Reichshof is a Northrhine-Westfalian municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in Germany, about 40 km east of Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

. It is a health resort, known for its good climate.

General meaning

As a sequence of the municipal re-organization 1969 the municipalities independent up to now Denklingen

Denklingen (Reichshof)

Denklingen is one of 107 localities that make up the German municipality of Reichshof in Oberbergischer Kreis. It is part of the region of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia....

 and to Eckenhagen were summarized to the municipality Reichshof. The management seat of the municipality Reichshof is in Denklingen.

A base Charlemagne

Charlemagne

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

• The Bohles on bicycle tire remove company Plank, for a century. In the company headquarters imperial court-Wehnrath the very modern logistic center of the leading{prominent} bicycle tire supplier works in Germany and Western Europe optimum vertriebsbedingungen.
• The laboratory union
• SCEMTEC Transponder
  Transponder
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   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 specialisation architecturally of demanding all-weather great screens to the Hotellerie.

A large employer in the municipality Reichshof is BPW Bergische axle Wiehl

Wiehl

Wiehl is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany. It is located approx. 41 km east of Cologne. The neighbouring municipalities Reichshof, Waldbröl, Nümbrecht, Much, Engelskirchen and Gummersbach border on the town....

, with her branch factories in Brüchermühle and in Hunsheim.

The localities of the municipality Reichshof

	North: Bergneustadt Bergneustadt Bergneustadt is a municipality in the eastern part of the Oberbergischer Kreis , in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. It is part of the Berg region.-First naming:...
West: Wiehl Wiehl Wiehl is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany. It is located approx. 41 km east of Cologne. The neighbouring municipalities Reichshof, Waldbröl, Nümbrecht, Much, Engelskirchen and Gummersbach border on the town....	Reichshof	East: Olpe Olpe, Germany Olpe is situated in the foothills of the Ebbegebirge in North Rhine-Westphalia, roughly 60 km east of Cologne and 20 km northwest of Siegen. It is part of the Regierungsbezirk of Arnsberg and is the seat of the district of Olpe.- Location :...
	South: Waldbröl Waldbröl Waldbröl is a town is in the southern part of the Oberbergischer Kreis , in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geographical location:The city lies on the slopes of the Nutscheid and is part of the Naturpark Bergisches Land... - Morsbach Morsbach Morsbach is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:It is located about 50 km east of Cologne, in the southern corner of the Oberbergischen Kreis on the border of North Rhine-Westphalia to Rhineland-Palatinate .-Neighbouring places:North:...

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 (Reichshof)|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 (Reichshof) - Wald - Wehnrath - Welpe - Wiedenhof - Wiehl - Wildberg - Wildbergerhütte - Windfus - Wolfkammer - Wolfseifen - Zimmerseifen

Population of Reichshof

Year	Population number
1991	17.394
1992	17.641
1993	18.277
1994	18.521
1995	18.860
1996	19.109
1997	19.366
1998	19.587
1999	19.805
2000	20.019
2001	20.242

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
  Denklingen Castle
  Denklingen Castle is a historic building in the Denklingen district of Reichshof in the Oberbergischer Kreis of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-History:...
  
  

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 nicest pages of the local area can be explored
• Winter sports area corner hedges-Blockhaus

External links

• official homepage municipality Reichshof