Herscheid

Herscheid (; ) is a municipality in the southern Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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German place.name: Herscheid
German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_photo: Herscheid - Am Markt 02 ies.jpg
German place.image_coa: DEU Herscheid COA.svg
German place.image_plan: Herscheid in MK.svg
German place.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
German place.region: Arnsberg
German place.district: Märkischer Kreis
German place.elevation: 250 - 663
German place.area: 59.4
German place.postal_code: 58849
German place.area_code: 02357
German place.licence: MK
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 9 62 020
German place.website: www.herscheid.de
German place.mayor: Uwe Schmalenbach
German place.leader_term: 2020–25
German place.party: Independent

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Herscheid
Population: 6917
Area: 59.4
Elevation: 430
Official website: www.herscheid.de
Image: Herscheid-Rathaus1-Bubo.JPG
Dialing code: 02357
Licence plate code: MK

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Commons category: Herscheid
postal code: 58849
Commons gallery: Herscheid
P6814: Herscheid
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native label: Herscheid
hashtag: Herscheid

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Herscheid (; ) is a municipality in the southern Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

==Geography== Herscheid is located in the Ebbegebirge ("Ebbe Mountains"), a part of the Sauerland mountains. Altitudes in the municipality extend from 250m above sea level in the valley of the Schwarze Ahe up to the highest elevation, the high Nordhelle. The municipality covers an area of , of which 58% is forest and 33% is used agriculturally. Most of the area is protected as a nature reserve, the Naturpark Ebbegebirge.