Frankenthal (Morsbach)

Frankenthal municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 35 ″ N , 7 ° 42 ′ 7 ″ E
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 .

swell

^ 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 .