Latrop 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 ...

. The village has 176 inhabitants and lies in the south of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 430 m. The river

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 ...

flows through the village. Latrop borders on the villages of

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- ...

, Störmecke, Schanze, Jagdhaus, Waidmannsruh and

Fleckenberg Fleckenberg is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 1544 inhabitants Statistisches Bundesamt The Federal Statistical Office (german: Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. 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, Stuttgart/Mainz 1983, , S. 335 f. Latrop was awarded gold for its beauty in the national competition “Our village has a future”.

Gallery

File:St. Josef Kapelle, Filialkirche der Kath. Kirchengemeinde Grafschaft (1906-1907) vom Dombaumeister zu Aachen (Prof. Josef Buchkremer) - panoramio (1).jpg, Chapel St. Josef File:Schmallenberg-Latrop, Alte Mühle.jpg, Old watermill File:Hotel Hanses-Bräutigam in Schmallenberg-Latrop - panoramio.jpg, Street in Latrop File:Bach_in_Latrop_-_panoramio.jpg, River Latrop

External links

Latrop

References

{{Authority control Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia Schmallenberg