Eichholz (Eckenhagen)

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Eichholz (Eckenhagen)
municipality Reichshof
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 36 ″  N , 7 ° 43 ′ 42 ″  E
Height : 425 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 137  (Dec 31, 2008)
Postal code : 51580
Area code : 02297
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Location of Eichholz (Eckenhagen) in Reichshof

Eichholz (Eckenhagen) is one of 106 localities in the Reichshof community in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .

Location and description

The closest centers are Gummersbach (31 km northwest), Cologne (69 km west) and Siegen (41 km southeast).

history

First mention

In 1541 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document, namely "Thoenis uf dem Eichholz is one of the witnesses during a border tour."

Spelling of the first mention: Eichholtz

Individual evidence

  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 .