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Reichshof

Field	Value
type	Gemeinde
name	Reichshof
image_photo	Reichshof Denklingen - Hauptstraße 04 ies.jpg
image_coa	DEU Reichshof COA.svg
coordinates
image_plan	Reichshof in GM.svg
state	Nordrhein-Westfalen
region	Köln
district	Oberbergischer Kreis
elevation	289 - 342
area	114.66
postal_code	51580
area_code	02296, 02297, 02265, 02261
licence	GM
Gemeindeschlüssel	05 3 74 040
website	reichshof-online.de
mayor	Rüdiger Gennies
leader_term	2020–25
party	CDU

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. The municipality consists of 106 villages and hamlets. The most important villages are Denklingen (population about 2000), Eckenhagen (1900), Brüchermühle (1700) and Wildbergerhütte (1600).

History

While sources on the early history of the area are scarce, suggests it was first founded during the reign of Charlemagne. It was first officially mentioned on August 1, 1167, when it was granted as a gift by Friedrich I (Barbarossa) to Archbishop Rainald of Cologne.

As a consequence of the municipal reorganization of 1969, the formerly independent municipalities Denklingen and Eckenhagen were consolidated into the municipality of Reichshof. The management of the municipality of Reichshof takes place in Denklingen.

Demographics

| graph-pos=bottom | 1991 | 17394 | 1992 | 17641 | 1993 | 18277 | 1994 | 18521 | 1995 | 18860 | 1996 | 19109 | 1997 | 19366 | 1998 | 19587 | 1999 | 19805 | 2000 | 20019 | 2001 | 20242 | 2008 | 20185 | 2019 | 18600 | 2020 | 19025 | 2021 | 18993 | 2022 | 19128

Features of interest

The area has swimming pools and various sporting facilities (tennis, horse racing, shooting galleries, a gymnasium and a bicycle park). There are also several elementary schools.

The Denklingen Railway Bridge is a protected heritage site, part of the Wiehl Valley Railway (Wiehltalbahn). Various museums, churches and parks are open to visitors, along with historic mills and Denklingen Castle.

Companies in the new industrial area of Wehnrat include Ralf Bohle GmbH, producers of Schwalbe bicycle tires, SCEMTEC Transponder Technology GmbH, and Stahlbau GmbH (textiles).

Twin towns

Roden (since 2001 Noordenveld), Netherlands (since 1963)

References

Notes

:1. Originally counted as 107, the village of Nothausen is no longer included in the count due to having a population of 0 since 2008.

References

[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.

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