Grafschaft | |
---|---|
| |
Location of Grafschaft | |
Grafschaft Grafschaft | |
Coordinates: 51°8′45″N 8°19′31″E / 51.14583°N 8.32528°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Arnsberg |
District | Hochsauerlandkreis |
Town | Schmallenberg |
Population (2021-12-31) | |
• Total | 1,097 |
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 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.
Gallery
- „Gravelcop“ 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus (Duchy of Westphalia)
- Vogtei Grafschaft, 1697
- Grafschaft, 1903
- St. Georg Church, 1963
External links
References
- ↑ Schmallenberg.de: Inhabitants (in German)
- ↑ 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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.