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Schmallenberg
federal stateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Residents
24.869 (2019)
height
381 m
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Schmallenberg

Schmallenberg is a Westphalian city in Sauerland in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Map of Schmallenberg

background

The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia is located on the southern border of the Hochsauerlandkreis. The main ridge of the Rothaargebirge forms, starting from Bare branches, the southern city limits. The Lenne flows around 29.8 km through the urban area in predominantly western directions. Schmallenberg was a member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages. Later, the city with the local hosiery production became the center of the Sauerland textile industry. The structure of today's town Schmallenberg with the nickname Stocking city goes back to the municipal reorganization of 1975. Since the municipal reorganization in 83, the following localities belong to the 303 square kilometers large urban area:

Almert, Altenhof, Altenilpe, Arpe, Bad Fredeburg, Berghausen, Berghof, Bödefeld, Brabecke, Bracht, Dorlar, Dornheim, Ebbinghof, Felbecke, Fleckenberg, Föckinghausen, Gellinghausen, Gleidorf, Grafschaft, Grimminghausen, Hanxleden, Harbecke, Hebbecke, Heiminghausen, Herschede , Hiege, Hoher Bone, Holthausen, Hundesossen, Huxel, Inderlenne, Jagdhaus, Keppel, Kirchilpe, Kirchrarbach, Kückelheim, Landenbeckerbruch, Lanfert, Latrop, Lengenbeck, Lenne, Mailar, Menkhausen, Mittelorpe, Mönekind, Nesselbach, Niederberndorf, Niederhenneborn, Niedersorpe Nierentrop, Nordenau, Oberberndorf, Oberhenneborn, Oberkirchen, Oberrarbach, Obersorpe, Obringhausen, Ohlenbach, Osterwald, Rehsiepen, Rellmecke, Rimberg, Rotbusch, Schanze, Schmallenberg, Selkentrop, Sellinghausen, Sellmecke, Silberg, Sögtrop, Sonderhof, Störmecke, Twismecke, Waidmannsruh, Walbecke, Werntrop, Werpe, Westernbödefeld, Westfeld, Winkhausen, Wormbach, Wulwesort

Of the more than 25,000 residents registered with their primary residence, the core town of Schmallenberg accounts for around a quarter of the population, and Bad Fredeburg for just under a sixth. Nine other districts have a population between around 500 and 1,600, 45 districts have fewer than 100 inhabitants.

getting there

Air sports, Rennefeld
Listed building, Weststrasse, core city
Listed building, Weststrasse

By plane

About four kilometers northwest of the city center is the Schmallenberg-Rennefeld special airfield (ICAO code: EDKR).

The nearest commercial airport is the Paderborn / Lippstadt Airport (ICAO code: EDLP, IATA code: PAD) near Büren, about 70 kilometers from Schmallenberg. More distant airports are the Dortmund Airport (ICAO code: EDLW, IATA code: DTM; about 90 km away) and the Cologne / Bonn Airport (ICAO code: EDDK, IATA code: CGN; about 120 km away).

By train

Trains of the Ruhr-Lippe regional transport go towards Dortmund, Brilon and Winterberg. Stops in the around 35 km away Meschede are the train stations Meschede and Freienohl. The Ruhr-Sieg route leads from Hagen to Wins. The closest train station is in Lennestadt-Altenhundem, 18 km away.

By bus

Schmallenberg with the bus lines S40 from Winterberg and 367 from Lennestadt / Altenhundem.

In the street

  • Out north about the A46 A 46
  • Out south about the A45 A 45

By bicycle

The Sauerland bike ring leads back to Finnentrop via Finnentrop, Lennestadt, Schmallenberg, Eslohe.

On foot

Schmallenberg can be reached on foot via several hiking trails of the Sauerland Mountain Association and the Sauerland Touristik.

mobility

Public transport

With the SauerlandCard you can travel by bus and train for free throughout the region. You can get the SauerlandCard directly from your host. The SauerlandCard is accepted on all bus routes in the Hochsauerland and Soest district, as well as the RE17 "Sauerland-Express", RE57 "Dortmund-Sauerland-Express" and RB55 "Upland-Bahn" lines. Cardholders also enjoy many other advantages and discounts, for example when entering amusement parks, water parks and museums.

