Niddatal

Niddatal
Coat of arms of Niddatal Coat of arms
Niddatal
Location of Niddatal within Wetteraukreis district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Wetteraukreis
Government
• Mayor	Dr. Bernhard Hertel (Ind.)
Area
• Total	40.21 km2 (15.53 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	9,295
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	61194
Dialling codes	06034
Vehicle registration	FB
Website	www.niddatal.de

Niddatal is a town in the Wetteraukreis district in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the Nidda River, 6 km southeast of Friedberg, and 22 km northeast of Frankfurt am Main.

The town is divided into four districts: Assenheim, Ilbenstadt, Kaichen, Bönstadt.

History

Assenheim

• Assenheim was first mentioned as a township in 1139.

Assenheim Castle existed between the years 1170 – 1780. Its ruins are still visible today.

Ilbenstadt

• Ilbenstadt's first mention as an Eluistat was in 818. At the time, Ilbenstadt consisted of two cloisters.

Its Church St. Maria, Petrus und Paulus was elevated to Basilica Minor status in 1929 by Pope : Pius XI..

Kaichen

File:Niddatal-Kaichen Roemischer Brunnen.jpg

A reconstructed Roman fountain near Niddatal-Kaichen.

• Kaichen was founded by a Anshelmus de Cochene in 1231.

Around 1400, Kaichens first church was built and rebuilt in 1737 and a Baptismal font had been added.

One of the most popular places in Kaichen is the Gericht zu Kaichen which was a court able declare to a death penalty.

Bönstadt

• Bönstadt first was the property of the counts of Falkenstein, and later of Isenburg-Büdingen, which made Bönstadt belong to Assenheim castle. Documentary, in former times Bönstadt had meant Benstad in 1184.

In 1970, the townships of Assenheim, Ilbenstadt, Bönstadt and Kaichen merged to

form modern-day Niddatal.

As of January 2009, the town's population stands at 9,360.

The area is characterised by agricultural activities, but in its former past,

trade played a fundamental role in the local economy.

Politics

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Division of seats.

The local elections of 26 March 2006 yielded the following result:

Parties		% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
CDU	Christian Democratic Union	42,3	13	39,9	12
SPD	Social Democratic Party	37,1	12	35,9	11
GRÜNE	Alliance '90/The Greens	7,2	2	8,5	3
FDP	Free Democratic Party	4,3	1	–	–
FWG	Free Voters Niddatal	9,1	3	15,7	5
Total		100,0	31	100,0	31
Poll in %		47,2		56,6

Sights

Ilbenstadt

File:Klosterkirche Ilbenstadt01.jpg

Basilica Maria, St. Petrus und Paulus.

Basilica Maria St. Petrus und Paulus was donatet by St.

Gottfried von Cappenberg in 1123.

St. Cappenberg had been intermented there in 1127 and Pope Pius XI. elevated

the Church to Basilica Minor status in 1929.

By courtesy of secularization in 1803, its clouster had been abrogated.

After World War II, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz rebought the

cloister from the state Hesse.

Today the church is a representant of Ilbenstadt which is also visible because

of the eternalisation on town emblem. Regionally, the church is also known as

Dom der Wetterau (cathedral of Wetterau)