Obergelpe
Obergelpe
City of Gummersbach
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 31 ″ N , 7 ° 29 ′ 35 ″ E
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Height : | 269 m above sea level NN | |
Postal code : | 51647 | |
Area code : | 02261 | |
Location of Obergelpe in Gummersbach |
Obergelpe is a district of Gummersbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .
Location and description
Obergelpe is located in the north-west of Gummersbach near the border with Marienheide in the valley of the Gelpe stream . Neighboring towns are Niedergelpe , Hülsenbusch and Wegescheid .
history
In 1174 the place (not yet differentiated between “Nieder-” and “Ober-” as Gelpe ) was first mentioned in a document in connection with the transfer of the tithe by the Severinsstift to Vogt Engelbert von Berg .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
- ^ 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 .