Mennkausen

Mennkausen municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 19 ″ N , 7 ° 38 ′ 4 ″ E
Height :	305 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	60 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02265
	Location of Mennkausen in Reichshof

Mennkausen 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

Mennkausen is located south 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 1492 . "The place is mentioned in a list of witnesses in the determination of the Bergisch rights in the Windeck district."

The spelling of the first mention was Mennenkuisen .

Association

Mennkausen village community

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 .