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Niedersorpe

Coordinates: 51°10′8″N 8°21′34″E / 51.16889°N 8.35944°E / 51.16889; 8.35944
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Niedersorpe
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Niedersorpe is located in Germany
Niedersorpe
Niedersorpe
Niedersorpe is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Niedersorpe
Niedersorpe
Coordinates: 51°10′8″N 8°21′34″E / 51.16889°N 8.35944°E / 51.16889; 8.35944
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionArnsberg
DistrictHochsauerlandkreis
TownSchmallenberg
Population
 (2019-12-31)
 • Total227
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)

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

The village has 227 inhabitants[1] and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 432 m. The river Sorpe flows through the village. Niedersorpe borders on the villages of Holthausen, Rellmecke, Oberkirchen, Winkhausen and Gleidorf.

The first written document mentioning Suropo dates from 1072 in a charter from Grafschaft Abbey of bishop Anno of Cologne. The village used to belong to the municipality of Oberkirchen in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

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