Grafschaft (Schmallenberg)
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| Coordinates: 51°8′45″N 8°19′31″E / 51.14583°N 8.32528°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Schmallenberg |
| District | Hochsauerlandkreis |
| Town | Schmallenberg |
| Population (2017-12-31) | |
| • Total | 1,074 |
| 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.
The village has 1074 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
- ^ Schmallenberg.de: Inhabitants Template:De icon
- ^ 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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