Branscheid

Branscheid municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 49 ″ N , 7 ° 48 ′ 10 ″ E
Height :	451 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	52 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02265
	Location of Branscheid in Reichshof

Branscheid is one of 106 localities in the Reichshof municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .

Location and description

Branscheid is north-west of Eckenhagen , the nearest centers are Gummersbach (10 km northwest), Cologne (54 km west) and Siegen (46 km southeast).

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1509 : "The noble Johan and Conrat von Branscheit are witnesses when circumnavigating the border."

Spelling of the first mention: Branscheit

^ 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 .