Rellmecke is a locality in the municipality

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has 9 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 490 m. Rellmecke borders on the villages of Niedersorpe and Mittelsorpe. The river Sorpe flows through the hamlet. Rellmecke used to belong to the municipality of Oberkirchen in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.

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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.

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