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20-584: Wipperfürth ( German pronunciation: [ˈvɪpɐˈfʏʁt] ) is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis of North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , about 40 km north-east of Cologne , and the oldest town in the Bergischen Land . The eldest documentary mention dates from 1131. In the Siegburger Mirakelbuch the place is already designated Oppidum (=town). Manner of writing of

40-502: A secondary modern school , a Konrad Adenauer – secondary school , a work pedagogic school (occupational lecture), eight elementary schools and two special schools. Oberbergischer Kreis The district was named after the region known as Bergisches Land , which belonged to the County of Berg for most of the medieval era. What is called Oberbergisch ('upper Bergian') lies in the southeast of that earldom. By 1740, descriptions of

60-1341: A small village to a large town during the early 19th century, due to the metal and textile industry . The right part of the arms thus show a spindle as a symbol for the textile industry. The left part shows the arms of the Counts of the Mark , as the area belonged to the Mark since 1287. Apfelbaum – Becke – Berghausen – Bernberg – Birnbaum – Börnchen – Bracht – Bredenbruch – Brink – Bruch – Brunohl – Berghausen – Deitenbach – Derschlag – Dieringhausen – Drieberhausen – Dümmlinghausen – Elbach – Erbland – Erlenhagen – Flaberg – Frömmersbach – Grünenthal – Gummeroth – Hardt – Hardt-Hanfgarten – Helberg – Herreshagen – Hesselbach – Höfen -Hömel – Hülsenbusch – Hunstig – Kalkuhl – Karlskamp – Koverstein – Lantenbach – Lieberhausen – Liefenroth – Lobscheid – Lützinghausen – Luttersiefen – Mühle – Neuenhaus – Neuenschmiede – Niedergelpe – Niedernhagen – Niederseßmar – Nochen – Oberrengse – Ohmig -Peisel – Piene – Rebbelroth – Recklinghausen – Reininghausen – Remmelsohl – Rodt – Rospe – Schneppsiefen – Schönenberg – Schusterburg – Sonnenberg – Steinenbrück – Straße – Strombach – Unnenberg – Veste – Vollmerhausen – Waldesruh – Wasserfuhr – Windhagen – Wörde – Würden Gummersbach

80-462: Is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany , being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis . It is located 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Cologne . In 1109 Gummersbach was mentioned in official documents for the first time. The document in question concerned the lowering of the episcopal tax for the church in Gummersbach by Archbishop Frederick I . At that time the name of

100-401: Is connected by regional trains to Cologne and Lüdenscheid , where a direct connection to Hagen and Dortmund exists. Trains heading towards Cologne run every 30 minutes during the week and continue every 60 minutes to Lüdenscheid. Besides the station in downtown, there is another station in the district of Dieringhausen. South of Gummersbach runs the A 4 motorway from Cologne to Olpe . In

120-430: Is made up of 8 districts : The arms were granted on 9 December 1975 but were in use a long time before. Wipperfürth received city rights between 1217 and 1222. The oldest seal dates from around 1250 and already shows a city wall, church and a small shield with the arms of the Counts of Berg, who ruled over the city. In the 14th century the small shield was removed. The present arms are based and nearly identical to

140-503: Is only one (directly elected) District Administrator who at the same time is head of management: The district's economy is marked by small and middle-sized industry, particularly in the areas of plastic and metal processing. [REDACTED] Media related to Oberbergischer Kreis at Wikimedia Commons 51°02′N 7°31′E  /  51.033°N 7.517°E  / 51.033; 7.517 Gummersbach Gummersbach ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡʊmɐsˌbax] )

160-499: Is rich in wood and water (numbering ten artificial lakes) and thus a recreational area for citizens from Cologne , the Ruhr area and the Netherlands . The prevailing rock is greywacke , which was and in places still is mined in large stone quarries. The coat of arms is a combination of the heraldic signs of the territories the district belonged to. The red-white bar in the top symbolizes

180-533: Is the electric light bulb factory founded in 1904 Radium. Radium also is even today together with the armature factory VOSS the biggest employer in Wipperfürth. Here particularly the electric-working industry, plastic-working industry, metal working industry and paper-working industry is resident. Wipperfürth lies in the intersection of the federal highways B 237 ( Remscheid - Meinerzhagen ) and B 506 ( Cologne – Wipperfürth). The B 256 unidirectional Gummersbach in

