Wehnrath
Wehnrath
municipality Reichshof
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 43 " N , 7 ° 39 ′ 20" E
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Height : | 286 m above sea level NHN |
Residents : | 297 (Jan. 1, 2007) |
Postal code : | 51580 |
Area code : | 02265 |
Location of Wehnrath in Reichshof
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Wehnrath is one of 106 localities in the Reichshof municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Cologne in Germany .
Location and description
Wehnrath is located northeast of the Wiehltalsperre , the closest centers are Gummersbach (15 km northwest), Cologne (64 km west) and Siegen (39 km southeast).
history
First mention
The place was mentioned for the first time in 1357: “Eckhardt von Wenegenroede was an assistant to the Archbishop of Cologne Wilhelm von Gennep in his war with Count v. Arnsberg and is compensated with 261 gold shields. "
The spelling of the first mention was Wenegenroede .
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 .