the Wetzlar office) Kreishandwerkerschaft Biedenkopf (district craftsmen's association) Branch of the Dillenburg Industrie- und Handelskammer (IHK, Chamber of Industry and Commerce) Medienzentrum Biedenkopf – one of three places in Marburg-Biedenkopf where educational media can be rented Pension office of the Biedenkopf Evangelical Deaconate. Biedenkopf also has a DRK hospital with 110 beds. Alongside surgery, the areas of specialization include gynaecology and obstetrics, internal medicine, and urology. Education Gymnasium (Lahntalschule Biedenkopf) Real- and Hauptschule (Stadtschule Biedenkopf) Professional schools Biedenkopf primary school Primary school and Hauptschule (Mittelpunktschule Wallau) Folk high school State institutions Since 1953, Biedenkopf has been host to a Hessischer Rundfunk VHF and television transmission facility on the Sackpfeife. The antenna are borne by a 210-m guyed steel-lattice mast with a diagonal cross-section measure of 1.8 m. Its position is 50°57'8"N, 8°32'1"E. Personalities Sons and daughters of the town Karl-Heinz Schneider, bearer of the "Verdienstkreuzes am Bande" (bestowed 28 April 2004) Wilhelm Henkel, bearer of the "Verdienstkreuzes am Bande" (bestowed 9 January 2004) Gretel Henkel, bearer of the "Verdienstmedaille" (bestowed 9 January 2004) References External links Wallau/Lahn community further links Official Grenzgang page Marburg-Biedenkopf Spa towns in Germany