Beeches (Reichshof)

Book municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 12 ″ N , 7 ° 42 ′ 18 ″ E
Height :	355 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	78 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02265
	Location of Buchen in Reichshof

Buchen 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

Buchen is located southeast of Eckenhagen , the closest centers are Gummersbach (10 km northwest), Cologne (54 km west) and Siegen (46 km southeast).

history

First mention

In 1487 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document, namely “Johan Mettel Son uff dem Bochen is in the loan list for Hz. Wilhelm III. v. Berg listed. "

Spelling of the first mention: Bochen

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 .

[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 .