Gleidorf Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.schmallenberg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/Stadtinfo/2021_12_31_Einwohnerzahlen.pdf Schmallenberg.de: Inhabitants
  2. [Federal Statistical Office of Germany|Statistisches Bundesamt]