200-713: The County of Mark and the lion that of Berg . Homburg Castle (near Nümbrecht ) was the seat of the Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. Robert Ley , a Nazi politician who helped organize the recruitment of slave labor during World War II, and published an anti-Semitic newspaper, the Westdeutscher Beobachter, was born in Niederbreidenbach , a town in Oberbergischer Kreis. Since the October 1st, 1999 there

220-407: The area distinguished between Niederbergisch , which was north of the river Wupper , and Oberbergisch to its south. In 1816, after the entire Rhineland was annexed to Prussia , the districts of Waldbröl, Homburg, Gimborn, Wipperfürth, and Lennep were created within the area now covered by the district. In 1825 the districts Gimborn and Homburg were merged into the district Gummersbach. In 1932 it

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240-506: The composition of the first seal. The city wall denotes the civic character of Wippenfürth, the church is the local St. Nicholas church. By far the oldest church in Wipperfürth is the Catholic parish church St.-Nikolaus placed in the downtown of Wipperfürth. Not far away, the Protestant church was built next to the marked-place in 1875. The so-called Antoniuskirche ("Antonius-church", a minister)

260-558: The first coinage of Groschen in Germany began in Wipperfürth. Since the 14th century the town was a member of the Hanse . Businesspeople of the town traveled to Stockholm , Dorpat , Malmö , Novgorod , Reval and Lübeck . The town coat of arms of 1267 shows a church in merlons-reinforced wall. Leftovers of this town wall can still be found on the Klosterberg. The oldest building are located at

280-452: The first naming: "Weperevorthe" . Wipperfürth received town rights between 1217 and 1222. Since 1283 the administration of the town was governed by count Adolf V. von Berg. Already in 1275 king Rudolf von Habsburg allowed the count to move his mint from Wildberg to Wipperfürth. Here, Pfennige were stamped according to Cologne model. In 1328, with the privilege of king Louis the Bavarian

300-539: The market, together with the market well. The development of the town was hindered by numerous town fires: 1333, 1352, 1368, 1383, 1404, 1412 and 1465. From 1815–1932 Wipperfürth was capital town of the district with the same name. Wipperfürth lies on the flow Wupper which is designated in the upper reaches to the east of the town Wipper. The neighbouring municipalities and neighbouring towns are: Lindlar , Kürten , Wermelskirchen , Hückeswagen , Radevormwald , Halver , Kierspe and Marienheide . The town Wipperfürth

320-434: The place Ohl for the B 237. (VRS: Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg , VRL: Verkehrsgemeinschaft Ruhr-Lippe ), OVAG: Oberbergische Verkehrsgesellschaft AG , MVG: Märkische Verkehrsgesellschaft GmbH , KWS: Kraftverkehr Wupper-Sieg AG ) Hospitals: St. Josef hospital Wipperfürth (258 beds) The municipality has two high schools, Engelbert von Berg – Gymnasium (high school), and Archbishop of St. Angela Gymnasium (high school),

340-407: The town was spelled as Gumeresbracht . In 1855 Gummersbach's industrial history began with the foundation of the company Steinmüller. With the company's success the little village began to grow to a town. Gummersbach received town privileges in 1857. For decades to come many inhabitants found work at Steinmüller. In 2002 the new parent company Babcock Borsig AG went out of business and so Steinmüller

360-475: Was built on the Klosterberg ("cloister hill"). The town disposes of various sports field, stadium with field, indoor swimming pool with 25 meters of roads incl. sauna and sunbathing area, airfield , tennis courts , squash , riding spaces and play bowls . During the Industrial Revolution several companies originated in the area of the textile industry. The most important industry company

380-567: Was merged with the district of Waldbröl, and the region became known as Oberbergischer Kreis . The restructuring of 1969/75 created the current boundaries of the district. The Oberbergischer Kreis covers the hills west of the Sauerland and north of the Westerwald . It constitutes the eastern part of the Bergisches Land nature reserve. Situated at an altitude of 100–520 meters above sea level, it

400-411: Was shut down, too. After most of the premises were no longer in use, the town bought the property in order to develop it. The premises played a key role for the municipality, as it made up half of the downtown area by then. In the following years, among other things, an arena, a shopping mall and a new university campus were built. The arms were granted on July 27, 1892. Gummersbach developed rapidly from

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