Attendorn
Sign in to saveThe Hanseatic town of Attendorn () is a medium-sized district town in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Olpe district in the southern Sauerland region with 25,089 inhabitants. It is known nationwide for the Atta Cave and Lake Bigge. Since March 19, 2012, Attendorn has been officially allowed to use the title “Hanseatic town.”
Key facts
- German location.type
- Hanseatic town
- German location.name
- Attendorn
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Attendorn COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Attendorn, vom Dach der Atta-Höhle.jpg
- German location.imagesize
- 250px
- German location.image_plan
- Attendorn in OE.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Arnsberg
- German location.district
- Olpe
- German location.elevation
- 257
- German location.area
- 97.95
- German location.postal_code
- 57439
- German location.area_code
- 02722
- German location.licence
- OE
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 9 66 004
- German location.population
- 25,089
- German location.Stand
- 2024-12-31
- German location.website
- www.attendorn.de
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Article
35 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Constituent municipalities
- Population development
- Politics
- Mayor
- City council
- History of Attendorn‘s mayors
- Mayors (1783–1804)
- ''Stadtschultheiße'' (1812–1826)
- Mayors from 1826
- Coat of arms
- Culture and sightseeing
- Customs
- Easter customs
- ''Semmelsegnen''
- Easter fire
- Music
- Buildings
- St. John the Baptist parish church
- Town Hall with South Sauerland Museum
- [[Schnellenberg Castle]]
- Town wall’s towers
- Natural monuments
- Atta Cave
- Bigge reservoir
- Economy and infrastructure
- Transport
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- Born in Attendorn
- Associated with Attendorn
- Further reading
- References
- External links
The Hanseatic town of Attendorn () is a medium-sized district town in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Olpe district in the southern Sauerland region with 25,089 inhabitants. It is known nationwide for the Atta Cave and Lake Bigge. Since March 19, 2012, Attendorn has been officially allowed to use the title “Hanseatic town.”
== History == thumb|left|Town of Attendorn 1832 with town wall and moat thumb|Overview map of Attendorn 1840, from the “Original Prussian Survey” (Preußische Uraufnahme) The town's location was favoured by the good climate in the Attendorn-Elsper Limestone Double Basin (Attendorn-Elsper-Kalkdoppelmulde), the fruitful soil and favourable transport potential, and was already attracting people in prehistoric times. Heavier settlement, however, can be traced only as far back as the Middle Ages.