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.
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Area (sq km) Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation (m) Latitude51.271944 degrees north 1 Latitude51.271944 degrees north 1 Sources
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)
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