Willingen
Willingen (official name: Willingen (Upland)) is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany, some 80 km west of Kassel. Geography Location Willingen is found in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in the Upland. Its main town stretches between two river valleys, the Hoppecke in the west and the Itter in the east. The ski resort Skigebiet Willingen is near. It is located 60 km west of Kassel. Mühlenkopfschanze ski jump is also located here. Neighbouring communities Willingen borders in the north on the community of Diemelsee, in the east on the town of Korbach, in the south on the community of Medebach, and in the west on the towns of Winterberg, Olsberg and Brilon (all three in the Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia). Constituent communities Willingen consists of the following centres: Bömighausen, 300 inhabitants (as of 1 September 2003) Eimelrod, 582 inhabitants (as of 31. December 2006) Hemmighausen, 100 inhabitants Neerdar, 100 inhabitants Rattlar, 400 inhabitants Schwalefeld, 900 inhabitants Usseln, 2,100 inhabitants Welleringhausen, 100 inhabitants Willingen, 3,500 inhabitants History Willingen was founded in 1874 in the second municipal reform by uniting the villages of Bömighausen, Eimelrod, Hemmighausen, Neerdar, Rattlar, Schwalefeld, Welleringhausen and the climatic spas of Usseln and Willingen. Until 1929, Willingen belonged