Reichshof

Reichshof is a North Rhine-Westphalian municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in Germany, about 40 km east of Cologne. It is a health resort, known for its good climate.

Reichshof
Coat of arms
Location of Reichshof within Oberbergischer Kreis district
Rhein-Sieg-KreisOberbergischer KreisRheinisch-Bergischer KreisNorth Rhine-WestphaliaRemscheidWuppertalEnnepe-Ruhr-KreisMärkischer KreisOlpe (district)Siegen-WittgensteinRhineland-PalatinateWaldbrölMorsbachNümbrechtWiehlReichshofGummersbachMarienheideBergneustadtEngelskirchenLindlarHückeswagenWipperfürthRadevormwald
Reichshof
Reichshof
Coordinates: 50°58′0″N 7°42′0″E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionKöln
DistrictOberbergischer Kreis
Government
  MayorGregor Rolland (CDU)
Area
  Total114.67 km2 (44.27 sq mi)
Highest elevation
342 m (1,122 ft)
Lowest elevation
289 m (948 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
  Total18,655
  Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
51580
Dialling codes02296, 02297, 02265, 02261
Vehicle registrationGM
Websitereichshof-online.de

General meaning

As a sequence of the municipal re-organization 1969 the municipalities independent up to now Denklingen and to Eckenhagen were summarized to the municipality Reichshof. The management seat of the municipality Reichshof is in Denklingen.

A base Charlemagne was also designated imperial court. This dragged from imperial court to imperial court to be able to administer his empire.

The coat of arms of Reichshof

The arms were granted on September 11, 1972.

The name is taken from the former Imperial Estate Reichshof Eckenhagen, which was established in 1167 and acquired by the Counts of Berg in 1257. The upper part of the arms shows the Imperial Eagle, and is used as a canting symbol for the municipality. The lower part is the lion of the Counts of Berg, and is taken from the seal of Eckenhagen from 1557.

Economy

In the new industrial area of Wehnrat (Available surface, 50,000 square meters.) some significant companies are settled meanwhile, e.g.

  • The Ralf Bohle GmbH company, producing the Schwalbe bicycle tires already for century, supplier not only to Germany but to the whole of Western Europe. Its very modern company headquarters and logistics center is located at Reichshof-Wehnrath.
  • SCEMTEC Transponder Technology GmbH
  • Mug textiles Stahlbau GmbH. Since 1950 MUG deals as, designer and still German, more than ever complete of producing manufacturers with " Textilem constructions «. MUG construction brand BAHAMA counts for at least 25 years worldwide as a pioneer and engineering-qualitative market leader in the specialization architecturally of demanding all-weather great screens to the Hotellerie.

A large employer in the municipality Reichshof is BPW Bergische axle Wiehl, with its branch factories in Brüchermühle and in Hunsheim.

The localities of the municipality Reichshof

Division of the town

  • Aggermühle
  • Allenbach
  • Allinghausen
  • Alpe
  • Berghausen
  • Bieshausen
  • Blankenbach
  • Blasseifen
  • Blockhaus
  • Borner
  • Branscheid
  • Breidenbach
  • Brüchermühle
  • Buchen
  • Burgmühle
  • Denklingen
  • Dorn
  • Dreschhausen
  • Dreslingen
  • Drespe
  • Eckenhagen
  • Eiershagen
  • Eichholz (Denklingen)
  • Eichholz (Eckenhagen)
  • Erdingen
  • Ersbach
  • Eueln
  • Fahrenberg
  • Feld
  • Feldermühle
  • Freckhausen
  • Grünschlade
  • Grunewald
  • Hähnen (Denklingen)
  • Hähnen (Eckenhagen)
  • Hahn
  • Hahnbuche
  • Hahnenseifen
  • Halsterbach
  • Hamig
  • Hardt
  • Hasbach
  • Hasenbach
  • Hassel
  • Hecke
  • Heidberg
  • Heide
  • Heienbach
  • Heikausen
  • Heischeid
  • Heseln
  • Hespert
  • Hundhausen
  • Hunsheim
  • Kalbertal
  • Kamp
  • Komp (Denklingen)
  • Komp (Eckenhagen)
  • Konradshof
  • Laienschlade
  • Lepperhof
  • Löffelsterz
  • Lüsberg
  • Meiswinkel
  • Mennkausen
  • Mittelagger
  • Mühlenschlade
  • Müllerheide
  • Nebelseifen
  • Nespen
  • Neumühle
  • Niedersteimel
  • Nosbach
  • Nothausen
  • Oberagger
  • Obersteimel
  • Oberwehnrath
  • Odenspiel
  • Ösingen
  • Ohlhagen
  • Pettseifen
  • Pochwerk
  • Elsterschlade
  • Schalenbach
  • Schemmerhausen
  • Schmittseifen
  • Schneppenberg
  • Schneppenhurth
  • Schönenbach
  • Singelbert
  • Sinspert
  • Sotterbach
  • Stein
  • Sterzenbach
  • Tillkausen
  • Ulbert
  • Volkenrath
  • Wald
  • Wehnrath
  • Welpe
  • Wiedenhof
  • Wiehl
  • Wildberg
  • Wildbergerhütte
  • Windfus
  • Wolfkammer
  • Wolfseifen
  • Zimmerseifen

Population of Reichshof

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1991 17,394    
1992 17,641+1.42%
1993 18,277+3.61%
1994 18,521+1.34%
1995 18,860+1.83%
1996 19,109+1.32%
1997 19,366+1.34%
1998 19,587+1.14%
1999 19,805+1.11%
2000 20,019+1.08%
2001 20,242+1.11%

Schools and educational facilities

  • Communal elementary school Denklingen
  • Communal elementary school Eckenhagen
  • Peter von Heydt-Communal elementary school Hunsheim
  • Rainbow school communal elementary school Wildbergerhütte
  • Comprehensive school Eckenhagen

Places of interest

  • Baroque church in Eckenhagen
  • Mineral grotto and doll museum in Eckenhagen
  • Farm museum in Eckenhagen
  • Art cabinet Hespert
  • Drinking water reservoir - Wiehltal - barrage
  • Castle brook Sotterbach
  • Mills in Reichshof
  • Monkey park and bird's park in Eckenhagen
  • Denklingen Castle
  • heritage-protected 'Denklingen Railway Bridge' of the Wiehl Valley Railway (Wiehltalbahn)

Sports sites

  • Fun and experience bath Monte Mare
  • Teaching swimming pools in home Huns
  • Teaching swimming pools in Wildbergerhütte
  • Brüchermühle, sports field (60x90m threshing floor layer) - 4 tennis courts - shooting gallery
  • Denklingen, horse-racing layout (Ride) - 1 tennis court (brook Sterzen) - gymnasium (12x24m) - sports field with 6 careers and light-athletic layouts (70x100m threshing floor layer)
  • To Eckenhagen, balloon start space - lawn stadium (70x105m) with 4 round roads and light-athletic layouts - shooting gallery - 2 gymnasiums (22X44m), of it one with rostrum{stand} - winter sports area
  • Eiershagen, horse-racing layout (Drive)
  • Hassel, gulf layout (9-punch)
  • The first bicycle park in the Bergischen country. On a total of 114 distance kilometers the most beautiful places of the local area can be explored
  • Winter sports area corner hedges-Blockhaus

Sons and daughters of the municipality

  • Klaus Pampus - Local history
  • Fritz Becker (1892–1967), officer in World War II

Twin towns

References

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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