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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 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.
Gummersbach (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʊmɐsˌbax] ⓘ) 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.
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Engelskirchen (literally "angel’s churches") is a municipality in Oberbergischer Kreis, Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Cologne. The neighbouring municipalities are (clockwise from the west) Overath, Lindlar, Gummersbach, Wiehl and Much.
Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany View of the woods of Burg with a typical Bergisches farmhouse Iuliacensis et Montensis Ducatus, 1645, by Blaeu The Bergisches Land (German: [ˈbɛʁɡɪʃəs ˈlant], Berg Country) is a low mountain range in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, east of the Rhine and south of the Ruhr.
Wiehl (German pronunciation: ⓘ) is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 41 km east of Cologne . The neighbouring municipalities Reichshof , Waldbröl , Nümbrecht , Much , Engelskirchen and Gummersbach border on the town.
Oberbergischer Kreis was created in 1949. It was named Oberbergischer Kreis upon its creation, but renamed to Oberbergischer Kreis – Siegkreis II in the 1965 and 1969 elections. In the 1972 and 1976 elections, it was named Oberbergischer Kreis – Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II. It returned to its current name in the 1980 election.
D.H. Lawrence, the English novelist, took the Bröl Valley Railway (Bröltalbahn) to Waldbröl, Germany's first narrow-gauge railway on 11 May 1912, when he was almost unknown. Lawrence stayed in Waldbröl, for a fortnight, with Johanna ('Hannah') and Karl Krenkow, the latter being a brother-in-law of David Herbert Lawrence's maternal aunt, Ada ...