Frankenthal (Morsbach)
Frankenthal
municipality Morsbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 35 ″ N , 7 ° 42 ′ 7 ″ E
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Height : | 345 m above sea level NN |
Residents : | 3 (Dec 31, 2007) |
Postal code : | 51597 |
Area code : | 02294 |
Frankenthal is a district of Morsbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne .
Location and description
Frankenthal is located in a rural, wooded area at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergisches Kreis. The cities of Gummersbach (38 km), Siegen (50 km) and Cologne (75 km) can be reached in a few minutes by car.
Neighboring districts of Frankenthal are Böcklingen in the south, Hülstert in the west, and Lichtenberg in the north.
history
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1860. The spelling of the first mention was Eigenienthal .
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- ^ 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 .