Kaltenbach (Engelskirchen)

Kaltenbach Municipality Engelskirchen Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 22 ″  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 55 ″  E
Height :	200 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	255  (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51766
Area code :	02263
Location of Kaltenbach in Engelskirchen

Kaltenbach is a place in the municipality of Engelskirchen in the Oberbergisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany .

Location and description

The place is located around three kilometers southeast of Engelskirchen between the Schimmelhau mountain top ( 357  m above sea level ) and the Hohe Warte viewpoint ( 360  m above sea level ) and can be reached via the Engelskirchen junction of the Autobahn 4 .

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1183/87, namely "Mention of silver mining in Caldinbeche in the miracle stories of St. Anno."

Spelling of the first mention : Caldinbeche .

In Kaltenbach, mining saw its last heyday in the middle of the 19th century, only to be slowly abandoned at the beginning of the 20th century. During this time the Neumoresnet plant near Engelskirchen Kaltenbach was opened, which was operated between 1826 and 1882.

leisure

Association

• Schützen- und Bürgererverein Kaltenbach / Bellingroth 1925 eV "Die Schimmelhäuer"
• Reitsportverein Schwarzenberg eV 1969

Bus and train connections

Public bus

Stop: Kaltenbach

• 319 Ründeroth - Much - Wiehl - Drabenderhöhe (OVAG)

swell

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 .