Oberkotten
Oberkotten
municipality Lindlar
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 19 ″ N , 7 ° 20 ′ 55 ″ E
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Height : | 233 m above sea level NN | |
Postal code : | 51789 | |
Area code : | 02266 | |
Location of Oberkotten in Lindlar |
Oberkotten is a district of the municipality of Lindlar in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).
Location and description
Oberkotten is located northwest of Lindlar on state road 129. A right tributary of the Kürten Sülz rises in the village . Neighboring towns are Mittelsteinbach and Süttenbach .
history
In 1534, the place name Kotten was first mentioned in a document of the Marienbruderschaft (archive of the Lindlar Church). In the map Topographical Survey of the Rhineland from 1825, today's Oberkotten is recorded with the place name "Koten". The Prussian first recording from 1840 names the place "Aufm Kotten". From the official topographic map from 1894 to 1896, the place name is Oberkotten.
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 .
- ^ Historika25, State Surveying Office NRW, sheet 4910, Lindlar