Grafschaft (Schmallenberg)

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Coordinates: 51°8′45″N8°19′31″E / 51.14583°N 8.32528°E / 51.14583; 8.32528
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Arnsberg
District Hochsauerlandkreis
Town Schmallenberg
Population
 (2021-12-31)
 • Total1,097
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Grafschaft is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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The village has 1097 inhabitants [1] and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 410 m. The river Grafschaft flows through the village. Grafschaft borders on the villages of Schmallenberg, Gleidorf, Winkhausen, Almert, Störmecke and Latrop.

In 1072 a Benedictine monastery of Grafschaft was founded in Grafschaft on a site at the foot of the Wilzenberg mountain, by St. Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne. [2] The village used to belong to the municipality of Grafschaft in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

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References

  1. ↑ Schmallenberg.de: Inhabitants Archived 2023-03-23 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  2. ↑ Karl Hopf: Grafschaft (Dynasten und Kloster), S. 213 ff. (Google-Books) in J. S. Ersch, J. G. Gruber: Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, Erste Section, A–G, Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1864
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