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7 unusual facts about Nidda


Ambrosius Pelargus

Ambrosius Pelargus (* Nidda, c.1493 † Trier, 5 July 1561) was a German Dominican theologian.

Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege

His full title, as immortalized on his coffin, was: Frederick, the brave hero, Landgrave of Hesse, Prince of Hersfeld, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Diez, Ziegenhain, Nidda and Schaumburg.

Gießen station

At that time local freight trains operated from here to several stations in the area (e.g. Frankenberg (Eder), Dillenburg and Nida).

Johann Pistorius

He is sometimes called Niddanus from the name of his birthplace, Nidda in Hesse.

Prince Charles William of Hesse-Darmstadt

Karl Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (17 June 1693, Nidda - 17 May 1707, Gießen) was a Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Salome Kammer

Salome Kammer (born 17 January 1959 in Nidda, Hesse, Germany) is a German actress, singer and cellist.

Upper Hessian Railway Company

On 29 December 1869 services were opened from Giessen to Hungen, on 29 June 1870 to Nidda and on 30 October 1870 to Büdingen.


Glauburg-Stockheim station

The central platform (tracks 2 and 3) is serves primarily by Hessische Landesbahn services on the Gießen–Gelnhausen railway to Giessen via Nidda, Hungen and Lich and to the south towards Gelnhausen via Büdingen.

The station was opened on 30 October 1870 with opening of the end of the third section of the Gießen–Gelnhausen railway (NiddaBüdingen) by the Upper Hessian Railway Company (Oberhessische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft).

Hesse-Marburg

When, in 1604 Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg died without male issue, he bequeathed equal shares of his territory to the landgraviates of Hesse-Kassel (Marburg) and Hesse-Darmstadt (Gießen, Nidda), yet under the condition that both territories should remain Lutheran.

John II, Count of Ziegenhain

After the early death of his elder brother Engelbert III in 1401, he succeeded as Count of Ziegenhain and Nidda.

Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Saddozai

Among them were son of Shahzada Kamran Durrani, Shahzada Sardar Bismillah Khan Durrani, migrated with his son Sardar Rasheed Khan Durrani and grandson Sardar Nidda Durrani and family with personal guards to a small fort of an elder of the Kakar tribe in Kuchlak near British Quetta.


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