Neuhöfchen

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Neuhöfchen
municipality Morsbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 9 ″  N , 7 ° 42 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 293 m above sea level NN
Residents : (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code : 51597
Area code : 02294

Neuhöfchen is a district of Morsbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

Neuhöfchen is located in a rural, wooded area at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergischer Kreis. The cities of Gummersbach (38 km), Siegen (35 km) and Cologne (75 km) can be reached in a short time by car.

Neighboring districts are Lichtenberg in the north, Birken and Euelsloch in the southeast, Hahn in the south, and Böcklingen in the west.

history

In 1602 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document. The spelling of the first mention was Neuhöfchen .

swell

  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 .