Schmallenberg

Schmallenberg

Understand Schmallenberg is the third-largest municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Münster, with a population of 25,000 in 2020, 6,100 of whom live in the main town. Of course that's only if you go by area – it's also remarkably sparse in population compared to most other parts of NRW. The municipality covers more than 300 km² and consists of the town 51.1536118.2852781 Schmallenberg and about 80 villages and hamlets that were incorporated into Schmallenberg in 1975. The whole area shares a single postal code (57392) and street addresses will not tell you whether a place is located in the core town Schmallenberg or far away in one of the surrounding villages. History Aerial view of the historic town centre with its characteristic parallel main roads Archaeological records suggests that the area has been inhabited since the iron age (around 200 BC). Remains of a hillfort from that time can still be seen on top of the Wilzenberg mountain to the east of the town. Written records start with the foundation of the Grafschaft…

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