Strick (Morsbach)

Rope municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 50 ″ N , 7 ° 43 ′ 8 ″ E
Height :	289 m above sea level NN
Residents :	140 (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51597
Area code :	02294

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

Location and description

In a rural, wooded area, Strick is located at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergisches Kreis. The cities of Gummersbach (38 km), Siegen (35 km) and Cologne (75 km) can be reached in a few minutes by car.

Neighboring districts are Siedenberg in the north, Alzen in the east, Steckelbach in the south, and Katzenbach in the west.

history

In 1580 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document, namely "In the Hoenerzetteln three Saynic fireplaces are listed for knitting." The spelling of the first mention was Zum Stricke .

Association

Dorfgemeinschaft Strick eV

Specialty

A stone altarpiece has stood on 50 m² near the weekend house area since the early 1930s. It was built by the miner Johann Buchen and is supposed to commemorate the lightning death of a shepherd. At the back a wooden cross towers over the superstructure of the monument. Inside the grotto-like stone house there is a white statue of Our Lady. In 2008 the Georg Stinner family undertook the complete renovation of the altar picture stock. The altar shrine is sought after by many believers as a religious landmark and an expression of deep piety.

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 .