Tourist Attractions

Monastery county
Rappelstein castle ruins

Sights include the historic town center of Schmallenberg and the church villages of Lenne, Oberkirchen and Wormbach with their parish churches and rectory houses. In addition, numerous villages in the urban area took part in the national competition “Our village should be more beautiful”. Nine villages have received the highest award “Federal Gold” in the past few years. Federal gold villages are: Fleckenberg, Grafschaft, Holthausen, Kirchrarbach, Latrop, Niedersorpe, Oberhenneborn, Oberkirchen and Westfeld.

activities

City hall and wave pool

The city hall is in the core of the city. Large and small events of all kinds take place there. Next to the town hall there is an open-air wave pool with a beach volleyball court, an adventure area for mother and child and a diving platform.

The SauerlandBad in the district of Bad Fredeburg has a "Magic Eye" slide over 100 meters long and a turbo slide with speeds of 50 to 70 km / h.

The Freizeitwelt Sauerland offers a climbing wall, a high ropes course, a water playground as well as a JUMP area and a hologate for children and families in the core city on over 3,000 m² in a large covered play and fun facility in THIKOS Kinderland.

shop

In Schmallenberg you will find numerous specialist shops, cafes and bars. The shops are open Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Individual supermarkets in the city area are open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Parking in the entire city area is free of charge.

kitchen

Listed Black Factory, Oberkirchen

The nationally known Schmallenberg cuisine offers finer specialties such as brown trout, saddle of venison with pumpernickel sauce, Schmallenberger poulard breast or venison steak. Various Sauerland specialties such as pumpernickel pancakes, wild garlic soup, Sauerland spring stew or Potthucke, a potato casserole filled with sausage, are also offered.

nightlife

There are various restaurants and bars in Schmallenberg.

accommodation

In the Schmallenberg city area, around 6,300 beds will be found in 432 holiday apartments and houses and 55 guest houses, 32 inns, 28 hotels (16 of which have their own swimming pool) and in the holiday home area Bergdorf LiebesGrün kept ready. In 2015, the establishments in the urban area with at least ten beds recorded a total of 184,085 guests and 740,335 overnight stays.

medium

Upscale

Learn

Academy Bad Fredeburg

The Academy Bad Fredeburg is the regional center for culture, education and tourism. The academy was converted and expanded into the South Westphalian Music Education Center.

Work

In Schmallenberg, in addition to the textile industry, medium-sized companies predominate, especially in industry and craft. Due to the forest and mountainous location, the timber and tourism industries are also of great importance. The companies belong to the important Schmallenberg companies Falcon group (Textile industry, largest company, Audiotec Fischer GmbH (Car-Hifi: Brax / Helix) and Burgbad AG (Bathroom furniture manufacturer based in Bad Fredeburg) and the Feldhaus company (construction and mining company).

security

The Schmallenberg police station is located in the Bad Fredburg district. Address: 57392 Schmallenberg, Mothmecke 7, Telephone: 02974 96940-3811

health

Hunau mountain ridge, Rauhes Bruch
Schmallenberg ski lift

There are four state-approved health resorts in the city. The Schmallenberger core town and Nordenau are state-approved climatic health resorts. Bad Fredeburg is a state-approved Kneipp spa. Grafschaft is a recognized climatic health resort.

  • Rothaarsteig - The 164 km long ridge path of the Rothaargebirge runs through Schmallenberg.
  • Bike paths: The Sauerland bike ring and the Lenneroute also run via Schmallenberg.
  • In the Westfeld cross-country skiing center, 4–6 km of trails are artificially snowed when there is not enough snow. In the Schmallenberg region, 80 km of trails are groomed if the snow conditions allow.

The Grafschaft monastery specialist hospital is located in the Grafschaft district. Resident specialists from many specialist areas with an emergency medical service as well as pharmacies with night duty are available.

Further information:

Practical advice

Tourist info

For further questions you can, for example, contact the Kur- & Freizeit GmbH Schmallenberger Sauerland, Poststraße 7, 57392 Schmallenberg, phone: 0 29 72/97 40-0, fax: 0 29 72/97 40-26, email: [email protected].

All four German cell phone networks are not easily available in Schmallenberg at all locations (especially in the forest areas).

trips

literature

  • City of Schmallenberg (ed.): Contributions to the history of the city of Schmallenberg 1244–1969. Schmallenberg, 1969

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