Höferhof (Morsbach)

Höferhof municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 48 ″ N , 7 ° 44 ′ 43 ″ E
Height :	244–267 m above sea level NN
Residents :	23 (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51597
Area code :	02294

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

Location and description

Höferhof is located in a rural, wooded area at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergisches Kreis.

Neighboring districts are Birzel in the north, Schlechtingen in the south and Morsbach in the west.

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1492 , namely “Henne and Johan v. Hoff, Wildenburg subjects in the parish of Morsbach, is named in the files on afflictions (in the Middle High German period up to around 1450, meaning "break, penetrate with force, commit a crime") Berg-Homburg. "

The spelling of the first mention was Hoff .

swell

^ Matthias Lexer : Middle High German Concise Dictionary. (At the same time as a supplement and alphabetical index to the Middle High German dictionary by Benecke - Müller - Zarncke ). Reprint of the Leipzig edition 1872–1878, with an introduction by Kurt Gärtner . Hirzel, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-7776-0488-7 .
^ 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] Matthias Lexer : Middle High German Concise Dictionary. (At the same time as a supplement and alphabetical index to the Middle High German dictionary by Benecke - Müller - Zarncke ). Reprint of the Leipzig edition 1872–1878, with an introduction by Kurt Gärtner . Hirzel, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-7776-0488-7 .

[2] 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 .