Schmallenberg

Schmallenberg
Panorama of Schmallenberg
Coat of arms of Schmallenberg
Location of Schmallenberg within Hochsauerlandkreis district
HesseSiegen-WittgensteinHöxter (district)Olpe (district)Paderborn (district)Soest (district)Märkischer KreisOlsbergMeschedeWinterbergMarsbergBestwigEsloheSundernHallenbergMedebachBrilonSchmallenbergArnsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Schmallenberg is located in Germany
Schmallenberg
Schmallenberg
Schmallenberg is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Schmallenberg
Schmallenberg
Coordinates: 51°08′56″N 8°17′04″E / 51.148983°N 8.284539°E / 51.148983; 8.284539
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionArnsberg
DistrictHochsauerlandkreis
Subdivisions83
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Burkhard König[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total303.00 km2 (116.99 sq mi)
Highest elevation
831 m (2,726 ft)
Lowest elevation
329 m (1,079 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total24,970
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57392
Dialling codes02971, 02972, 02974, 02975, 02977
Vehicle registrationHSK
Websitewww.schmallenberg.de

Schmallenberg (Westphalian: Smalmereg) is a town and a climatic health resort in the High Sauerland District, Germany. By area, it is the third biggest of all cities and towns of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the second biggest of the region of Westphalia.

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 five[3][4] health resorts and nine[5] villages which have been awarded gold for their beauty in the nationwide “Our village has a future [de]” contest.

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  3. ^ Stadt Schmallenberg: Kurorte [1] (in German)
  4. ^ WP.de: Westfeld wird offiziell zum Luftkurort [2] (in German)
  5. ^ Schmallenberger Sauerland: Golddörfer Schmallenberg und Eslohe [3] (in German)