Schönenbach (Reichshof)

Schönenbach municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 39 ″ N , 7 ° 38 ′ 48 ″ E
Height :	320 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	138 (Jan 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02265
	Location of Schönenbach in Reichshof

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

Location and description

The place is northwest of the Wiehltalsperre , the nearest 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 1374: Quentin v. Schönenbach gives his son to the Cologne goldsmith Math. Hombroich as an apprentice for 8 years.

Safe mention: 1541 - Schönenbach, Johan von Schönenbach witnessed a border circumvention.

The spelling of the first mention was Schönenbach .

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 .