Medebach
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
- with Roninghausen
- with Wissinghausen
International relations
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.
Notable inhabitants
- Henricus de Medebeke, 1347 mayor of Reval
- Caspar Vopel, cartographer, mathematician, astronomer
- Wilhelm Hohoff, Catholic priest
- Hermann Bergenthal, painter, Oberschledorn
- Josef Bergenthal, writer,, Oberschledorn
- Thomas Seeliger, football player