Heidberg (Reichshof)

Heidberg municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  N , 7 ° 45 ′ 19 ″  E
Height :	347 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	432  (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02297
Location of Heidberg in Reichshof

Heidberg Evangelical Church

Heidberg is one of 106 localities in the Reichshof municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .

Location and description

The closest centers are Gummersbach (24 km northwest), Cologne (61 km west), Siegen (45 km southeast) and Olpe (15 km east).

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1575 . "Location on Arnold Mercator's map , which also shows the Heitberger Smeltshütte."

The spelling of the first mention was at Heitbergh .

Postcard from 1910. Above: silver mine. Bottom left: Gasthof Gries. Right: Ev. Church Rectory Christlieb

The silver mine at Heidberg

Ore, especially silver and lead, was mined in the Heidberg mine as early as the Middle Ages. In the 17th century the production came to a standstill because of the Thirty Years' War . In 1718 it was reactivated and sold together with the Wildberger mine. The Cologne banker Hack had a major share. Pumps were soon used for drainage. 1770 another standstill, until 1870 the London "West Prussian Mining Company" takes over, which increases the annual yield to 2000 t per year. The decline in production from 1879 finally brings the Heidberger mine to a standstill.

Association

• Heidberg village community
• Schützenverein Heidberg 1953 eV
• Riding and Driving Club Heidberg eV
• Trecker Club Heidberg

Church institutions

• Ev. Parish in the Upper Wiehl Valley
  

  Former water reservoir of the Heidberg silver mine. Until 1976 reservoir for the water supply of the inhabitants.

Personalities

• Fritz Becker (1892–1967), lieutenant general and last combat commander of Bremen in World War II
• Alfred Christlieb (1866–1934), pastor in Heidberg from 1896 to 1934. Nationally known preacher and pastor.

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 .
2. ↑ Jürgen Woelke with Kurt Schöler and Otto Hanster: The villages in the old parish of Eckenhagen . not stated, not stated 1978.