Medebach

Medebach
250px
Coat of arms of Medebach Coat of arms
Medebach
Location of Medebach within Hochsauerlandkreis district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Hochsauerlandkreis
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Grosche (CDU)
Area
• Total	126.05 km2 (48.67 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	7,857
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	59964
Dialling codes	02982
Vehicle registration	HSK
Website	www.medebach.de

File:MedebachPfarrkirche.jpg

Church

Medebach is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

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

• Korbach
• Lichtenfels
• Willingen
• Winterberg

Division of the town

Medebach consists of the following districts:

Medebach Berge Deifeld Dreislar Düdinghausen Küstelberg

Medelon Oberschledorn Referinghausen Titmaringhausen Wissinghausen

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Medebach is twinned with

• Locminé (France)
• Worbis (Germany)

History

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.

Notable inhabitants

• Henricus de Medebeke, 1347 mayor of Reval
• Caspar Vopelius, cartographer, mathematician, astronomer
• Wilhelm Hohoff
• Hermann Bergenthal, painter, Oberschledorn
• Josef Bergenthal, writer („Münster steckt voller Merkwürdigkeiten“, 1935), Oberschledorn

External links

• Official Medebach website—(German)
• Touristic information (German)