Bad Berleburg (earlier also Berlenburg) is a town, in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of Germany’s largest towns by land area. It is located approx. 30 km northeast of Siegen and 35 km northwest of Marburg an der Lahn.
Bad Berleburg lies in the northeast of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the middle of the Rothaargebirge, a low mountain range. The western town limit is also the boundary with the neighbouring district of Olpe. The town is also bordered on the north by the Hochsauerland district. The town’s eastern limit is likewise the boundary with the Bundesland of Hesse. The town of Bad Laasphe borders on Bad Berleburg in the south, and the community of Erndtebrück in the southwest.
The small river Odeborn flows through Berleburg and empties into the Eder further south.
Since 1975, the following villages have been part of Bad Berleburg:
(in each case at 31 December)
Archaeological finds confirm that the area covered by today’s municipal area…