Korbach is the district seat of Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany, with 22,901 residents as of the end of 2024. Over a thousand years old and located on the German Timber-Frame Road, it received town rights in 1188 from the Bishop of Paderborn and is the only town in Hesse to have been a member of the Hanseatic League, first recorded as such in 1469. In 2018 it hosted the 58th Hessentag, the Hessian state festival.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.271944 degrees north 1 FAQs
When was Korbach first mentioned in writing?
It first appears in writing in the year 980 as Curbechi.
Korbach first appears in a written record in the year 980, under the name Curbechi, when the king who later became Emperor Otto II named it among several places in the surrounding district. Its town rights followed in 1188, granted by the bishops of Paderborn, who then held the area.
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1. Korbach (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 22,789 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.271944, longitude 8.873056
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 384 m
P2046 (area)
area 123.98 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 22789 (2025)
View the Source2. Wikipedia (German): Korbach
Wikipedia (German)Source text, founding-year-range-start: 980
Curbechi wurde urkundlich erstmals im Jahre 980 erwähnt, [ 8 ] als der damalige König und spätere Kaiser Otto II.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 980
Curbechi wurde urkundlich erstmals im Jahre 980 erwähnt, [ 8 ] als der damalige König und spätere Kaiser Otto II.
Source text, founding-year: 980
Curbechi wurde urkundlich erstmals im Jahre 980 erwähnt, [ 8 ] als der damalige König und spätere Kaiser Otto II.
View the Source Korbach (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
Korbach), is the district seat of Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany
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