Erdingen

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Erdingen
municipality Reichshof
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 42 ′ 27 ″  E
Height : 425 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 255  (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code : 51580
Area code : 02297
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Location of Erdingen in Reichshof

Erdingen is one of a total 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

Erdingen is located southeast of the Wiehltalsperre , the closest centers are Gummersbach (30 km northwest), Cologne (67 km west) and Siegen (42 km southeast).

history

First mention

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1382 . "Henrich von Erdingen, Schöffe zu Siegen , sealed a certificate."

The spelling of the first mention was Erdingen .

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Association

  • Erdingen village community

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 .