Nidderau () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the Main-Kinzig district, in

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

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. It is situated approximately 12 km north of

Hanau Hanau () is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main and is part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its Hanau Hauptbahnhof, station is a ...

, and 20 km northeast of

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

. Nidderau was created in the merger of the municipality of Heldenbergen with the town of Windecken on January 1, 1970. Eichen and Erbstadt joined Nidderau on January 1, 1972 and Ostheim merged with Nidderau in July 1974.

Gallery

File:Windecken, het stadhuis foto7 2016-08-11 09.06.jpg, Townhall Windecken File:Windecken, die Stiftskirche Windecken positie2 poging2 foto7 2016-08-10 20.45.jpg, Church ''Stiftskirche'' Windecken File:Windecken, straatzicht Marktplatz poging2 foto6 2016-08-10 20.34.jpg, View of marktplace File:Windecken, straatzicht Pestalozzistrasse foto7 2016-08-10 15.37.jpg, View of ''Pestalozzi-Strasse''

Known personalities

Wilhelm Adam Wilhelm Adam (28 March 1893 – 24 November 1978) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Following the German surrender after the Battle of Stalingrad, he became a member of the National Committee for a Free German ...

(1893-1978), politician and general *

Rodolphe Lindt Rudolf Lindt (16 July 1855 – 20 February 1909), often known by his francized name Rodolphe Lindt, was a Swiss chocolate maker, chocolatier and inventor. He founded the Lindt brand of Swiss chocolate and invented the conching machine and other p ...

(1855-1909), chocolate manufacturer *

Lassa Oppenheim Lassa Francis Lawrence Oppenheim (30 March 1858 – 7 October 1919) was a German jurist. He is regarded by many as the father of the modern discipline of international law, especially the hard legal positivist school of thought. He inspired Jose ...

(1858-1919), German jurist

References

Towns in Hesse Main-Kinzig-Kreis {{Hesse-geo-stub