above sea level NN
Residents : 69  (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code : 51597
Area code : 02294

Überasbach is a district of Morsbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

In a rural, wooded area, Überasbach is located at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergischer Kreis. The cities of Gummersbach (38 km), Siegen (35 km) and Cologne (75 km) can be reached in a few minutes by car.

Neighboring districts are Niederasbach in the north, Oberasbach in the northeast, Lichtenberg in the east, Hülstert in the south and Bettingen in the west.

history

First mention

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1465 , namely "Bruen and Elße van Asbach, Mettelen's children, are among the inhabitants who Berg demanded to be their own people."

This also applies to Nieder- and Oberasbach.

The spelling of the first mention was Asbach .

leisure

Association

  • Village community Überasbach

swell

  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 .