Oberbenningrath

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Oberbenningrath
City of Wipperfürth
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 56 ″  N , 7 ° 21 ′ 51 ″  E
Height : 242 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 51688
Area code : 02267
Oberbenningrath (Wipperfürth)
Oberbenningrath

Location of Oberbenningrath in Wipperfürth

Oberbenningrath is a place of Wipperfürth in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

Oberbenningrath is located southwest of Wipperfürth in the valley of the Flosbach brook on the border with the municipality of Lindlar . Neighboring towns are Niederbenningrath , Ballsiefen , Thier , Abstoß and the town of Unterbüschem, which belongs to the municipality of Lindlar .

Politically, the place is represented by the direct candidate from electoral district 15 (150) Thier in the council of the city of Wipperfürth.

history

In 1443 the place is listed for the first time under the name "Berinckrode" in a directory of the income and rights of the Cologne Apostle monastery . The map Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 shows two separate settlement areas and designates them uniformly with "Birningradt" . At that time there was a courtyard on Oberbenningrqath square. The topographical photograph of the Rhineland from 1825 shows four separate floor plans in a delimited courtyard and designates them with “Ob. Biningrath ” In the Prussian first recording from 1840 the spelling “ Obr. Benningrath "is used.

bus connections

There is a connection to local public transport via the Ballsiefen and Ommerborn junction of line 426 (VRS / OVAG).

Hiking trails

The circular hiking trails A4 and A5 signposted by SGV lead through the village.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
  2. ^ City of Wipperfürth, public announcement from June 2009; Allocation of the streets to the individual electoral districts
  3. ^ Klaus Pampus; First documentary mention of Oberbergischer places
  4. ^ Historika25, State Surveying Office NRW, sheet 4910, Lindlar
  5. ↑ Busnetz 2010, Oberbergischer Kreis, published by Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH