Willingen

Willingen 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).GeographyLocationWillingen 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.Neighbouring communitiesWillingen 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 communitiesWillingen consists of the following centres: Bömighausen, 300 inhabitants Eimelrod, 582 inhabitants Hemmighausen, 100 inhabitants Neerdar, 100 inhabitants Rattlar, 400 inhabitants Schwalefeld, 900 inhabitants Usseln, 2,100 inhabitants Welleringhausen, 100 inhabitants Willingen, 3,500 inhabitants