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