Lepperhof

Lepperhof municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 39 ″ N , 7 ° 41 ′ 41 ″ E
Height :	291 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	86 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02265
	Location of Lepperhof in Reichshof

Lepperhof is one of 106 localities in the Reichshof community in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .

Location and description

Lepperhof is located north of the Wiehltalsperre , the nearest centers are Gummersbach (24 km northwest), Cologne (61 km west) and Siegen (45 km southeast).

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1541. "Jacob der schmit up dem Lepperhoff and Johan his brother belong to the witnesses during a border inspection."

The spelling of the first mention was Lepperhoff .

Individual evidence

^ 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 .