Place:Plettenberg, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany

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NamePlettenberg
TypeTown
Coordinates51.2°N 7.883°E
Located inWestfalen, Preußen, Germany
Also located inMärkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany    
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Suburb
Kobbinghausen
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Plettenberg is a town in the Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Probably the first written proof of Plettenberg was made in a document from Grafschaft Abbey of Anno II, archbishop of Cologne, at that time named Heslipho. The name was later changed to Plettenberg, as the name of the noble family von Plettenberg, who owned virtually all of the town and surrounding lands.

The Dukes of the Mark bought the town from Cologne, who in 1301 built the castle Schwarzenberg (which was destroyed by fire in 1864). In 1387, Count Engelbert III granted the town some privileges, it received full town rights in 1397 from Count Dietrich von der Mark. At the same time, the town was fortified. The town blossomed in the following centuries thanks to mining and iron casting, as well as trading with the Hanseatic League.

In 1941, the town was enlarged to its current size, when the former town and the surrounding Amt were merged.

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