Sotterbach

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Sotterbach
municipality Reichshof
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 6 ″  N , 7 ° 37 ′ 52 ″  E
Height : 329 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 121  (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code : 51580
Area code : 02296
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Location of Sotterbach in Reichshof

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

Location and description

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

history

First mention

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1341: "In a certificate of a marriage contract, Olfiz von Sottinberch is named as the father of Ludwig von Bervirstein."

The spelling of the first mention was Sottinberch .

Culture and sights

Association

  • Sotterbach village community

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 .