Biedenkopf

Biedenkopf is a spa town in western Hesse, Germany with a population of thirteen,271. The metropolis of Biedenkopf lies inside the west of Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Ringed by mountains attaining up to 674 metres above sea level the Sackpfeife inside the Rothaargebirge reaches this top the metropolis lies at the higher reaches of the river Lahn. Together with 18 other municipalities, it belongs to the Lahn-Dill-Bergland place. Clockwise from the north, the subsequent towns and groups border on Biedenkopf: the cities of Hatzfeld and Battenberg in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, in Marburg-Biedenkopf district the towns of Munchhausen am Christenberg and Wetter and the groups of Dautphetal and Breidenbach in addition to the cities of Bad Laasphe and Bad Berleburg in Siegen-Wittgenstein district.

The Kartoffelbraten or popularly the Brott is an ordinary Biedenkopf culinary custom which has grown out of the fall potato harvest. In many locations within the forest, historically in early autumn, the tasty tuber is cooked within the glow of a heap of charcoal made from freshly felled beechwood. The unpeeled potato tastes exceptional with butter, salt, liverwurst and salad. For the Biedenkopfer Kartoffelbraten, best three sorts of salad are traditionally served: radish salad, onion salad and herring salad.