Marsberg in Ostwestfalen: Diemel Valley Town at the Sauerland Edge
Marsberg lies in the Hochsauerlandkreis of Nordrhein-Westfalen, where the Sauerland meets the Paderborner Hochflaeche. About 21,910 people live across the main town and its surrounding villages. The Diemel river flows through the valley, and the Bilstein cave system in a limestone cliff above the town is open to visitors. Obermarsberg, the hilltop settlement above the river, was the site of the Eresburg, a Saxon fortress that Charlemagne captured in 772 during the Saxon Wars.
Paderborn is roughly 40 kilometres north. Korbach in Hessen lies to the south. The Diemelsee reservoir, a popular recreation area, is about 20 kilometres upstream. Mining for copper and other metals shaped the area historically, and the former Kilianstollen mine is preserved as an industrial monument.
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Marsberg lies in the Hochsauerlandkreis of Nordrhein-Westfalen, where the Sauerland meets the Paderborner Hochflaeche. About 21,910 people live across the main town and its surrounding villages. The Diemel river flows through the valley, and the Bilstein cave system in a limestone cliff above the town is open to visitors. Obermarsberg, the hilltop settlement above the river, was the site of the Eresburg, a Saxon fortress that Charlemagne captured in 772 during the Saxon Wars.
Paderborn is roughly 40 kilometres north. Korbach in Hessen lies to the south. The Diemelsee reservoir, a popular recreation area, is about 20 kilometres upstream. Mining for copper and other metals shaped the area historically, and the former Kilianstollen mine is preserved as an industrial monument.
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