Medebach
# Medebach

Medebach (German: (listen)) is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

## Geography

Medebach is situated approximately 15 km (9 mi) east of Winterberg, 17 km (11 mi) south-west of Korbach and 45 km (28 mi) 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:

* Berge [de] with Roninghausen
* Deifeld [de] with Wissinghausen
* Dreislar [de]
* Düdinghausen [de]
* Küstelberg [de]
* Medelon [de]
* Oberschledorn [de]
* Referinghausen [de]
* Titmaringhausen [de]

## International relations

Medebach is twinned with

* Locminé (France)
* Worbis (Germany)

## 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 Germans 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 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
* Thomas Seeliger (born 1966), football player
