Category:Willingen (Upland), Deutschland

Willingen (Upland), Deutschland, is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany, some 80 km west of Kassel. Willingen is regularly advertised as Willingen Hochsauerland and Willingen (Upland).

Location

Willingen is found in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in the Upland. Its main town stretches between two river valleys, the Hoppecke in the west and the Itter in the east. The ski resort Skigebiet Willingen is near. It is located 60 km west of Kassel. Mühlenkopfschanze ski jump is also located here.

Neighbouring communities

Willingen borders in the north on the community of Diemelsee, in the east on the town of Korbach, in the south on the community of Medebach, and in the west on the towns of Winterberg, Olsberg and Brilon (all three in the Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia).

Constituent communities

Willingen consists of the following centres:

• Bömighausen
• Eimelrod
• Hemmighausen
• Neerdar
• Rattlar
• Schwalefeld
• Usseln
• Welleringhausen
• Willingen

History

Willingen was founded in 1874 in the second municipal reform by uniting the villages of Bömighausen, Eimelrod, Hemmighausen, Neerdar, Rattlar, Schwalefeld, Welleringhausen and the climatic spas of Usseln and Willingen. Until 1929, Willingen belonged to the Free State of Waldeck, after which it passed to Prussia.

Hiking

At this page you would find hikes in this place.

External link

• Willingen (Upland), Deutschland at Wikipedia (english)