Schafberg (Huertgen Forest)

Schafberg community Hürtgenwald Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ E
Height :	310 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.9 km² (with road)
Residents :	95 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	24 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	52393
Area code :	02429

Schafberg is a district of the municipality Hürtgenwald in the district of Düren , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The place is in the Eifel National Park in the Rureifel and in the North Eifel Nature Park directly on the ascending slopes of the Eifel . Neighboring towns are Straß , Untermaubach and Kleinhau . From Schafberg you can see far into the Cologne Bay and the Zülpich Börde . Most of the houses have an unobstructed view of Cologne Cathedral and the Siebengebirge .

Schafberg is about 310 m above sea level.

history

Reorganization

On July 1, 1969, the formerly independent municipalities of Bergstein, Brandenberg, Gey, Großhau, Hürtgen, Kleinhau and Straß (with Horm and Schafberg), administered by the Straß-Bergstein District Association, voluntarily merged to form the Hürtgenwald municipality. As part of the municipal reorganization ( Aachen law ), the municipality of Hürtgenwald was created in its current size through the incorporation of Vossenack on January 1, 1972.

Others

Before Willy Millowitsch bought a holiday home on Elba , he spent the holiday at his property in Schafberg.

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.huertgenwald.de
↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 98 .
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 307 .

Web links

Website of the municipality of Hürtgenwald

[1] ttp://www.huertgenwald.de

[2] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 98 .

[3] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 307 .