title: Medebach
text: 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 
  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
    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
  
  References
  
  External links
  
   Official Medebach website—
   Touristic information 
  
  Hochsauerlandkreis