Korbach
Sign in to saveKorbach (), officially the Hanseatic City of Korbach (German: Hansestadt Korbach), is the district seat of Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany. It is over a thousand years old and is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. In 2018, the town has hosted the 58th Hessentag state festival.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Town
- German place.name
- Korbach
- German place.German_name
- Hansestadt Korbach
- German place.image_coa
- Wappen_Korbach.svg
- German place.image_photo
- Korbach-St.Nikolai.JPG
- German place.image_caption
- Saint Nicholas Church
- German place.image_plan
- Korbach in KB.svg
- German place.state
- Hesse
- German place.regbzk
- Kassel
- German place.district
- Waldeck-Frankenberg
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 06635015
- German place.area
- 124.11
- German place.elevation
- 384
- German place.postal_code
- 34497
- German place.area_code
- 05631
- German place.licence
- KB
- German place.mayor
- Klaus Friedrich
- German place.leader_term
- 2018–24
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- Geography and geology
- Population
- History
- Protohistory
- Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
- Nieder-Ense
- Modern Times
- Politics
- Town council
- Coat of arms
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Transport
- Sights
- Festivals
- Notable people
- Literature
- References
- External links
Korbach (), officially the Hanseatic City of Korbach (German: Hansestadt Korbach), is the district seat of Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany. It is over a thousand years old and is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. In 2018, the town has hosted the 58th Hessentag state festival.
== Geography and geology == Korbach lies at the north-east edge of the Rhenish Slate Mountains (here known as the ''Waldeck'sches Upland'', the second word being a German proper name, not the English word "upland"). Neighbouring towns and municipalities are, clockwise from the northwest, Willingen, Diemelsee, Twistetal, Waldeck, Vöhl, Lichtenfels (likewise all in Waldeck-Frankenberg) and Medebach (Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia).