Grafschaft Abbey

Grafschaft is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 1097 inhabitants 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. The village used to belong to the municipality of Grafschaft in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

Sorpe is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Lenne.

Winkhausen is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 207 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 410 m. In the village centre the Landesstraße 742 meets the Bundesstraße 236 and the river Sorpe flows in the river Lenne. Winkhausen borders on the villages of Almert, Grafschaft, Gleidorf, Niedersorpe and Oberkirchen. The first written document mentioning Widinchusen dates from 1395. The village used to belong to the municipality of Oberkirchen in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

Gleierbach (also: Gleiderbach, in its upper and middle course also Westernah or Westernahbach) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the municipality Schmallenberg. It is a right tributary of the Lenne, which it joins in Gleidorf, east of Schmallenberg.

Gleidorf is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 1371 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 393 m. The river Lenne flows through the village. In the village centre the B 236 federal road meets the B 511. Gleidorf borders on the villages of Schmallenberg, Bad Fredeburg, Grafschaft, Holthausen and Winkhausen. The first written document mentioning Gleidorf dates from 1072 in a charter from Grafschaft Abbey of bishop Anno of Cologne. The village used to belong to the municipality of Grafschaft in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

Störmecke is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The hamlet has 4 inhabitants and located almost seven kilometres southeast of the Schmallenberg city centre. Störmecke borders on the villages of Latrop, Schanze, Grafschaft and Kühhude.

Latrop is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 176 inhabitants and lies in the south of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 430 m. The river Latrop flows through the village. Latrop borders on the villages of Grafschaft, Störmecke, Schanze, Jagdhaus, Waidmannsruh and Fleckenberg. In 1257 a Johannes von Latroph was named for the first time in a document. The village used to belong to the municipality of Grafschaft in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.Latrop was awarded gold for its beauty in the national competition “Our village has a future”.

Almert is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 15 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 520 m. The brook Unterste Wiesen rises by Almert. Almert borders on the villages of Grafschaft, Winkhausen, Oberkirchen and Schanze. The village used to belong to the municipality of Oberkirchen in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

Grafschaft is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Lenne.

Schmallenberg (Westphalian: Smalmereg) is a town and a climatic health resort in the High Sauerland District, Germany. By area, it is the third biggest of all cities and towns of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the second biggest of the region of Westphalia. With small Schmallenberg central town and the rural Bad Fredeburg Kneipp health resort the town has two urban settlements. Additionally, 82 villages and hamlets belong to the town's territory. Also being called “the Schmallenberg Sauerland”, the Town of Schmallenberg is famous for its total of five health resorts and nine villages which have been awarded gold for their beauty in the nationwide “Our village has a future” contest.

Holthausen is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 555 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 492 m. Holthausen borders on the villages of Bad Fredeburg, Gleidorf, Huxel, Rellmecke, Niedersorpe and Winkhausen. The village used to belong to the municipality of Oberkirchen in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

Niedersorpe is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 229 inhabitants 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.