Diemelsee is a municipality in
Waldeck-Frankenberg
Waldeck-Frankenberg is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Höxter, Kassel, Schwalm-Eder, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hochsauerland.
History
The district was created in 1972 by merging ...
in northwest
Hesse
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,
Germany
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, and is part of the low mountain region called
Upland.
Adorf
Adorf () is a small town and municipality in the Vogtlandkreis to the south-west of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Gettengrün, a village within the municipality, borders on the Czech Republic.
Etymology
The name Adorf can be analysed as " ...
is the seat of this municipality.
Geography
Location
Diemelsee lies on the river
Diemel
The Diemel is a river in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Weser.
Route
The source of the Diemel is near Willingen, in Sauerland. The Diemel flows generally northeast through the towns Marsberg, Warburg, an ...
in the Diemelsee Nature Park just upstream from and southwest of the Diemelsee
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
. The town of
Korbach
Korbach (pronunciation: ˈkoːɐˌbax), officially the Hanseatic City of Korbach (German: Hansestadt Korbach), is the district seat of Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany. It is over a thousand years old and is located on the German Tim ...
is found about 10 km to the southeast, and the town of
Paderborn
Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...
39 km to the north.
Neighbouring communities
Diemelsee borders in the north on the town of
Marsberg
Marsberg () is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
History
Although its origins are obscure, Marsberg was a prospering town by the 13th century (it was even minting coins). It was a free city until 1807, when ...
(
Hochsauerlandkreis
Hochsauerlandkreis (meaning “High Sauerland District” in German) is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, Höxter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, M ...
in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...
), in the northeast on the town of
Bad Arolsen
Bad Arolsen (, until 1997 Arolsen, ''Bad'' being the German name for ''Spa'') is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany, in Waldeck-Frankenberg district. From 1655 until 1918 it served as the residence town of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont and ...
, in the east on the community of
Twistetal
Twistetal is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany, southwest of Bad Arolsen.
Geography
Location
The community lies on the river Twiste, a tributary to the Diemel, itself a tributary to the Weser. Twistetal is only a s ...
, in the south on the town of
Korbach
Korbach (pronunciation: ˈkoːɐˌbax), officially the Hanseatic City of Korbach (German: Hansestadt Korbach), is the district seat of Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany. It is over a thousand years old and is located on the German Tim ...
, in the southwest on the community of
Willingen
Willingen (official name: ''Willingen (Upland)'') is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany, some 80 km west of Kassel.
Geography
Location
Willingen is found in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in the Upland. Its mai ...
(all in Waldeck-Frankenberg), and in the west on the town of
Brilon
Brilon (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Brailen'') is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, central Germany, that belongs to the Hochsauerlandkreis.
Geography
Brilon is situated on the Brilon Heights at an altitude of about 450 m on the up ...
(Hochsauerlandkreis).
Constituent communities
The community of Diemelsee came into being as part of municipal reform in 1971 through the voluntary merger of the following 13 centres:
*Adorf
*Benkhausen
*Deisfeld
*Flechtdorf
*Giebringhausen
*Heringhausen
*Ottlar
*Rhenegge
*Schweinsbühl
*Stormbruch
*Sudeck
*Vasbeck
*Wirmighausen
The community's administrative seat is in Adorf, which with a population of 1750 is also the biggest of the 13 centres.
Politics
Municipal council
The council's 31 seats are apportioned in accordance with municipal elections last held on 26 March 2006. Results for the 1997 and 2001 elections are also shown.
Coat of arms
Diemelsee's civic
coat of arms
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might heraldically be described thus: Party per bend wavy, above, in Or an eight-pointed star sable, below, in azure a five-petalled rose argent with centre Or and sepals vert.
The black eight-pointed star is the star of Waldeck.
Culture and sightseeing
Outings
Well known outing destinations near Diemelsee are the Diemelsee reservoir and the Upland (a
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
name, pronounced , not as the
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
word). In Adorf is a
visitors' mine, the ''Grube Christiane''.
Economy and infrastructure
![Diemeltalsperre-Staumauer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Diemeltalsperre-Staumauer.jpg)
The inhabitants earn their livelihood mainly through
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...
, trades, small industry or the tourist trade.
References
External links
Gemeinde Diemelsee*
{{Authority control
Waldeck-Frankenberg