Niederdorf (Morsbach)

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Niederdorf
municipality Morsbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 26 "  N , 7 ° 42 ′ 35"  E
Height : 207 m above sea level NN
Residents : 55  (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code : 51597
Area code : 02294

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

Location and description

Niederdorf 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 few minutes by car.

Neighboring districts are Morsbach in the northeast, Alzen in the southeast, Siedenberg in the south, and Flockenberg in the west.

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1466 , namely "Peltz von Nyederndorff is a Homburg alder in a wisdom about incoming people."

The spelling of the first mention was Nyederndorff .

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 .