Rieflinghausen

Rieflinghausen City of Attendorn Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 42 "  N , 7 ° 55 ′ 36"  E
Height :	390 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	61  (Jun. 30, 2017)
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Incorporated into:	Attendorn
Postal code :	57439
Area code :	02722
Location of Rieflinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia

Rieflinghausen is a district of the city of Attendorn in the Olpe district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) and had a total of 61 inhabitants on June 30, 2017 (60 of them with their main residence).

geography

Rieflinghausen is located southeast of the core town of Attendorn and 1.6 km south of the village of Repe . The mountain Auf der Mark rises to the southwest with a height of 555 m. The Repe stream flows through the village and on through the Repetal towards Lenne .

history

In 1317 the place was first mentioned as Rylinchusen . In 1365 the name Rifelinchusen is also found .

For centuries, Rieflinghausen belonged to the parish of Helden and in the 20th century to the municipality of Helden, which was partially incorporated into the town of Attendorn as part of the municipal reorganization. In the course of this, the one-class school in Repe was closed, which in addition to the children from Repe also taught children from Rieflinghausen, Hofkühl and Berlinghausen .

Population development

year	Residents
1536	40-50 *
1565	50-60 *
1783	69
1817	70
1839	84
2016	60

*) Values ​​estimated based on house numbers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics of the city of Attendorn , accessed on November 5, 2017.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Otto Höffer: The Repetal. On the history of the parishes of Helden and Dünschede with contributions by Rainer Ahrweiler, Günther Becker and others. Series of publications by the city of Attendorn. Volume 3. Attendorn 2008.
3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 89 .