Schmallenberg | |
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 Panorama of Schmallenberg | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Schmallenberg within Hochsauerlandkreis district  | |
  Schmallenberg  Schmallenberg | |
| Coordinates: 51°08′56″N 8°17′04″E / 51.148983°N 8.284539°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Arnsberg |
| District | Hochsauerlandkreis |
| Subdivisions | 83 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Burkhard König[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 303.00 km2 (116.99 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 831 m (2,726 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 329 m (1,079 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 24,970 |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57392 |
| Dialling codes | 02971, 02972, 02974, 02975, 02977 |
| Vehicle registration | HSK |
| Website | www.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” contest.
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Stadt Schmallenberg: Kurorte [1] (in German)
- ^ WP.de: Westfeld wird offiziell zum Luftkurort [2] (in German)
- ^ Schmallenberger Sauerland: Golddörfer Schmallenberg und Eslohe [3] (in German)