Amberg (Morsbach)

On the mountain municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 15 " N , 7 ° 44 ′ 43" E
Height :	296 m above sea level NN
Residents :	37 (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51597
Area code :	02294

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

Location and description

Amberg is located in a rural, wooded area at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergischer Kreis. The cities of Gummersbach (38 km), Siegen (50 km) and Cologne (75 km) can be reached quickly.

Neighboring districts of Amberg are Wittershagen in the southeast, Stockshöhe in the south and Alzen in the southwest.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document after 1860. The spelling of the first mention was Am Berg .

swell

^ 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 .