Obersteimel

Obersteimel municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 37 ″ N , 7 ° 41 ′ 55 ″ E
Height :	390-410 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	80 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02265
	Location of Obersteimel in Reichshof

Obersteimel is one of 106 localities in the Reichshof municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .

Location and description

The place is north of the Wiehltalsperre , the closest centers are Gummersbach (15 km northwest), Cologne (64 km west) and Siegen (39 km southeast).

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1581/1584: "Kerstgen Klein Johanns Son zu Oversteimel is one of the tenants of the Eckenhagen church."

The spelling of the first mention was Oversteimell .

^ 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 .