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Diemelstadt
	Image:Karte diemelstadt in deutschland.png
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Kassel
District	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Population	5,743 (31/12/2004)
Area	82.58 km²
Population density	70 /km²
Elevation	279 m
Coordinates	51°28′ N 8°59′ E
Postal code	34474
Area code	05694, 05641, 05642, 02992
Licence plate code	KB
Mayor	Rolf Emde (independent)
Website	Stadt Diemelstadt

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Geography

Location

Diemelstadt lies in a small "bay" of Hesse that thrusts into, and is surrounded on three sides by, North Rhine-Westphalia. The River Diemel, the town's namesake, does not cross through the municipal area, forming only parts of the town limits, and at the same time parts of the boundary between Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. One river that does cross through the municipal area, however, is the Orpe, a north-flowing tributary to the Diemel that empties into the larger river at the northern town limits. Diemelstadt lies 12 km north of Bad Arolsen, and 31 km southeast of Paderborn. North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to: NRW) is - in terms of population and economic output - the largest Federal State of Germany. ... Bad Arolsen (until 1997: Arolsen) is a city in the District of Waldeck-Frankenberg, northern Hesse, with a population of 17,000 (2003). ... Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. ...

Neighbouring communities

Diemelstadt borders in the north and east on the town of Warburg (Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia), in the southeast on the town of Volkmarsen, in the south on the town of Bad Arolsen (both in Waldeck-Frankenberg), and in the west on the town of Marsberg (Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia). Warburg is a city in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the district Höxter. ... Höxter is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to: NRW) is - in terms of population and economic output - the largest Federal State of Germany. ... Bad Arolsen (until 1997: Arolsen) is a city in the District of Waldeck-Frankenberg, northern Hesse, with a population of 17,000 (2003). ... Marsberg is a town and a municipality in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Hochsauerland is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...

Constituent communities

The town consists of the following centres:

• Ammenhausen (108 inhabitants)
• Dehausen (122 inhabitants)
• Helmighausen (418 inhabitants)
• Hesperinghausen (524 inhabitants)
• Neudorf (279 inhabitants)
• Orpethal (215 inhabitants)
• Stadt Rhoden (administrative seat) (2178 inhabitants)
• Wethen (527 inhabitants)
• Wrexen (state-recognized resort community) (1892 inhabitants)

(population figures as of 2004)

History

The town of Diemelstadt came into being on 1 November 1970 through the voluntary merger of the town of Rhoden (Stadt Rhoden – The centre is still known as such, although it is no longer an independent town) and the smaller municipality of Wrexen. Later the same year, Ammenhausen, Dehausen, Helmighausen, Neudorf and Wethen also joined, with Hesperinghausen and Orpethal following the next year. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

Politics

Town council

The town council's 25 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006: March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Town partnerships

Diemelstadt maintains partnership links with the following:

• Kranichfeld, Thuringia, since 1990

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Culture and sightseeing

Music

• Gesangverein 1865 Wrexen (singing club)
• Gesangverein "Concordia" (Rhoden) (singing club)
• Posaunenchor Rhoden (trombone choir)
• Posaunenchor Helmighausen (trombone choir)
• Shanty-Chor Hesperinghausen 1993

Buildings

• Rhoden stately home and hereditary princely tomb
• Gaulskopf settlement (early mediaeval fortification works)
• Alt-Rhoden church ruins
• Mediaeval Old Town in Rhoden with half-timbered buildings

Braubach (Germany) Timber framing is the modern term for the traditional half-timbered construction in which timber provides a visible skeletal frame that supports the whole building. ...

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

• Highway
  • A 44 (Kassel – Dortmund)
  • Bundesstraße 252 (Gießen – East Westphalia)
  • Bundesstraße 68 (Paderborn)
  • Bundesstraße 7 (Ruhr area – Kassel – Eisenach)

Note: Bundesstraße = Federal Highway.

• Railway
  • ICE station in Warburg, Westphalia (about 15 min. away) (hub, trains to Berlin/Düsseldorf, Halle, Hagen, Hamm, Münster, Paderborn, Kassel)
  • Station in Scherfede (about 5 min. away) (regional trains to Hagen/Warburg)
  • Station in Bad Arolsen (about 10 min. away) (regional trains to Kassel/Korbach)
• Airports
  • Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (about 30 min. away)
  • Kassel-Calden Airport (about 25 min. away)

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Established businesses

• Schnitzmeier & Sänger Gbr. – motor vehicle electrics and vehicle technology, in Diemelstadt-Rhoden (Warburger Weg 3)
• Smurfit Kappa C. D. Haupt Papier- und Pappenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
• Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerke & Co. (branch plant)
• Hewe Fensterbau GmbH & Co. KG
• Jäkel GmbH & Co. KG machine knife factory

Education

• Grundschule Wrexen (primary school)
• Mittelpunktschule Rhoden ("coöperative comprehensive school")

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Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Wilhelm Dietzel, politician and Hessian State Minister for the Environment, Rural Space and Consumer Protection

Reference

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

External links

• Diemelstadt
• Rhoden (private homepage)
• Wrexen (from Heimat- und Verkehrsverein Wrexen e. V.)
• Neudorf (from SV 1960 Neudorf)
• Diemelstadt at the Open Directory Project

Towns and municipalities in Waldeck-Frankenberg district

Allendorf | Bad Arolsen | Bad Wildungen | Battenberg | Bromskirchen | Burgwald | Diemelsee | Diemelstadt | Edertal | Frankenau | Frankenberg | Gemünden | Haina | Hatzfeld | Korbach | Lichtenfels | Rosenthal | Twistetal | Vöhl | Volkmarsen | Waldeck | Willingen The Open Directory Project (ODP), also known as dmoz (from directory. ... Waldeck-Frankenberg is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. ... Bad Arolsen (until 1997: Arolsen) is a city in the District of Waldeck-Frankenberg, northern Hesse, with a population of 17,000 (2003). ... Bad Wildungen is a state-run spa and a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. ... Battenberg (Eder) is a town of 5000 inhabitants in Northern Hesse, Germany. ... Jimbolia (-Romanian, Hungarian: Zsombolya, German: Hatzfeld) is a city in TimiÅŸ county, Romania. ... Korbach, an over 1000 year old town, is Kreisstadt (capital of the district) of Waldeck-Frankenberg in the north of Hesse (Germany). ... Lichtenfels is a town in the south of the old principalty of Waldeck (now the district Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse). ... Twistetal is part of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district, in the north of Hesse. ... Waldeck is a small town of about 8,000 inhabitants in northern Hesse, dominated by an imposing castle overlooking the valley of the Eder river and the Edersee and first mentioned in 1120. ... Willingen is a municipality of the Waldeck-Frankenberg Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. ...