Alfen (Wipperfürth)

Alfen City of Wipperfürth Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 1 ″  N , 7 ° 21 ′ 11 ″  E
Height :	246 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	51688
Area code :	02267
Location of Alfen in Wipperfürth

Alfen is a place of Wipperfürth in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

Alfen is located southwest of Wipperfürth on the border with the municipality of Lindlar . Neighboring towns are Peffekoven , Berghausen , Büchel and Niederbenningrath .

Politically, the place is represented by the direct candidate from electoral district 15 (150) Thier in the council of the city of Wipperfürth.

history

In 1487 the place was first mentioned under the name "Alffen" in loan lists for Wilhelm III. called by Berg . The map Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 shows two courtyards and names them "Alf". The topographical photograph of the Rhineland from 1825 shows five separate floor plans on a delimited courtyard and names them "Alfer". From the topographic map from 1894 to 1896 the place name Alfen is used.

The sandstone cross on the way to Peffekoven dates from 1920 .

bus connections

Alfen is connected to local public transport via the Abzweig Ommerborn stop on line 426 ( VRS / OVAG ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
2. ^ City of Wipperfürth, public announcement from June 2009; Allocation of the streets to the individual electoral districts
3. ^ Klaus Pampus: First documentary mentions of Oberbergischer places. Gummersbach 1998.
4. ^ Historika25, State Surveying Office NRW, sheet 4910, Lindlar
5. ↑ Treasures by the wayside. Field crosses in Wipperfürth and its church villages. Heimat und Geschichtsverein Wipperfürth eV, Wipperfürth 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-029052-7 .
6. ^ Bus network 2010, Oberbergischer Kreis, published by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH