Gleidorf

Stadtteil of Schmallenberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Gleidorf

51°9′52″N 8°18′46″E / 51.16444°N 8.31278°E / 51.16444; 8.31278CountryGermanyStateNorth Rhine-WestphaliaAdmin. regionArnsbergDistrictHochsauerlandkreis TownSchmallenberg Population

(2021-12-31)

• Total1,371Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)

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]

Gallery

Sacred Heart church
Village center

External links

Gleidorf (in German)

References

^ Schmallenberg.de: Inhabitants Archived 2023-03-23 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
^ Statistisches Bundesamt (Hrsg.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart/Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1, S. 335 f.