Schmallenberg

Schmallenberg
Distant views of Schmallenberg old town (1st and 4th row), and Oststraße (2nd row), Weststraße and Wood and Tourism Center (Holz- und Touristikzentrum) (3rd row)
Coat of arms
Schmallenberg
Location of Schmallenberg within Hochsauerland district
Coordinates: 51°08′56″N 8°17′04″E / 51.148983°N 8.284539°E / 51.148983; 8.284539Coordinates: 51°08′56″N 8°17′04″E / 51.148983°N 8.284539°E / 51.148983; 8.284539
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Hochsauerland
Government
• Mayor	Bernhard Halbe (CDU)
Area
• Total	303.00 km2 (116.99 sq mi)
Elevation	329-831 m (−2,397 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	25,230
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	57392
Dialling codes	02971, 02972, 02974, 02975, 02977
Vehicle registration	HSK
Website	www.schmallenberg.de

Schmallenberg is a town and a climatic health resort in the High Sauerland District, Germany. Relating to its size of 117 square miles (303 square kilometers) it is the of all cities and towns of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the second biggest of Westphalia. It also has the biggest area of all cities and towns in North Rhine-Westphalia that are not independent but belong to a district.

With small Schmallenberg central town and the rural Bad Fredeburg Kneipp health resort the town has two urban settlements. Additionally, 82 villages and hamlets belong to the town's territory. Also being called “the Schmallenberg Sauerland”, the Town of Schmallenberg is famous for its total of four health resorts and nine villages which have been awarded gold for their beauty in the nationwide contest.

Schmallenberg is located in the southeast of the Sauerland mountainous landscape. The Rothaar Mountains make up a part of the town's territory.

It is situated (linear distances):

Schmallenberg in the north borders on the Municipality of Bestwig and the Town of Meschede, in the east on the Town of Winterberg, in the south on the Town of Bad Berleburg, and in the west on the Municipality of Eslohe (Sauerland) and the Town of Lennestadt.

In the 1975 communal area reforms in the Sauerland and Paderborn the already existing Town of Schmallenberg was merged with the Town of Fredeburg (“Bad Fredeburg” today) and with the Municipalities of Berghausen, Bödefeld-Land, Dorlar, Fleckenberg, Freiheit Bödefeld, Grafschaft, Lenne, Oberkirchen, Rarbach and Wormbach which consisted of a total of 82 villages and hamlets.