Gellinghausen

Gellinghausen is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Gellinghausen
Location of Gellinghausen
Gellinghausen  is located in Germany
Gellinghausen
Gellinghausen
Gellinghausen  is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Gellinghausen
Gellinghausen
Coordinates: 51°14′41″N 8°21′31″E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionArnsberg
DistrictHochsauerlandkreis
TownSchmallenberg
Population
 (2021-12-31)
  Total97
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)

The village has 97 inhabitants[1] and lies in the north of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 480 m. Gellinghausen borders on the villages of Westernbödefeld, Bödefeld, Osterwald, Rimberg, Oberrarbach and Dornheim. The Gellinghausen brook flows through the village. The Landstraße 776 on the outskirts runs parallel to Dorfstrasse.

Gellinghausen was first mentioned in 1280 in a document. The village used to belong to the municipality of Bödefeld Land in Amt Fredeburg until the end of 1974. [2]

References

  1. Schmallenberg.de: Inhabitants (in German)
  2. Statistisches Bundesamt (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, ISBN 3-17-003263-1, S. 335 f.
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