Schneppsiefen

Schneppsiefen City of Gummersbach Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 19 ″  N , 7 ° 30 ′ 8 ″  E
Height :	217 m above sea level NN
Residents :	70  (Jun 30, 2016)
Postal code :	51645
Area code :	02262
Location of Schneppsiefen in Gummersbach

Half-timbered house and barn in Schneppsiefen

Schneppsiefen is a district of Gummersbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

Location and description

Schneppsiefen is about 10.6 km from the city center of Gummersbach and borders on the municipality of Engelskirchen .

history

First mention

In 1575 the place was first mentioned in a document with its listing on the Arnold Mercator map (spelling of the first mention: Im Schneppenseiffen ).

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 .