Medebach | |
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Location of Medebach
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 Location of Medebach | |
  Medebach  Medebach | |
| Coordinates: 51°11′50″N 8°42′25″E / 51.19722°N 8.70694°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Arnsberg |
| District | Hochsauerlandkreis |
| Subdivisions | 10 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Thomas Grosche[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 126.05 km2 (48.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 410 m (1,350 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,108 |
| • Density | 64.32/km2 (166.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 59964 |
| Dialling codes | 02982 |
| Vehicle registration | HSK |
| Website | www.medebach.de |
Medebach (German: [ˈmeːdəbax] ⓘ) is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
[edit]Medebach is situated approximately 15 km (9 mi) east of Winterberg, 17 km (11 mi) south-west of Korbach and 45 km (28 mi) north of Marburg.
Neighbouring municipalities
[edit]Division of the town
[edit]Besides, the town center of Medebach, the municipality consists of the following districts, formerly independent villages:
- Berge with Roninghausen
- Deifeld with Wissinghausen
- Dreislar
- Düdinghausen
- Küstelberg
- Medelon
- Oberschledorn
- Referinghausen
- Titmaringhausen
International relations
[edit]Medebach is twinned with
History
[edit]The town was first mentioned in a document in 1144. It belonged to the Hanseatic League.
Medebach and its district Oberschledorn entered the international news in September 2007 during the 2007 bomb plot in Germany, when three Islamic terrorists, two Germans and a Turk, were arrested there. They had received training in Pakistan and were about to build bombs from hydrogen peroxide in a rented holiday flat.[3]
Notable inhabitants
[edit]- Henricus de Medebeke, 1347 mayor of Reval
- Caspar Vopel, cartographer, mathematician, astronomer
- Wilhelm Hohoff (1848-1923), Catholic priest
- Hermann Bergenthal, painter, Oberschledorn
- Josef Bergenthal, writer (1900-1982), („Münster steckt voller Merkwürdigkeiten“, 1935), Oberschledorn
- Thomas Seeliger (born 1966), football player
References
[edit]- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Zugriff vor dem tödlichen Knall", Spiegel Online, 5 September 2007. (in German)
External links
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- Official Medebach website—(in German)
- Touristic information (in German)
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