Wittershagen

Wittershagen municipality Morsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 48 ″ N , 7 ° 45 ′ 31 ″ E
Height :	294 m above sea level NN
Residents :	43 (Dec 31, 2007)
Postal code :	51597
Area code :	02294

Wittershagen is a district of Morsbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis in southern North Rhine-Westphalia within the administrative district of Cologne .

Location and description

Wittershagen is located in a rural, wooded area at the southernmost tip of the Oberbergischer Kreis. The cities of Gummersbach (38 km), Siegen (50 km) and Cologne (75 km) are the next larger cities.

Neighboring Breitgener districts are Stentenbach in the north, Wippe in the east, and Stockshöhe in the west.

history

First mention

In 1464 the place was mentioned for the first time, namely "Homburger Grenzweise "

The spelling of the first mention was Wyterßhaen .

swell

^ 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 .

[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 .