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Grafschaft (Schmallenberg)

Grafschaft
Stadtteil of Schmallenberg
Schmallenberg-Grafschaft Sauerland-Ost 091.jpg
Grafschaft  is located in Germany
Grafschaft
Grafschaft
Coordinates: 51°8′45″N 8°19′31″E / 51.14583°N 8.32528°E / 51.14583; 8.32528Coordinates: 51°8′45″N 8°19′31″E / 51.14583°N 8.32528°E / 51.14583; 8.32528
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Schmallenberg
District Hochsauerlandkreis
Town Schmallenberg
Population (2016-12-31)
 • Total 1,071
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Grafschaft is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The village has 1071 inhabitantsand 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.


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