{{Infobox German location | name = Marsberg | type = Stadt | image_photo = Marsberg Sauerland-Ost 194.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_coa = Stadtwappen Marsberg.svg | coordinates = {{coord|51|27|N|08|50|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | image_plan = Marsberg in HSK.svg | state = Nordrhein-Westfalen | region = Arnsberg | district = Hochsauerlandkreis | divisions = 17 | mayor = Thomas Schröder<ref>[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.</ref> | leader_term = 2020–25 | party = CDU | area = 182.22 | elevation = 200 - 600 | postal_code = 34431 | area_code = 02992 (Marsberg)<br/>02991 (Bredelar)<br/>02993 (Canstein)<br/>02994 (Westheim) | licence = HSK | Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 9 58 024 | website = {{URL|https://www.marsberg.de/}} }} '''Marsberg''' ({{IPA|de|ˈmaʁsˌbɛʁk|lang|De-Marsberg.ogg}}) is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
==History== Although its origins are obscure, Marsberg was a prospering town by the 13th century (it was even minting coins). It was a free city until 1807, when it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia, until 1813. After two years of independent government, it was added to Prussia in 1815.
==Geography== It is situated on the river Diemel, approx. 20 km east of Brilon and 30 km south of Paderborn.
=== Neighbouring municipalities=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * Bad Arolsen * Bad Wünnenberg * Brilon * Diemelsee * Diemelstadt * Lichtenau * Warburg {{div col end}}
=== Town division === Marsberg consists of the following 17 districts: {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * Beringhausen * Borntosten * Bredelar * Canstein * Erlinghausen * Essentho * Giershagen * Heddinghausen * Helminghausen * Leitmar * Meerhof * Niedermarsberg * Obermarsberg * Oesdorf * Padberg * Udorf * Westheim {{div col end}}
==International relations== {{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Marsberg is twinned with: * {{flagicon|France}} Lillers (France) * {{flagicon|South Africa}} Rustenburg (South Africa)
Site of the Carolus-Magnum Gymnasium where on 26 April 2026 Chancellor Frederic Merz offered a scathing criticism of US foreign policy with Iran.
==Notable people==
* Lissy Ishag (born 1979), television presenter * Hubertus Klenner (born 1959), mayor of Marsberg 2004–2014 * Hermann Köhler (born 1950), athlete and Olympic athlete * Fabian Lamotte (born 1983), footballer * Peter Lohmeyer (born 1962), actor * Hans-Joachim Watzke (born 1959), managing director of Borussia Dortmund
==Image gallery== <gallery> Obermarsberg-Rathaus.JPG|Old townhall in Obermarsberg Kath. Kirche Helminghausen.jpg|The Catholic church of Helminghausen, in southwestern Marsberg Obermarsberg-Nikolaikirche.JPG|Nikolai church in Obermarsberg St.-Johannes-Stift Marsberg.jpg|St.-Johannes monastery </gallery>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Marsberg}} * {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
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