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Location of the town of Medebach within Hochsauerlandkreis district
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| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Arnsberg |
| District | Hochsauerlandkreis |
| Town subdivisions | 10 |
| Mayor | Thomas Grosche (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 126.05 km2 (48.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 410 m (1345 ft) |
| Population | 7,912 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 63 /km2 (163 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HSK |
| Postal code | 59964 |
| Area code | 02982 |
| Website | www.medebach.de |
Medebach is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Medebach is situated approx. 15 km east of Winterberg, 17 km south-west of Korbach and 45 km north of Marburg.
Medebach consists of the following districts:
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Medebach is twinned with
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.[2]
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