Gummersbach (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʊmɐsˌbax] ) is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer...

of Cologne, on the request of Eberhard II, Count of the Mark. The new "Veste" soon received the same rights as Lüdenscheid. Together with Wipperfürth...