Stone (Reichshof)

stone municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 25 ″ N , 7 ° 39 ′ 41 ″ E
Height :	315-330 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	20 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02296
	Location of Stein in Reichshof

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

Location and description

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

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1537: Heymann offm Stein pays interest from a mortgage bond to the church of Eckenhagen.

The spelling of the first mention was offm stone .

^ 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 .