museum
Nationales Automuseum – The Loh Collection
Opened in 2023 in rural Hesse, this 7,500 m² museum parades some 150 milestone cars, from pre-war Grand Prix machines to Le Mans winners and modern hypercars.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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Schmallenberg
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe
About Schmallenberg
Schmallenberg sits on the route: 10 minutes from Bad Fredeburg, 49km from Kellerwald-Edersee National Park.
Schmallenberg is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with about 26,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Bad Fredeburg, about 4 km away.
Schmallenberg (German pronunciation: [ˈʃmalənbɛʁk] ; Westphalian: Smalmereg) is a town and a climatic health resort in the High Sauerland District, Germany. By area, it is the third biggest of all cities and towns of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the second biggest of the region of Westphalia.
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Schmallenberg central town and the rural Bad Fredeburg Kneipp health resort the town has two urban settlements. Additionally, 82 villages and hamlets belong to the town's territory. Also being called “the Schmallenberg Sauerland”, the Town of Schmallenberg is famous for its total of five health resorts and nine villages which have been awarded gold for their beauty in the nationwide “Our village has a future” contest.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Schmallenberg?
Within an hour or so of Schmallenberg: Nationales Automuseum – The Loh Collection (35 km), Freudenberg Alter Flecken (40 km), Kellerwald-Edersee National Park (49 km), Edersee (53 km).
Are there any good drives near Schmallenberg?
The nearest famous roads are Schottenring and Mosel Valley Wine Route.
Where is Schmallenberg?
Schmallenberg is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 4 km from Bad Fredeburg.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 26,132
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 51.1547, 8.2851
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Schmallenberg
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
Freudenberg Alter Flecken
From the Kurpark steps, Freudenberg's Alter Flecken, rows of near-identical black-and-white half-timbered gables rebuilt after a 1666 fire: lines up into one of Germany's most graphic photographs.
40 km · about 45 min drive
national park
Kellerwald-Edersee National Park
One of Germany's largest beech forests, this UNESCO wilderness shelters ancient trees, wildcats and red deer above the Eder.
49 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Edersee
A vast forest-fringed reservoir in Kellerwald National Park, famed for its dam, sailing and a sunken village at low water.
53 km · about 60 min drive
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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