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City of Gummersbach
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 50 ″  N , 7 ° 30 ′ 12 ″  E
Height : 302 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 51647
Area code : 02261
Wegescheid (Gummersbach)
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Location of Wegescheid in Gummersbach

Wegescheid is a district of Gummersbach in the Oberbergisches Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

Location and description

Wegescheid is located in the northwest of Gummersbach on the border with Marienheide in the valley of the Hesselbach, which flows into the Leppe . Neighboring towns are Herreshagen , Hülsenbusch , Obergelpe and the town of Hüttenermühle, which belongs to Marienheide .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1542. Two residents of the place "op dem Wegeschlade" are named in the Turkish tax lists.

Individual evidence

  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 .