Lenne is a locality in the municipality
Schmallenberg in the
High Sauerland District in
North Rhine-Westphalia
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,
Germany
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The village has 371 inhabitants
Schmallenberg.de: Inhabitants
and lies in the west of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 350 m. Through the village leads the Bundesstraße
''Bundesstraße'' (German for "federal highway"), abbreviated ''B'', is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.
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236. In the village flows the stream Uentrop coming from the Uentroptal in the river Lenne
The Lenne is a tributary of the river Ruhr in the Sauerland hills, western Germany. It has caused flooding in recent years.
Having its source on top of the ''Kahler Asten'' near Winterberg in an intermittent spring at an elevation of , the Len ...
. Lenne borders on the villages of Fleckenberg
Fleckenberg is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The village has 1544 inhabitantsHarbecke
Harbecke is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The village has 123 inhabitants and lies in the west of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 395 m ...
.
The first written document mentioning ''Leno'' dates from 1072 in a charter from 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 ...
of bishop Anno of Cologne. The village used to belong to the municipality of Lenne in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.
Gallery
File:Raum_Schmallenberg,_Auszug_aus_Blaeu_1645_-_Westphalia_Ducatus.jpg, „Lenne“ 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus (Duchy of Westphalia)
File:Kirche_Lenne-2.jpg, St. Vinzentius Church
External links
Lenne.de
References
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Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia
Schmallenberg