Obergelpe

Obergelpe City of Gummersbach Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 31 ″ N , 7 ° 29 ′ 35 ″ E
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 .

[1] Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government

[2] 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 .