Soaps (Waldbröl)

Soap City of Waldbröl Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 36 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 5 ″  E
Height :	290 m above sea level NN
Residents :	127  (December 2, 2004)
Postal code :	51545
Area code :	02291
Location of soaps in Waldbröl

Seifen is a village in the town of Waldbröl in the Oberbergisches Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

The place is about 4.6 km south of the city center.

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1487 , namely "Henne von Syffen is listed in the loan list for Hz. Wilhelm III. Von Berg."

Spelling of the first mention: 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

Hiking and biking trails

The A1 hiking trail leads through Seifen, coming from Spurkenbach .

swell

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 .