Nordenau 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 ...

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. The village has 209 inhabitantsSchmallenberg.de: Inhabitants
and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 584 m. The river Nesselbach flows through the village. Nordenau borders on the villages of Nesselbach, Lengenbeck, Inderlenne, Westfeld and Ohlenbach. Around 1200 the castle Norderna (today Rappelstein castle ruin) was built by the noblemen by

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- ...

beside the old Heidenstraße. The village used to belong to the municipality of Oberkirchen in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

Gallery

File:Raum Schmallenberg, Auszug aus Blaeu 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus.jpg, „Nordena“ 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus (Duchy of Westphalia) File:Nordenau_1914.jpg, Nordenau 1914 (with the old chapel) File:Ruine Rappelstein mit Turmspitze St Hubertus.JPG, Rappelstein castle ruin File:Kirche Nordenau-3.jpg, St. Hubertus Church

External links

Nordenau

References

{{Authority control Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia Schmallenberg