Upper leg

Upper leg City of Wipperfürth Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 45 ″ N , 7 ° 28 ′ 13 ″ E
Height :	357 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	51688
Area code :	02269
Location of Obergaul in Wipperfürth

Obergaul is a village in the municipality of Wipperfürth in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

The place is located in the southeast of the city of Wipperfürth on the city limits to Marienheide . The Gaulbach flows past the southern border of the town . Neighboring towns are Nagelsgaul , Hollmünde , Mittelweg and Schnipperingen .

The place belongs to the municipal electoral district 142 and thus to the district Dohrgaul .

history

Around 1443 the place is mentioned for the first time under the name "Gaul" in an income and rights list of the Cologne Apostelstift. In 1590 Friedrich von der Mark and Caterina born from the house of the Bergisch captain Friedrich von Katterbach their seat Obergaul. 1784 and 1807 are in border protocols of the Nagel'schen hunting district as witnesses u. a. Johann. P. Börsch, Christ. Börsch from Dellweg and head Georg Börsch are involved. Much more news up to our time can be found in the literature.

The topographical photograph of the Rhineland from 1825 shows six separate floor plans in a delimited courtyard under the name “Obergoll” . In the Prussian first recording from 1840 the place name is “Ob. Horse " .

bus connections

Obergaul is connected to local public transport via the Dohrgaul and Mittelweg stops on lines 333 and 399 (VRS / OVAG).

Hiking trails

The A3 circular hiking trail, signposted by SGV , leads through the village.

literature

Nicolaus J. Breidenbach : Old courtyards and houses in the Wupperviereck in ... Wipperfürth , Wermelskirchen 2011, ISBN 978-3-980-2801-2-9

Individual evidence

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

[Tim_Online-1] 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