After an economically quiet period during the 16th century, the new iron hammer technology put the city back on the map. Around 1350 there were about 800 living in the town. The origins of the narrow castle lie in a castle complex that belonged to Cologne, and in 1244 the curtain-walled settlement was officially elevated to city status by Konrad von Hochstaden, Archbishop of Cologne.ĭuring the Middle Ages, textile and ironmongery trades were the main industries in Schmallenberg. ![]() "Alexander de Smalenburg" is said to have given his name to the city of Schmallenberg. The Benedictine monastery began in 1072 near Schmallenberg on a site at the foot of the Wilzenberg mountain, by Saint Anno, Archbishop of Cologne. Lennestadt borders in the north on the communities of Bestwig and Meschede, in the east on Winterberg, in the south on Bad Berleburg, and in the west on the towns of Eslohe and Lennestadt. ![]() ![]() It is about 25 kilometres south of Meschede, and 120 kilometres from Köln (Cologne). Schmallenberg is located in the middle of the Sauerland ( Rothaargebirge).
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