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

Grafschaft
Stadtteil of Schmallenberg
Coat of arms
Location of Grafschaft
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Coordinates: 51°8′45″N 8°19′31″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Hochsauerlandkreis
Town	Schmallenberg
Population  (2021-12-31)
• Total	1,097
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

The village has 1097 inhabitants[1] and 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.[2] The village used to belong to the municipality of Grafschaft in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

Gallery

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  „Gravelcop“ 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus (Duchy of Westphalia)
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  Vogtei Grafschaft, 1697
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  Grafschaft, 1903
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  St. Georg Church, 1963

External links

• Grafschaft (in German)

References

На других языках

[de] Grafschaft (Schmallenberg)