Berghausen (Morsbach)

Berghausen municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 49 ″  N , 7 ° 40 ′ 5 ″  E
Height :	337 m
Residents :	131  (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51597
Area code :	02294

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

Location and description

Berghausen 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.

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1439 , namely "Tiel van Berkhuisen is mentioned in the files on afflictions (in Middle High German times until around 1450 it was used to mean" break, penetrate with force, commit a crime ") Berg - Homburg in the parish Morsbach. "

The spelling of the first mention was Berkhuisen .

leisure

Association

• Berghausen village community

swell

1. ^ Matthias Lexer : Middle High German Concise Dictionary. (At the same time as a supplement and alphabetical index to the Middle High German dictionary by Benecke - Müller - Zarncke ). Reprint of the Leipzig edition 1872–1878, with an introduction by Kurt Gärtner . Hirzel, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-7776-0488-7 .
2. ^ 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 .