Marsberg () is a town in the

Hochsauerland Hochsauerlandkreis (, ) is a (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, Höxter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, Märkischer Kreis. The district is named “High Saue ...

district, in

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History

Although its origins are obscure, Marsberg was a prospering town by the 13th century (it was even minting coins). It was a free city until 1807, when it was incorporated into the

Kingdom of Westphalia The Kingdom of Westphalia was a client state of First French Empire, France in present-day Germany that existed from 1807 to 1813. While formally independent, it was ruled by Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte. It was named after Westphalia, ...

, until 1813. After two years of independent government, it was added to Prussia in 1815.

Geography

It is situated on the river

Diemel The Diemel () is a river in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a western and orographically left tributary of the Weser. It is the first, and therefore southernmost, of the larger Weser tributaries after its formation by the confluen ...

, approx. 20 km east of

Brilon Brilon (; ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which belongs to the Hochsauerlandkreis. Geography Brilon is on the Brilon Heights, at an altitude of about 450m, and the upper reaches of the river Möhne. The town lies between the Ar ...

and 30 km south of

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn (district), Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pade ...

Neighbouring municipalities

* Bad Arolsen * Bad Wünnenberg *

Diemelsee The Diemelsee or Diemel Reservoir () is a reservoir with a surface area of 1.65 km² and about capacity of 19.9 million m³ on the River Diemel in the counties of Waldeck-Frankenberg in North Hesse, and Hochsauerlandkreis, Westpha ...

* Diemelstadt * Lichtenau * Warburg

Town division

Marsberg consists of the following 17 districts: * Beringhausen * Borntosten * Bredelar * Canstein * Erlinghausen * Essentho * Giershagen * Heddinghausen * Helminghausen * Leitmar * Meerhof * Niedermarsberg *

Obermarsberg Obermarsberg is one of seventeen Quarter (country subdivision), quarters in the municipality of Marsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the site of an Old Saxon hillfort and refuge castle, the Eresburg, on a hill 130m above t ...

* Oesdorf * Padberg * Udorf * Westheim

International relations

Marsberg is twinned with: * Lillers (

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) *

Rustenburg Rustenburg (; , Afrikaans and Dutch language, Dutch: ''City of Rest'') is a town at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West (South African province), North West province, South Africa (549 ...

(

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)

Notable people

* Lissy Ishag (born 1979), television presenter * Hubertus Klenner (born 1959), mayor of Marsberg 2004–2014 * Hermann Köhler (born 1950), athlete and Olympic athlete * Fabian Lamotte (born 1983), footballer * Peter Lohmeyer (born 1962), actor * Hans-Joachim Watzke (born 1959), managing director of

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

Image gallery

Obermarsberg-Rathaus.JPG, Old townhall in Obermarsberg Kath. Kirche Helminghausen.jpg, The Catholic church of Helminghausen, in southwestern Marsberg Obermarsberg-Nikolaikirche.JPG, Nikolai church in Obermarsberg St.-Johannes-Stift Marsberg.jpg, St.-Johannes monastery

References

External links

* * Hochsauerlandkreis {{Hochsauerlandkreis-geo-stub