Schemmerhausen
Schemmerhausen
municipality Reichshof
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 4 " N , 7 ° 39 ′ 20" E
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Height : | 325–346 m above sea level NHN |
Residents : | 95 (Jan. 1, 2007) |
Postal code : | 51580 |
Area code : | 02296 |
Location of Schemmerhausen in Reichshof
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Schemmerhausen is one of 106 localities in the Reichshof community in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .
Location and description
The place is east 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 1492: "Hannes van Schelmerhuisen acts as a witness in the establishment of the Bergisch rights in the Eigen von Eckenhagen."
The spelling of the first mention was Schelmerhuisen .
Personalities
The well-known organ builder Johann Wilhelm Schöler (around 1723–1793) was born in Schemmerhausen .
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 .