Grafschaft (Schmallenberg)

Grafschaft
Stadtteil of Schmallenberg
Coat of arms of Grafschaft
Coat of arms
Location of Grafschaft
Map
Grafschaft is located in Germany
Grafschaft
Grafschaft
Grafschaft is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Grafschaft
Grafschaft
Coordinates: 51°8′45″N 8°19′31″E / 51.14583°N 8.32528°E / 51.14583; 8.32528
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionArnsberg
DistrictHochsauerlandkreis
TownSchmallenberg
Population
 (2021-12-31)
 • Total1,097
Time zoneUTC+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 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.

  • „Gravelcop“ 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus (Duchy of Westphalia)
    „Gravelcop“ 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus (Duchy of Westphalia)
  • Vogtei Grafschaft, 1697
    Vogtei Grafschaft, 1697
  • Grafschaft, 1903
    Grafschaft, 1903
  • St. Georg Church, 1963
    St. Georg Church, 1963

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