Katzenbach (Morsbach)

Katzenbach municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 57 ″ N , 7 ° 41 ′ 32 ″ E
Height :	254 (230-305) m
Residents :	233 (Dec. 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51597
Area code :	02294

Katzenbach 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, Katzenbach is located 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 are Flockenberg in the north, Siedenberg in the east, Volperhausen in the south and Appenhagen in the west.

history

First mention

In 1562 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document, namely "List of persons who remained in Bede guilty."

The spelling of the first mention was In der Katzenbach .

leisure

Association

Katzenbach village community

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 .