Nidda, Hesse
Template:Infobox German place Nidda (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a town in the district Wetterau, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the Nidda river, approximately Template:Convert northeast of Frankfurt am Main.
Division of the town
The municipality consists of the districts Unter-Widdersheim, Ober-Widdersheim, Borsdorf, Harb, Bad-Salzhausen, Geiß-Nidda, Ulfa, Stornfels, Eichelsdorf, Ober-Schmitten, Unter-Schmitten, Kohden, Nidda, Michelnau, Fauerbach, Wallernhausen, Schwickartshausen, Unter-Lais and Ober-Lais.
History
Invited through a manifesto issued by Catherine the Great, several families from this region travelled to Russia in the late 18th century to settle in the Volga Region near Saratov.[1] Family names Appel, Daubert, Pfaffenroth, Weitz and Scheuermann are examples of Volga Germans who helped to establish local villages, including Yagodnaya Polyana.
Nidda has a vibrant mix of people from many backgrounds, including Turkish, Russian and Pakistani. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat opened its first purpose-built mosque in Nidda in 2011.
Mayors
- 2022- Thorsten Eberhard
- 2010–2022 Hans-Peter Seum
- 1995–2009 Lucia Puttrich
- 1989–1995 Helmut Jung
- 1961–1989 Wilhelm Eckhardt
- 1949–1961 August Ludwig Böcher
- 1910–1924 Ludwig Erk
- 1899–1910 Hermann Roth
- 1898–1899 Wilhelm Erk
Born in Nidda
- Ambrosius Pelargus (c. 1493 / 94-1561), theologian
- Johann Pistorius the Elder (Niddanus) (1504-1583), reformer and superintendent
- Johann Pistorius (Niddanus) (1546-1608), physician, historian and theologian
- Prince Charles William of Hesse-Darmstadt (1693-1707), Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt, obrist
- Salome Kammer (born 1959), actress, vocalist, singer and cellist
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