Bettenhagen

Bettenhagen City of Waldbröl Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 59 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 56 ″  E
Height :	225 m above sea level NN
Residents :	28  (December 2, 2004)
Postal code :	51545
Area code :	02291
Location of Bettenhagen in Waldbröl

Bettenhagen from the direction of Mittel

Bettenhagen is a village in the town of Waldbröl in the Oberbergisches Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

The place is about 7.0 km from the city center.

history

First mention

In 1454 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document: " Heinrich von Bettenhaen the boy is with others in a feud with the city of Cologne ."

Spelling of the first mention: Bettenhaen

Personalities

Bettenhagen is the birthplace of the freedom fighter Johann Wilhelm Pauli called Paul von Bettenhagen .

leisure

Hiking and biking trails

The A4 hiking trail leads through Bettenhagen.

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 .