Horpe

Horpe municipality Lindlar Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 24 ″ N , 7 ° 24 ′ 34 ″ E
Height :	300 m above sea level NN
Residents :	101 (December 31, 2011)
Postal code :	51789
Area code :	02266
Location of Horpe in Lindlar

The village of Horpe is part of the municipality of Lindlar , Oberbergischen Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

Horpe is east of Lindlar on the way to Remshagen and Engelskirchen.

history

Crossroads in Horpe

Horpe was first mentioned in 1413 as "horphaen". The name is made up of the syllables "hor" or "horu" for swamp and "haen" for the hedge or the enclosed area.

A house from Horpe is said to have been built with material from the partially demolished chapel in the hermitage .

bus connections

Line 331 (Engelskirchen - Lindlar) usually only runs through Horpe as a taxi bus, only a few buses run on school days. Line 332 (Engelskirchen - Wipperfürth) only runs on weekends and as a taxi bus via Horpe.

Individual evidence

↑ Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
^ 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] Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government

[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 .