Diemelsee

Diemelsee
Diemelsee
Location of Diemelsee within Waldeck-Frankenberg district
Coordinates	51°22′N 8°48′E / 51.36667°N 8.8°E / 51.36667; 8.8Coordinates: 51°22′N 8°48′E / 51.36667°N 8.8°E / 51.36667; 8.8
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Local subdivisions	13 Ortsteile
Mayor	Volker Becker
Basic statistics
Area	121.7 km2 (47.0 sq mi)
Elevation	388 m  (1273 ft)
Population	5,028 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	41 /km2 (107 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KB
Postal code	34519
Area code	05633
Website	www.diemelsee.de

Diemelsee is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany, and is part of the Upland region.

Geography

Location

Diemelsee lies in the River Diemel in the Diemelsee Nature Park just upstream from and southwest of the Diemelsee reservoir. The town of Korbach is found about 10 km to the southeast, and the town of Paderborn 39 km to the north.

Neighbouring communities

Diemelsee borders in the north on the town of Marsberg (Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia), in the northeast on the town of Bad Arolsen, in the east on the community of Twistetal, in the south on the town of Korbach, in the southwest on the community of Willingen (all in Waldeck-Frankenberg), and in the west on the town of Brilon (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

	CDU	SPD	FWG	FDP	total
1997	9	13	6	3	31 seats
2001	9	12	6	4	31 seats
2006	9	11	7	4	31 seats

Note: FWG is a citizens' coalition.

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 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 name, pronounced [ˈuː.plant], not as the English word). In Adorf is a visitors' mine, the Grube Christiane.

Economy and infrastructure

Diemel Dam

The inhabitants earn their livelihood mainly through agriculture, trades, small industry or the tourist trade.

References

1. ^ "Die Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden" (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik-hessen.de/static/publikationen/A/AI2_AII_AIII_AV_10-1hj_pdf.zip. 

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

External links

• Diemelsee
• Diemelsee at the Open Directory Project