Gleidorf | |
Type: | Stadtteil |
Town: | Schmallenberg |
Image Coa: | Wappen_von_Gleidorf.png |
Coordinates: | 51.1644°N 8.3128°W |
State: | NRW |
Region: | Arnsberg |
District: | Hochsauerlandkreis |
Population: | 1371 |
Stand: | 2021-12-31 |
Gleidorf is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The village has 1371 inhabitants[1] and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 393 m. The river Lenne flows through the village. In the village centre the B 236 federal road meets the B 511. Gleidorf borders on the villages of Schmallenberg, Bad Fredeburg, Grafschaft, Holthausen and Winkhausen.
The first written document mentioning Gleidorf dates from 1072 in a charter from Grafschaft Abbey of bishop Anno of Cologne. The village used to belong to the municipality of Grafschaft in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.[2]