page_title: Schmallenberg
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Schmallenberg / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Fotoflug Sauerland-Ost, Schmallenberg-Grafschaft, Fraunhofer-Institut für Molekularbiologie und Angewandte Oekologie The making of this document was supported by the Community-Budget of Wikimedia Germany. To see other files made with the support of Wikimedia Germany, please see the category Supported by Wikimedia Deutschland. Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| français&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Schmallenberg 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.
  With small 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.
context_section_description: Since the 19th century Schmallenberg traditionally was one of the Sauerland's centers of textile industry. The largest company today is the Falke company. That's why the town received the nickname die Strumpfstadt (“the sock town”). Today, 25 per cent of the population work in forest and wood economy or in tourism. In 2016 there were 9,503 jobs based on social insurances.
  Major Schmallenberg companies are:
  Falke KGaA (in English) (textile industry, 2019: 3,325 employees)
  Feldhaus (in German) (construction company, 2019: 700 employees)
  Burgbad AG (in English) (hidden champions, bathroom furniture manufacturer with headquarters in Bad Fredeburg, 2019: 650 employees)
caption: Fraunhofer Institute
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