Hilchenbach

Geschichte

Hilchenbach is a town in the Siegen-Wittgenstein Kreis (district) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.GeographyLocationThe map shows Hilchenbach's location in Siegen-Wittgenstein district. It is about 15 km northeast of Siegen. The town borders in the south on Netphen, in the west on Kreuztal, in the north on Kirchhundem and in the east on Erndtebrück.GeologyThe town's largest flowing body of water is the Ferndorfbach, a tributary to the river Sieg. The municipal area's average elevation is 427 m above sea level, with its highest elevation being at 678 m at the Riemen, a peak in the Rothaargebirge.Constituent communitiesThe town is made up of the following centres: Allenbach, Dahlbruch, Grund, Hadem, Helberhausen, Hilchenbach, Lützel, Müsen, Oberndorf, Oechelhausen, Ruckersfeld and Vormwald. The recent political unit of Hilchenbach was founded in 1969.HistoryThe town of Hilchenbach was first mentioned in documents in 1292, when it went by the name Heylichinbach in a donation document from Countess Agnes von Nassau and her eldest son Heinrich to the Keppel Monastery. There are however clues that a church was established in this area sometime between 950 and 1000 by the Corvey Monastery, implying that there was settlement there.