Grafschaft is a locality in the municipality
Schmallenberg
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 o ...
in the
High Sauerland District in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
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The village has 1097 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 410 m. The river
Grafschaft
A ''Grafschaft'' was originally the name given to the administrative area in the Holy Roman Empire over which a count, or ''Graf'', presided as judge. It is often, therefore, translated as 'county'. The term has survived as a placename in German- ...
flows through the village. Grafschaft borders on the villages of Schmallenberg,
Gleidorf
Gleidorf is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The village has 1371 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 393 m. T ...
,
Winkhausen,
Almert,
Störmecke and
Latrop
Latrop is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows from the village of Latrop to Waidmannsruh and in Fleckenberg into the Lenne.
See also
*List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
A list of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia, German ...
.
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
The Archbishop of Cologne is an archbishop governing the Archdiocese of Cologne of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and is also a historical state in the Rhine holding the birthplace of Beethoven and northern Rhineland-Palati ...
.
[Karl Hopf: ''Grafschaft (Dynasten und Kloster)'']
S. 213 ff. (Google-Books)
in J. S. Ersch, J. G. Gruber: Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, Erste Section, A–G, Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1864
The village used to belong to the municipality of Grafschaft in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.
Gallery
File:Raum Schmallenberg, Auszug aus Blaeu 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus.jpg, „Gravelcop“ 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus (Duchy of Westphalia)
File:Karte_Umgebung_Kloster_Grafschaft_1697.JPG, Vogtei Grafschaft, 1697
File:Grafschaft 1903.jpg, Grafschaft, 1903
File:Schmallenberg-Grafschaft_-_St._Georg.jpg, St. Georg Church, 1963
External links
Grafschaft
References
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Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia
Schmallenberg