Gleidorf is a locality in the municipality
Schmallenberg
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in the
High Sauerland District in
North Rhine-Westphalia
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,
Germany
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.
The village has 1371 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 393 m. The river
Lenne
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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
A was originally the name given to the administrative area in the Holy Roman Empire over which a count, or , presided as judge. It is often, therefore, translated as 'county'. The term has survived as a placename in German-speaking countries, for ...
,
Holthausen and
Winkhausen.
The first written document mentioning ''Gleidorf'' dates from 1072 in a charter from
Grafschaft Abbey
Grafschaft Abbey () is a community of the Sisters of Mercy of Saint Charles Borromeo, formerly a Benedictine Order, Benedictine monastery, in Schmallenberg-Grafschaft (Schmallenberg), Grafschaft in the Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ...
of
bishop Anno of Cologne. The village used to belong to the municipality of Grafschaft in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.
Statistisches Bundesamt
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(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, , S. 335 f.
Gallery
File:Herz Jesu Schmallenberg.jpg, Sacred Heart church
File:Schmallenberg-Gleidorf Sauerland Ost 208 pk.jpg, Village center
External links
Gleidorf
References
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Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia
Schmallenberg