Kömpel

Kömpel municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 21 ″ N , 7 ° 41 ′ 15 ″ E
Height :	336 m above sea level NN
Residents :	20 (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51597
Area code :	02294

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

Location and description

In a rural, wooded area, Kömpel is located at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergischer Kreis. The cities of Gummersbach (38 km), Siegen (35 km) and Cologne (75 km) can be reached in a short time by car.

Neighboring districts are Hülstert in the north, Böcklingen in the east, Oberzielenbach in the south-west and Geiningen in the north-west.

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1483 in the "Bödinger Memorienbuch"

The spelling of the first mention was buddy .

traffic

Kömpel has a stop on the Wissertalbahn , which is currently only used by construction trains. Shortly after the stop (in the direction of Hermesdorf) is the Kömpeler Tunnel with a length of 786 meters.

swell

^ 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] 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 .