Meiswinkel (Oberberg)

Meiswinkel municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 47 " N , 7 ° 42 ′ 39" E
Height :	381 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	108 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02297
	Location of Meiswinkel in Reichshof

Meiswinkel is one of a total 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

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

history

First mention

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1494. "Henne von Meißwinkel is a witness to the Bergisch border handling around the property in Eckenhagen ."

The spelling of the first mention was Meißwinkel .

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 .