Niedersorpe is a locality in the municipality

Schmallenberg Schmallenberg (; ) is a town and a Luftkurort, climatic health resort in the Hochsauerlandkreis, High Sauerland District, Germany. By area, it is the :de:Liste der 100 flächengrößten Städte und Gemeinden Deutschlands, third biggest of all cit ...

in the High Sauerland District in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. The village has 229 inhabitantsSchmallenberg.de: Inhabitants
and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 432 m. The river Sorpe flows through the village. Niedersorpe borders on the villages of Holthausen,

Rellmecke Rellmecke is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The hamlet has 9 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 490 m. Re ...

, Oberkirchen, Winkhausen and

Gleidorf Gleidorf is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The village has 1371 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 393 m. T ...

. The first written document mentioning ''Suropo'' 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 Oberkirchen in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

Gallery

File:Raum Schmallenberg, Auszug aus Blaeu 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus.jpg, „Nederen Sarepe“ 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus (Duchy of Westphalia) File: Kapelle St. Sebastian (Niedersorpe).jpg, St. Sebastian Chapel File:Sorpe Fluss.jpg, River Sorpe

External links

Sorpetal.de: Niedersorpe

References

{{Authority control Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia Schmallenberg