Wasserfuhr (Gummersbach)

Water transport City of Gummersbach Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 3 ″ N , 7 ° 32 ′ 24 ″ E
Height :	257–334 m above sea level NN
Residents :	415 (Jun. 30, 2016)
Postal code :	51647
Area code :	02261
Location of Wasserfuhr in Gummersbach

Wasserfuhr is a district of the city of Gummersbach in the Oberbergisches Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia .

Location and description

The place is located about 1.0 km northwest of the city center of Gummersbach in a rural setting. The center of Gummersbach can be reached in a few minutes on foot. The Rospebach flows through the water.

Neighboring towns are Gummeroth , Windhagen and Steinenbrück .

history

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1542 and a "Kaesper yn der Wasserfoyr" is mentioned in the Turkish tax list . The spelling of the first mention is Wasserfoyr .

The place Wasserfuhr belonged to the imperial rule Gimborn-Neustadt until 1806 .

Individual evidence

↑ Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government
^ 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 .
↑ Royal Government of Cologne (Ed.): Overview of the components and list of all the localities and individually named properties of the government district of Cologne, according to districts, mayor houses and parishes, with information on the number of people and the residential buildings, as well as the confessions, jurisdictions , Military and earlier country conditions. Made on the basis of the officially requested messages. sn, Cologne 1845, p. 26 ( online edition at the Düsseldorf State Library ).

[Tim_Online-1] Topographical Information Management TIM-online, provided by the Cologne District Government

[2] 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 .

[3] Royal Government of Cologne (Ed.): Overview of the components and list of all the localities and individually named properties of the government district of Cologne, according to districts, mayor houses and parishes, with information on the number of people and the residential buildings, as well as the confessions, jurisdictions , Military and earlier country conditions. Made on the basis of the officially requested messages. sn, Cologne 1845, p. 26 ( online edition at the Düsseldorf State Library ).