Huxel 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
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,
Germany
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.
The village has 147 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 470 m. The river Westernah flows through the village. Huxel borders on the villages of
Bad Fredeburg
Bad Fredeburg is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The village has 3989 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 448 ...
and
Holthausen.
The place was mentioned in the 14th century in the records of the
Grafschaft Abbey
Grafschaft Abbey (german: Kloster Grafschaft) is a community of the Sisters of Mercy of Saint Charles Borromeo, formerly a Benedictine monastery, in Schmallenberg-Grafschaft in the Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
First foundation
...
. The village used to belong to the municipality of
Oberkirchen in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.
Statistisches Bundesamt
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The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and ...
(Hrsg.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982. W. Kohlhammer
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History
Kohlhammer Verlag was founded in Stuttgart on 30 April 1866 by . Kohlhammer had taken over the businesses of his late father-in-law ...
, Stuttgart/Mainz 1983, , S. 335 f.
Gallery
File:Raum Schmallenberg, Auszug aus Blaeu 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus.jpg, „Huxe“ 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus (Duchy of Westphalia)
File:Westernah_(Huxel).jpg, Westernah near Huxel
External links
Holthausen-Huxel.de
References
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Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia
Schmallenberg