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Brabecke is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 194 inhabitants and lies in the north of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 141 m. Brabecke borders on the villages of Ramsbeck, Untervalme, Obervalme, Bödefeld und Westernbödefeld. Brabecke is mentioned for the first time in 1203. Knight Godard von Meschede built a permanent house or small castle in Brabecke in 1328, which was under the feudal lord Count Wilhelm von Arnsberg of the county of Arnsberg. The building existed until 1740. The village used to belong to the municipality of Bödefeld Land in Amt Fredeburg until the end of 1974.

Westernbödefeld is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 316 inhabitants and lies in the north of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 443 m. Westernbödefeld borders on the villages of Brabecke, Bödefeld, Gellinghausen, Dornheim and Frielinghausen. In the village centre the river Palme flows in the Brabecke and the Landstraße 776 meets the Landstraße L 740. Westernbödefeld was first mentioned in 1314 in a document. The village used to belong to the municipality of Bödefeld Land in Amt Fredeburg until the end of 1974.

Steinbecke is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Valme.

Lanfert is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The hamlet has 6 inhabitants and lies in the northeast of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 505 m. Rellmecke borders on the villages of Bödefeld and Walbecke. The river Valme flows through the hamlet.

Gellinghausen is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 97 inhabitants and lies in the north of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 480 m. Gellinghausen borders on the villages of Westernbödefeld, Bödefeld, Osterwald, Rimberg, Oberrarbach and Dornheim. The Gellinghausen brook flows through the village. The Landstraße 776 on the outskirts runs parallel to Dorfstrasse. Gellinghausen was first mentioned in 1280 in a document. The village used to belong to the municipality of Bödefeld Land in Amt Fredeburg until the end of 1974.

Sonderhof is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The hamlet has 8 inhabitants and lies in the north of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 590 m. Sonderhof borders on the villages of Osterwald and Rimberg.

Rimberg is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The hamlet has 4 inhabitants and lies in the north of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 610 m. Rimberg borders on the villages of Sonderhof and Bad Fredeburg.

Brabecke is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Valme.

Rehsiepen is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 113 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 556 m on the Landstraße 742. The river Sorpe flows through the village. Rehsiepen borders on the villages of Obersorpe, Altastenberg and Nesselbach. Rehsiepen was first mentioned around 1600 as name in the statistics of the village Oberkirchen. The village used to belong to the municipality of Oberkirchen in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

Hochsauerlandkreis (meaning “High Sauerland District” in German) is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, Höxter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, Märkischer Kreis. The district is named “High Sauerland” because two of the highest mountains of the Sauerland mountainous landscape, Langenberg and Kahler Asten are in its territory. With 2,766 ft / 843 m (Langenberg) and 2,762 ft / 842 m (Kahler Asten) these are also the highest mountains of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Arnsberg (German pronunciation: [ˈaʁnsbɛʁk]) is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the west-central part of the country. It covers the Sauerland hills as well as the east part of the Ruhr area. The region was founded in 1815 as a subdivision of the Prussian Province of Westphalia.

On 23 June 2014, a German Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet and a Learjet 35 business jet participating in a military exercise collided mid-air over Olsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The Learjet subsequently crashed to the ground with the loss of both crew members on board. The Typhoon was damaged but managed to land safely.