Heath (Morsbach)

pagan municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 41 ″ N , 7 ° 42 ′ 34 ″ E
Height :	206 m above sea level NN
Residents :	137 (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51597
Area code :	02294

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

Location and description

Heide is located in a rural, wooded area at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergisches Kreis. The cities of Gummersbach (38 km), Siegen (35 km) and Cologne (75 km) can be reached in a few minutes by car.

Neighboring districts of Heiden are Solseifen in the northwest, Morsbach in the east, Flockenberg in the south and Herbertshagen in the west.

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1492 , namely "Johan von der Heiden, a Cologne subject in the parish of Morsbach, is mentioned in files about afflictions (in Middle High German times until about 1450 use in the meaning" break, penetrate with force, a crime commit ") Berg-Homburg."

The spelling of the first mention was Heiden .

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 .