Schnellenbach

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Schnellenbach
Municipality Engelskirchen
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 16 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 223 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1343  (Dec. 31, 2007)
Postal code : 51766
Area code : 02263
Schnellenbach (Engelskirchen)
Schnellenbach

Location of Schnellenbach in Engelskirchen

Schnellenbach is a village in Engelskirchen in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

The place is about four kilometers from the main town Engelskirchen.

history

First mention

In 1492 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document, namely “Among the people coming from the country from the Mark to Homburg”, Snellenbach is mentioned.

Spelling of the first mention: Snellenbach

leisure

Association

  • Civic and Beautification Association Schnellenbach eV 1905
  • Friends of the community elementary school Schnellenbach eV

Sports

  • Sports club Schnellenbach
  • Schnellenbach chess club

schools

  • Gem. Schnellenbach elementary school

Church institutions

  • Ev. Parish of Schnellenbach
  • Ev. Schnellenbach church choir
  • Ev. Youth choir "Joyful Singers"
  • Ev. Children's choir "Rainbow Choir"

Bus and train connections

Public bus

  • VRS 317 Gummersbach - Ründeroth (OVAG)

with line 317 Gummersbach - Ründeroth (OVAG)

Stops: Schnellenbach Dorfstraße , Am Stiegel and Saarstraße

The Bürgerbusverein Engelskirchen eV is a voluntary association of citizens of the Engelskirchen community and is intended to give older people and non-motorized young people in the remote outdoor areas the opportunity to become more mobile.

The citizen bus does not compete with existing transport offers, but is intended to be a supplement and close the transport gaps.

Individual evidence

  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 .