Wormbach

Stadtteil of Schmallenberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

51°10′0″N 8°15′23″E / 51.16667°N 8.25639°E / 51.16667; 8.25639CountryGermanyStateNorth Rhine-WestphaliaAdmin. regionArnsbergDistrictHochsauerlandkreis TownSchmallenberg Population • Total417Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Wormbach is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the High Sauerland District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The village has 417 inhabitants^[1] 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, Obringhausen and Schmallenberg. Schmallenberg’s aerodrome (Motorsport- und Segelflugplatz Rennefeld)^[2] is between the villages of Werpe and Wormbach. In the village centre 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.

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  „Wormek“ 1645 - Westphalia Ducatus (Duchy of Westphalia)
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  Peter and Paul Church, Wormbach