Brand (Hückeswagen)

brand City of Hückeswagen Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 16 " N , 7 ° 22 ′ 11" E
Height :	370-380 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	42499
Area code :	02192
Location of brand in Hückeswagen

Marke is a village in Hückeswagen in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

Marke is located in northeastern Hückeswagen near Radevormwald on federal road 483 (B483). Neighboring towns are Herweg , Hagelsiepen , Niederhagelsiepen , Pleuse , Oberbeck , Fockenhausen , Laake and Radevormwald- Vorm Holte .

The Hagelsiepen stream rises north of Marke . There is a connection to local public transport via bus lines 336 and 339 of the VRS .

The first mention of the place is dated to the year 1850. The Hückeswagen Landwehr crossed today's federal road at Marke.

^ 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 , p. 159.