Schmittseifen (Reichshof)
Schmitt soaps
municipality Reichshof
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 43 " N , 7 ° 40 ′ 53" E
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Height : | 284 m above sea level NHN |
Residents : | 42 (Jan. 1, 2007) |
Postal code : | 51580 |
Area code : | 02265 |
Location of Schmittseifen in Reichshof
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Schmittseifen 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 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 1575 : "Place on the map of A. Mercator ."
The spelling of the first mention was Smittseiffen .
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 .