Soaps (Morsbach)

Soap municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 38 ″ N , 7 ° 44 ′ 19 ″ E
Height :	302 m above sea level NN
Residents :	162 (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51597
Area code :	02294

Seifen is a district of Morsbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

Seifen is located in a rural, wooded area at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergischer Kreis. The closest cities are Gummersbach (38 km), Siegen (35 km) and Cologne (75 km).

Neighboring districts are Ellingen in the north, Oberwarnsbach in the northeast, Birzel in the south, and Birken in the northwest.

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1508 , namely "In a deed of exchange, Johentgen zom Syffen is mentioned, who was synical and is now Bergisch."

The spelling of the first mention was Syffen . In Middle High German and also in the dialect north and south of the middle Sieg , a Siefen or Siepen denotes a damp brook valley.

leisure

Association

Village community soaps

swell

^ 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 .