Höfen (Gummersbach)

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City of Gummersbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 23 ″  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 12 ″  E
Height : 170 m above sea level NN
Residents : 65  (Jun. 30, 2016)
Postal code : 51645
Area code : 02261
Höfen (Gummersbach)
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Location of Höfen in Gummersbach

Höfen is a district of Gummersbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

geography

The place is about 5.9 km from the city center in the immediate vicinity of Vollmerhausen in the Aggertal .

history

In 1575 the place was mentioned for the first time as in the Hoven on the map of Arnold Mercator .

Culture

The shooting range of the shooting club Vollmerhausen 1928 eV is located in Höfen

traffic

The place is only indirectly connected to public transport . It can be reached by bus lines 302 (Gummersbach - Nümbrecht / Waldbröl ) or 310 (Gummersbach - Overath ) via the Vollmerhausen stop, from there about 500 m on foot.

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 .