Medebach () is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in

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Geography

Medebach is situated approximately east of

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, south-west of Korbach and north of

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Neighbouring municipalities

* Korbach * Lichtenfels * Willingen *

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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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 2007 bomb plot in Germany, 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 Reval * Caspar Vopelius, cartographer, mathematician, astronomer * Wilhelm Hohoff (1848-1923), Catholic priest * Hermann Bergenthal, painter, Oberschledorn * Josef Bergenthal, writer (1900-1982), („Münster steckt voller Merkwürdigkeiten“, 1935), Oberschledorn *

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(born 1966), football player

References

External links

Official Medebach website
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Touristic information
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