Wiedenhof (Reichshof)

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Wiedenhof
municipality Reichshof
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 57 ″  N , 7 ° 41 ′ 32 ″  E
Height : 313 m above sea level NHN
Residents : (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code : 51580
Area code : 02265
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Location of Wiedenhof in Reichshof

Wiedenhof 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

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 1575 : "Place on the map of A. Mercator ."

The spelling of the first mention was Wiedenhoff .

Individual evidence

  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 .