Grafschaft | |
Type: | Stadtteil |
Town: | Schmallenberg |
Image Coa: | DEU Grafschaft COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 51.1458°N 8.3253°W |
State: | NRW |
Region: | Arnsberg |
District: | Hochsauerlandkreis |
Population: | 1097 |
Stand: | 2021-12-31 |
Grafschaft is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The village has 1097 inhabitants[1] and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 410 m. The river Grafschaft flows through the village. Grafschaft borders on the villages of Schmallenberg, Gleidorf, Winkhausen, Almert, Störmecke and Latrop.
In 1072 a Benedictine monastery of Grafschaft was founded in Grafschaft on a site at the foot of the Wilzenberg mountain, by St. Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne.[2] The village used to belong to the municipality of Grafschaft in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.