Type: | Stadt |
Nidda | |
Image Coa: | Wappen nidda.jpg |
Coordinates: | 50.4128°N 9.0092°W |
Image Plan: | Nidda in FB.svg |
State: | Hesse |
Region: | Darmstadt |
District: | Wetteraukreis |
Elevation: | 131 |
Area: | 118.34 |
Postal Code: | 63667 |
Area Code: | 06043 |
Licence: | FB |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 06 4 40 016 |
Divisions: | 18 districts |
Website: | www.nidda.de |
Mayor: | Thorsten Eberhard[1] |
Leader Term: | 2022 - 28 |
Party: | CDU |
Nidda is a town in the district Wetterau, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the Nidda river, approximately 40km (30miles) northeast of Frankfurt am Main.
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.
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.[2] 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.