Upper State (Engelskirchen)

Upper State Municipality Engelskirchen Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 34 ″  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 58 ″  E
Height :	182 m above sea level NHN
Postal code :	51766
Area code :	02263
Location of Oberstaat in Engelskirchen

Oberstaat is a place in the municipality of Engelskirchen in the Oberbergisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany .

Location and description

The place is located in the southwest of Engelskirchen on the border with the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis and the municipality of Lindlar in the Agger valley . Neighbors are Ehreshoven with Ehreshoven Castle , Unterstaat , in the area of ​​Lindlar Hohkeppel and in the area of ​​the city of Overath the places Unterhasbach and Vilkerath .

In Oberstaat there is not only a lot of forest, some old half-timbered houses and the Bergische Schweiz excursion restaurant with a game gate and hotel, but also a modern clay conference center, EcoLut.

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history

In the Prussian first recording from 1845, the place is recorded under the designation "State" . From 1896 the topographic maps show the place name Oberstaat. The Overather house numbering cadastre from 1907 lists a house owned by Countess v. Nesselrode with the resident Ferdinand Rasch.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
2. ^ Historika25, State Surveying Office NRW, sheet 5009, Overath
3. ^ Historika25, State Surveying Office NRW, sheet 5010, Engelskirchen
4. ^ Berthold Gladbach, Peter Lückerath: The Overather population in lists of names, taxes and residents from the 15th to the 20th century, p. 370. Ed .: Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg, Bergisch Gladbach 2016. ISBN 978-3-932326-75 -2

Web links

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