Schmallenberg is located in the southeast of the
Sauerland mountainous landscape. The
Rothaar Mountains make up a part of the town's territory. Through the central town flows the river
Lenne. It is situated (linear distances): • 14 miles (22 km) south of
Meschede (capital of the
High Sauerland District) • 20 miles (33 km) southeast of
Arnsberg (most populous town of the district and capital of the larger
Governmental District of
Arnsberg) • 44 miles (70 km) southeast of
Dortmund (most populous city of the governmental district, of the
Ruhr Metropolitan Area and of
Westphalia.) • 60 miles (96 km) northeast of
Cologne (most populous city of the state of
North Rhine-Westphalia and of the Northern
Rhineland) • 66 miles (106 km) southeast of
Düsseldorf (capital of the state) • 238 miles (383 km) southwest of
Berlin (capital and most populous city of
Germany)
Neighboring towns and municipalities Schmallenberg in the north borders on the Municipality of
Bestwig and the Town of
Meschede, in the east on the Town of
Winterberg, in the south on the Town of
Bad Berleburg, and in the west on the Municipality of
Eslohe (Sauerland) and the Town of
Lennestadt.
Town divisions In the 1975 local government reorganization in the
Sauerland and
Paderborn the already existing Town of Schmallenberg was merged with the
Town of Fredeburg (“Bad Fredeburg” today) and with the
Municipalities of
Berghausen, Bödefeld-Land, Dorlar, Fleckenberg, Freiheit Bödefeld, Grafschaft, Lenne, Oberkirchen, Rarbach and
Wormbach which consisted of a total of 82
villages and
hamlets. On December 31, 2019 the modern Town of Schmallenberg had 25,146 inhabitants by main residence in the following 83 places: • Schmallenberg (central town) (6,100) •
Bad Fredeburg (3,900) •
Fleckenberg (1,545) •
Gleidorf (1,378) •
Bödefeld (1,126) •
Grafschaft (1,096) •
Dorlar (879) •
Oberkirchen (788) •
Westfeld (734) •
Holthausen (567) •
Bracht (454) •
Wormbach (403) •
Oberhenneborn (385) •
Lenne (348) •
Westernbödefeld (338) •
Kirchrarbach (277) •
Arpe (238) •
Niederberndorf (229) •
Niedersorpe (227) •
Nordenau (226) •
Berghausen (218) •
Winkhausen (212) •
Werpe (209) •
Brabecke (204) •
Sellinghausen (183) •
Latrop (177) •
Altenilpe (160) •
Huxel (150) •
Felbecke (144) • Selkentrop (143) •
Harbecke (132) •
Mailar (126) •
Gellinghausen (118) •
Rehsiepen (112) •
Sögtrop (106) • Heiminghausen (102) •
Menkhausen (96) • Osterwald (91) •
Kückelheim (80) • Niederhenneborn (67) • Jagdhaus (66) • Werntrop (66) •
Grimminghausen (58) • Hundesossen (56) • Lengenbeck (55) • Ohlenbach (53) • Obersorpe (51) •
Oberrarbach (50) • Oberberndorf (49) • Inderlenne (47) • Schanze (42) •
Obringhausen (39) • Dornheim (38) •
Kirchilpe (36) • Mittelsorpe (33) • Herschede (27) • Nierentrop (27) •
Ebbinghof (26) • Mönekind (26) • Walbecke (23) •
Sellmecke (16) • Vorwald (16) • Hanxleden (15) • Altenhof (13) •
Almert (13) • Nesselbach (13) • Twismecke (11) •
Föckinghausen (10) • Berghof (10) •
Rellmecke (9) • Hebbecke (9) • Hoher Knochen (9) • Wulwesort (9) •
Rotbusch (8) •
Sonderhof (7) • Keppel (7) •
Rimberg (7) •
Lanfert (6) •
Landenbeckerbruch (6) • Waidmannsruh (6) • Silberg (4) • Hiege (3) •
Störmecke (3)
Twin towns Schmallenberg twin towns are: •
Burgess Hill (
United Kingdom) •
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