Medebach () is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography Medebach is situated approximately east of Winterberg, south-west of Korbach and north of Marburg.
Neighbouring municipalities
Korbach Lichtenfels Willingen Winterberg
Division of the town Besides, the town center of Medebach, the municipality consists of the following districts, formerly independent villages:
with Roninghausen with Wissinghausen
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 German citizens 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."Zugriff vor dem tödlichen Knall", Spiegel Online, 5 September 2007.
Population
International relations
Medebach is twinned with Locminé (France) Worbis (Germany)
Notable inhabitants 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
External links
Official Medebach website— Touristic information