Mücke

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Mücke

Location of Mücke within Vogelsbergkreis district

Coordinates: 50°37′N 09°02′E / 50.617°N 9.033°ECoordinates: 50°37′N 09°02′E / 50.617°N 9.033°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Matthias Weitzel

Area

• Total

86.24 km² (33.30 sq mi)

Elevation

280 m (920 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

9,348

• Density

110/km² (280/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

35325

06400

Website

www.gemeinde-muecke.de

Mücke is a community in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

Mücke lies from 200 to 350 m above sea level in the northwest foothills of the Vogelsberg Mountains on the upper reaches of the river Ohm, a tributary to the Lahn

Mücke borders in the north on the town of Homberg, in the northeast on the community of Gemünden, in the east on the community of Feldatal and the town of Ulrichstein, in the south on the town of Laubach (Gießen district), and in the west on the town of Ulrichstein and the community of Grünberg (Gießen district).

The community came into being, like many other communities through Hesse's municipal reforms, with the amalgamation of twelve formerly independent communities. These are listed here:

Among these, Nieder-Ohmen with its 2,800 inhabitants is by far the biggest. The centre of Ilsdorf bears a certain peculiarity. Until the municipal reforms, one part of Ilsdorf lay in the old district of Alsfeld, whereas the other parts were called Solms-Ilsdorf and lay in the Gießen district. This owed itself to the village's history. Ilsdorf had formerly been a part of the Province of Upper Hesse in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, while Solms-Ilsdorf was ruled by the Counts of Solms. Even today, this former split can still be seen in Ilsdorf, as the village has two cemeteries at its disposal.

Before the municipal reforms, there was no place with the name "Mücke", but there was a Mücke railway station on the Gießen-Fulda line (the Vogelsbergbahn) and a postal designation "Mücke".

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