page_title: Wiehl
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Wiehl / Culture and sights / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Stadt Wiehl - evangelische Kirche und restaurierte, typische oberbergische Fachwerkhäuser des Stadtkerns; Blick über den Fluss Wiehl Richtung Stadtzentrum English: City Wiehl - Protestant church and restored, typical oberbergische half-timbered houses of the city center
context_page_description: Wiehl 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.
context_section_description: Protestant church and half-timbered houses restored form the town center. In the foreground the river Wiehl. The Protestant church in hugging as is the largest of the Wiehler churches. The oldest part has stood since the 11th century. The nave was rebuilt repeatedly. The belltower remained at its place. The baptismal font is under the pulpit in the chancel from the 12th century (dismantled in the context of the last reorganization measures in 2003). The church extends along the main street in west east direction.
  Restored half-timbering ensemble in the upper village, classified as a historical monument
  The Bismarckturm is an outlook tower which was built at the emperor time 1909. It is 16.8 m high, has a regular hexagonal ground plan and was built from Grauwacke.
  One of the so-called colored Kerken, a church with medieval ceiling frescos, is in the district Marienhagen.
caption: Ev. church Wiehl
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