Ruh (Waldbröl)

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City of Waldbröl
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 30 ″  E
Height : 255 m above sea level NN
Residents : 84  (December 2, 2004)
Postal code : 51545
Area code : 02291
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Location of Ruh in Waldbröl
Ruh, aerial photo (2017)

Ruh is a village in the town of Waldbröl in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

The place is about 2.3 km southwest of the city center.

history

First mention

In 1454 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document, namely "zo der Roe belonged to the farms that were sacked in the Bergisch raids".

The spelling of the first mention was "zo der Roe".

leisure

Hiking and biking trails

The hiking trail O leads through Ruh, coming from Niederhof .

Bus and train connections

Public bus

Stop: Ruh Abzw.

Personalities

  • Helmut Simon (1922–2013), judge at the Federal Constitutional Court

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  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 .