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Bad things municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 41 ″  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 44 ″  E
Height :	218 m above sea level NN
Residents :	86  (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51597
Area code :	02294

Schlechtingen is a district of Morsbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

In a rural, wooded area, Schlechtingen is located at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergischer Kreis. The cities of Gummersbach (38 km), Siegen (35 km) and Cologne (75 km) can be reached in a few minutes by car.

Neighboring districts are Höferhof in the north, Amberg in the south, and Niederwarnsbach in the west.

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1492 , namely "Conrad von Schlechtingen is mentioned in files about afflictions (in Middle High German times until around 1450 it was used to mean" break, penetrate with force, commit a crime ") Berg-Homburg in the parish Morsbach. "

The spelling of the first mention was Schlechtingen .

swell

1. ^ Matthias Lexer : Middle High German Concise Dictionary. (At the same time as a supplement and alphabetical index to the Middle High German dictionary by Benecke - Müller - Zarncke ). Reprint of the Leipzig edition 1872–1878, with an introduction by Kurt Gärtner . Hirzel, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-7776-0488-7 .
2. ^ 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 .