Diemelstadt


Diemelstadt is a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany.
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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.

Neighbouring municipalities

Diemelstadt borders in the north and east on the town of Warburg, in the southeast on the town of Volkmarsen, in the south on the town of Bad Arolsen, and in the west on the town of Marsberg.

Constituent municipalities

The town consists of the following centres:
  • Ammenhausen '
  • Dehausen '
  • Helmighausen '
  • Hesperinghausen '
  • Neudorf '
  • Orpethal '
  • Stadt Rhoden '
  • Wethen '
  • Wrexen ''''

History

The town of Diemelstadt came into being on 1 November 1970 through the voluntary merger of the town of Rhoden 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.

Politics

Town council

The town council's 25 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006:
Note: FWG and BL are citizens' coalitions.

Town partnerships

Diemelstadt maintains partnership links with the following:

Culture and sightseeing

Music

  • Gesangverein 1865 Wrexen
  • Gesangverein "Concordia"
  • Posaunenchor Rhoden
  • Posaunenchor Helmighausen
  • Shanty-Chor Hesperinghausen 1993

Buildings

  • Rhoden stately home and hereditary princely tomb
  • Gaulskopf settlement
  • Alt-Rhoden church ruins
  • Mediaeval Old Town in Rhoden with half-timbered buildings

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Established businesses

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

Education

  • Grundschule Wrexen
  • Schlossbergschule Rhoden

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town