Schniffelshöh

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Schniffelshöh
City of Wipperfürth
Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 59 ″  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 19 ″  E
Height : 318 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 51688
Area code : 02269
Schniffelshöh (Wipperfürth)
Schniffelshöh

Location of Schniffelshöh in Wipperfürth

Schniffelshöh is a village in the municipality of Wipperfürth in the Oberbergisches Kreis in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

The place is located in the southwest of the city of Wipperfürth near the city limits to Hückeswagen on the federal highway 506 , which was an important military route between Cologne and Dortmund in the Middle Ages . The place lies on the watershed between the Große Dhünn and the Kürtener Sülz . A tributary of the Kürtener Sülz rises in the neighboring Herweg . Other neighboring towns besides Herweg are Grüterich , Oberholl , Arnsberg , Odenholl and Kaplansherweg .

The place belongs to the municipal electoral district 071 and thus to the southwestern urban area.

history

Around 1548 the place is mentioned for the first time under the name "Sniiffelhoe" in the list of the Bergisch tension and barge services in the parish of Wipperfeld. The Topographia Ducatus Montani map from 1715 shows a courtyard and describes it as “height” . The topographical photograph of the Rhineland from 1825 shows three separate floor plans on a delimited courtyard under the name "Hoh" . In the Prussian first recording from 1840 the place name is "auf d.Höhe" . From the topographic map of the years 1894 to 1896, the place name Schniffelshöh, which is in use today, is used.

bus connections

Schniffelshöh is connected to local public transport via the Schniffelshöh stop on line 427 (VRS / OVAG).

Hiking trails

The Wipperfürther Rundweg, signposted by the SGV , and the district hiking trail 9 from Wipperfürth to Bergisch Gladbach lead through the village.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herbert Nicke : Forgotten ways: the historical network of long-distance routes between the Rhine, Weser, Hellweg and Westerwald, its protective systems and junctions
  2. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
  3. ^ City of Wipperfürth, public announcement from June 2009; Allocation of the streets to the individual electoral districts
  4. ^ Klaus Pampus; First documentary mention of Oberbergischer places
  5. ^ Historika25, Landesvermessungsamt NRW, sheet 4810, Wipperfürth
  6. ↑ Busnetz 2010, Oberbergischer Kreis, published by Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH