Kredenbach

Kredenbach is a constituent community of Kreuztal, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Kredenbach
Ortsteil of Kreuztal
Kredenbach
Coat of arms
Location of Kredenbach
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Coordinates: 50°57′46″N 08°02′32″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Siegen-Wittgenstein
Town	Kreuztal
Founded	1319
Area
• Total	5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Elevation	299 m (981 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57223
Dialling codes	02732
Vehicle registration	SI
Website	www.kredenbach.de

Former chapel school

Railway station

It has a population of 1649 inhabitants.^[1]

History

Kredenbach was created from the two constituent communities Lohe and Kredenbach and the Wüstehof.

Kredenbach and the Wüstehof belonged formally to the Kirchspiel Netphen and from 1623 they belong to Ferndorf. Through municipal reform on 1 January 1969, it was incorporated in Kreuztal. Before that, it belonged to the Amt Ferndorf.

Radio documentary

• Die guten Geister des kleinen Dorfes, Radio documentary from Thilo Schmidt on Deutschlandfunk Kultur – Deutschlandrundfahrt, 2. September 2018, 55 minutes (thiloschmidt.de; MP3; 50,8 MB)