Schemmerhausen

Schemmerhausen municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 4 " N , 7 ° 39 ′ 20" E
Height :	325–346 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	95 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02296
	Location of Schemmerhausen in Reichshof

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 .

[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 .