Schneppenberg

Schneppenberg municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 18 ″ N , 7 ° 39 ′ 45 ″ E
Height :	304-330 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	42 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02296
	Location of Schneppenberg in Reichshof

Schneppenberg is one of the 106 localities of the Reichshof community in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .

Location and description

Schneppenberg is located south of the Wiehltalsperre , the closest centers are Gummersbach (15 km northwest), Cologne (64 km west) and Siegen (39 km southeast).

history

First mention

In 1500 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document: In a bill of exchange about the exchange of Hörige between Berg and Sayn it is mentioned: "Old Peter's daughter from Sneppenberg, who was Bergisch but is now Saynisch with all the children."

The spelling of the first mention was Sneppenberg .

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 .