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City of Waldbröl
Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 48 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 38 ″  E
Height : 265 m above sea level NN
Residents : 15  (December 2, 2004)
Postal code : 51545
Area code : 02295
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Location of Wippenkausen in Waldbröl

Wippenkausen is a village in the town of Waldbröl in the Oberbergisches Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

The place is about 8.5 km southwest of the city center. Neighboring places are Neuenhähnen , Geilenkausen and Bladersbach .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document around 1600. The spelling of the first mention is Wippenkausen .

On November 26, 1980 a Sikorsky CH-53 (code 84 + 81) of the Army Aviation Regiment 15 from Rheine crashed here. The crew was killed.

Memorial stone for the pilots who crashed at Wippenkausen

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  1. ↑ Gottfried Corbach: History of Waldbröl. Scriba-Verlag, Cologne 1973, ISBN 3-921232-03-1 , pp. 499-538.