Mediaeval coins from Attendorn have been found as far afield as Brussels, Lubnice (Poland) and the island of Gotland.
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Maria Angela from the Holiest Heart of Jesus, Mötz Convent, Tyrol, born in Rölleken near Attendorn, died 1944 at Auschwitz, resistance to the Hitler régime, 1990 beatification process begun by the Archdiocese of Vienna.
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Examples include the War of the Limburg-Hohenlimburg Succession in 1280, the Soest Feud from 1444 to 1449, the Truchsess War in 1583 and 1584 and the Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648.
Tanja Schmidt-Hennes (born June 30, 1971 in Attendorn) is a former German professional cyclist.
It stretches between Herscheid and Plettenberg (outside the area) in the north, Attendorn and Finnentrop (outside the area) in the east, the Biggesee in the south and Kierspe and Meinerzhagen in the west, where the Ebbe Hills are surrounded by the Ebbe Hills Nature Park.