Oberwehnrath

Oberwehnrath municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 51 ″ N , 7 ° 39 ′ 38 ″ E
Height :	300-316 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	12 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02265
	Location of Oberwehnrath in Reichshof

Oberwehnrath 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

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

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1573: "Henrich tzu Ouverwingenrath pays interest on a Pfandbrief to the Eckenhagener church."

The spelling of the first mention was Ouverwingenrath . Â

Individual evidence

^ 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] 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 .