Lennestadt

Geschichte

Lennestadt lies in the Sauerland in southeast North Rhine-Westphalia and is a community in Olpe district. It is the district’s most populous municipality. Lennestadt itself is not an actual town but a community which comprises several towns and villages.GeographyLennestadt lies at the common point of the Ebbegebirge, Homert and Rothaargebirge Nature Parks and is crossed by the river Lenne, a tributary to the Ruhr. Besides the Hundem, which empties into the Lenne in the outlying centre of Altenhundem, the Veischede also feeds this river.Lennestadt’s position is 51° 03' to 51° 12' N, 7° 58' to 8° 15' E. The town’s highest point is the Härdler, and its lowest is on the Lenne near Borghausen .Neighbouring communitiesLennestadt borders in the north on the communities of Eslohe and Finnentrop, in the east on Schmallenberg and Bad Berleburg, in the south on Kirchhundem, and in the west on the towns of Attendorn and Olpe.Constituent communitiesWithin Lennestadt’s municipal area lie the following centres:Altenhundem, Altenvalbert, Bilstein, Bonzel, Bonzelerhammer, Brenschede, Bruchhausen, Burbecke, Elspe, Elsperhusen, Einsiedelei, Germaniahütte, Gleierbrück, Grevenbrück, Habbecke, Hachen, Haus Hilmecke,Haus Valbert, Halberbracht, Hengstebeck, Hespecke, Kickenbach, Kirchveischede, Kracht, Langenei, Maumke, Meggen, Melbecke, Milchenbach, Oberelspe, Obermelbecke, Obervalbert, Oedingen, Oedingermühle, Oedingerberg, Saalhausen, Sporke, Stöppel, Theten and Trockenbrück.