Kotthausen (Marienheide)

Kotthausen Municipality Marienheide Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 17 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 34 ″  E
Height :	310-370 m above sea level NN
Residents :	858  (Nov. 24, 2005)
Postal code :	51709
Area code :	02261
Location of Kotthausen in Marienheide

Kotthausen is a district of the Marienheide community in the Oberbergisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Location and description

The place is located about 5.2 km south of the Marienheide community center.

history

First mention

After 1450 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document, namely "Pueri Henonis Norkemans to Kothusen belong to the wax interest of the Cologne Apostelstifts."

The spelling of the first mention was Kothusen .

leisure

Association

• MGV Kotthausen
• TV Kotthausen 1921 e. V.
• Association for German Shepherds Local group Kotthausen
• Rheinischer and Bergischer Fahrverein eV

Hiking and biking trails

The A7 circular hiking trail (Marienheide - Däinghausen - Kotthausen - Schöneborn - Späinghausen - Stülinghausen - Bruchertalsperre - Eberg - Marienheide) leads through Kotthausen and is 9.6 kilometers long.

Church institutions

• Ev. Kotthausen parish
• CVJM Freizeitheim Marienheide-Kotthausen
• Missionary Work Peace Voice of the "Gospel Baptists", Gimborner Straße 20
• Catholic group home "Paulsdom", Schulstrasse
• AWO Kindergarten "Marie-Ansorge", Paul-Lücke-Straße 18

Bus and train connections

railroad

Kotthausen is located on the Volmetalbahn and used to have a train station here, which has now been closed. Here the Oberbergische Bahn runs from Cologne to Lüdenscheid . The next train stations are in Marienheide and Gummersbach.

Public bus

Stops: Kotthausen Kotthauserhöhe, Kotthausen Wende, Kotthausen gym

• Line 336 Remscheid-Lennep - Hückeswagen - Wipperfürth - Marienheide - Gummersbach

References

1. ↑ Extensive history of the Kotthausen train station
2. ↑ Bus 336 Marienheide. (No longer available online.) OVAG Oberbergische Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, archived from the original on April 2, 2016 ; accessed on April 29, 2016 (PDF, 72 kB). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.