Denklingen is one of 106 localities that make up the German municipality of Reichshof in the Oberbergischer Kreis.
It is close to the towns of Gummersbach, Cologne, and Siegen.
[3] A proper Catholic church was built with the help of Paul Melchers from May 1885 to October 1886.
[6] On 31 Oktober 1910, a railroad connecting the villages of Brüchermühle, Denklingen and Wildbergerhütte was opened.
However, it never fulfilled the hopes of an economic upswing and was closed.