Sundern () is a town in the

Hochsauerland Hochsauerlandkreis (, ) is a (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, Höxter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, Märkischer Kreis. The district is named “High Saue ...

district, in

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. The name Sundern is common in

Westphalia Westphalia (; ; ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants. The territory of the region is almost identical with the h ...

, as it means "ground given away for private usage" in the Westphalian dialect.

Geography

Sundern is situated approximately south-west of

Arnsberg Arnsberg (; ) is a town in the Hochsauerland county, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the location of the Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg (region), Arnsberg administration and one of the three local administration offices of the Ho ...

. Around Sundern extends the nature park ''Homert'' which attracts tourists, many from the

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. Winter tourism is also substantial, primarily in the municipality ''Wildewiese'' with its skiing area. The Sorpesee, an artificial lake, is used by watersportsmen, campers and

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Neighbouring municipalities

Division of the town

Sundern consists of 16 ''Ortschaften'' (subdivisions):Hauptsatzung der Stadt Sundern (Sauerland) vom 16.05.2017
§3, Stadt Sundern * Allendorf * Altenhellefeld * Amecke * Endorf * Enkhausen * Hachen * Hagen * Hellefeld * Hövel * Langscheid * Linnepe * Meinkenbracht * Stemel * Stockum * Sundern * Westenfeld

International relations

Sundern is twinned with: * Benet (

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) *

Schirgiswalde Schirgiswalde (, , ) is a town and a former municipality in the Bautzen (district), district of Bautzen in Saxony in eastern Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Schirgiswalde-Kirschau. Torfou (

)

Architectural structures

Schomberg Observation Tower Schomberg Observation Tower is a German observation tower that was constructed in 2005 and was finished in 2006. It is a steel Lattice tower, truss tower that is used for observation, at the same time, used for mobile phone services. The tower is 6 ...

Industry

The main industries of Sundern are several domestic and industrial lighting companies, household appliances and packaging businesses. SEVERIN Elektrogeräte GmbH has its headquarters in Sundern.

Notable people

* William Danne, actor *Joseph Machalke, priest * Andrea Renzullo, singer and finalist in season 4 of "'' Das Supertalent''" * Heinrich Luebke, German President from 1959 to 1969, born in Enkhausen

References

External links

Official site
Hochsauerlandkreis {{Hochsauerlandkreis-geo-stub