Niederwarnsbach

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Niederwarnsbach
municipality Morsbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 49 ″  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 18 ″  E
Height : 217 m above sea level NN
Residents : 149  (Dec. 31, 2007)
Postal code : 51597
Area code : 02294

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

Location and description

Niederwarnsbach 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 Seifen in the north, Schlechtingen in the east, Amberg in the southeast, Alzen in the south and Morsbach in the west.

history

First mention

In 1144 (?) The place was mentioned for the first time in a document, namely "property of the imperial monastery Vilich (localization uncertain)."

This also applies to Oberwarnsbach

The spelling of the first mention was Waneblach .

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 .