Medebach () is a town in the

Hochsauerland Hochsauerlandkreis (meaning “High Sauerland District” in German) is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, Höxter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, Mär ...

district, in

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Geography

Medebach is situated approximately east of

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, south-west of

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and north of

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Neighbouring municipalities

* Lichtenfels *

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Division of the town

Besides, the town center of Medebach, the municipality consists of the following districts, formerly independent villages: * ''with Roninghausen'' * ''with Wissinghausen'' * * * * * * *

International relations

Medebach is twinned with * Flag of France

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(

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) *

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(Germany)

History

The town was first mentioned in a document in 1144. It belonged to the

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. Medebach and its district Oberschledorn entered the international news in September 2007 during the

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, when three Islamic terrorists, two Germans and a Turk, were arrested there. They had received training in

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and were about to build bombs from

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in a rented holiday flat."Zugriff vor dem tödlichen Knall"
''Spiegel Online'', 5 September 2007.

Notable inhabitants

* Henricus de Medebeke, 1347 mayor of

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, cartographer, mathematician, astronomer *

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(1848-1923), Catholic priest *

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, painter, Oberschledorn *

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References

External links

Official Medebach website
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Touristic information
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