Volkenrath (Reichshof)

Volkenrath municipality Reichshof Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 44 ″ N , 7 ° 37 ′ 52 ″ E
Height :	243 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	266 (Jan 1, 2006)
Postal code :	51580
Area code :	02296
	Location of Volkenrath in Reichshof

Volkenrath is a place in the municipality of Reichshof in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .

Location and description

Volkenrath is northeast of the Wiehl dam . The closest centers are Gummersbach (10 km northwest), Cologne (54 km west) and Siegen (46 km southeast).

history

First mention

The place was first mentioned in a document around 1400 , namely “Johannes Volkenroyde is listed in the directory of the Society of St. Johannes Evangelista at the Cassius Church in Bonn. "

The spelling of the first mention was Volkenroyde .

Evangelical Church Volkenrath

Culture and sights

Association

Dorfgemeinschaft Volkenrath eV

Individual evidence

^ 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 .