Flockenberg

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Flockenberg
municipality Morsbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 21 ″  N , 7 ° 42 ′ 8 ″  E
Height : 242 m above sea level NN
Residents : 29  (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code : 51597
Area code : 02294

Flockenberg is a district of Morsbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

In a rural, wooded area, Flockenberg is located at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergischer Kreis. The cities of Gummersbach (38 km), Siegen (35 km) and Cologne (75 km) can be found in the vicinity.

Neighboring Flockenberger districts are Herbertshagen in the west, Hellerseifen in the north, Rhine in the east, and Katzenbach in the south.

history

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1680. The spelling of the first mention was Flockenberg .

swell

  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 .