Medebach (German: [ˈmeːdəˌbax] ) is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Location of Medebach within Hochsauerlandkreis district  | |
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| 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/km2 (170/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 |
Geography
editMedebach 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
editDivision of the town
editBesides, 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
editMedebach is twinned with
History
editThe 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.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "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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