Hennef

Hennef is a city in the Rhein Sieg district in North Rhine Westphalia with around one hundred villages at the river Sieg. The wide variety of villages is even higher, if you consider the districts which might be grouped into localities. That's why Hennef is nicknamed the City of 100 Villages. The region call Hennef might be derived from Hanfbach, which become formerly known as Hanapha. The legit spelling of the city name used since 1934 the addition victory and must consequently save you confusion with comparable sounding location names.

On August 1, 1969, as part of the municipal reorganization in North Rhine Westphalia, today's Hennef from the 3 preceding groups Hennef, Lauthausen and Uckerath. On January 1, 1981, Hennef will become a town. The district metropolis of Blankenberg, but, already had city rights from 1245 to 1805. Until the 19th century, the Hennefer room changed into used for agriculture; until the start of the 20th century, wine changed into grown at the slopes of the town. The career of vintner died due to terrible weather conditions and the competition of commercial wages. There is when you consider that 1985 once more a small winery area within the district town Blankenberg.