Wormbach 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 417 inhabitants and lies in the north of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 500 m. Wormbach borders on the villages of
Werpe,
Felbecke,
Berghausen,
Ebbinghof
Ebbinghof is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The village has 23 inhabitants and lies in the north of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 420 m. ...
,
Obringhausen and Schmallenberg. Schmallenberg’s aerodrome (Motorsport- und Segelflugplatz Rennefeld)
Rennefeld.de (in German)
/ref> is between the villages of Werpe and Wormbach. In the village centre the Kreisstraße
A Kreisstraße (, or 'county road') is a class of road in Germany. It carries traffic between the towns and villages within a ''Districts of Germany, Kreis'' or district or between two neighbouring districts. In importance, the ''Kreisstraße'' ...
25 meets the Kreisstraße 31.
The first written document mentioning ''Worunbach'' dates from 1072 in a charter from Grafschaft Abbey of bishop Anno of Cologne. The village used to belong to the municipality of Wormbach in Amt Schmallenberg until the end of 1974.
Gallery
File:Raum Schmallenberg, Auszug aus Blaeu 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus.jpg, „Wormek“ 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus (Duchy of Westphalia)
File:Wormbach (Schmallenberg) St. Peter und Paul 725.jpg, Peter and Paul Church, Wormbach
References
External links
Hochsauerland-hoehenstrasse.de: Wormbach
{{Authority control
Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia
Schmallenberg