Heath (Reichshof)

pagan municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 27 ″ N , 7 ° 43 ′ 6 ″ E
Height :	285–300 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	50 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02261
	Location of Heide in Reichshof

Heide 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) and Siegen (45 km southeast).

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1575 . "Location on Arnold Mercator's map ."

The spelling of the first mention was for pagans .

^ 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 .