Diedenshausen

Diedenshausen
Village
Diedenshausen Church
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Region	Arnsberg
District	Siegen-Wittgenstein

Diedenshausen is a small village, since 1975 a constituent community of Bad Berleburg in Siegen-Wittgenstein district and Arnsberg region in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is located on the east side of the heavily forested Rothaargebirge (Red-haired Mountains), immediately on the border with Hesse. A few houses lie to the east of the Elsoff creek which forms the state border, and they are technically in Hesse. Diedenshausen is located at

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History[]

The small farming village of Diedenshausen was first mentioned in documents in 1194. The political philosopher Johannes Althusius was born and raised there. The accepted faith of the people was the Reformed doctrine of Calvinism. Native son was the first from the village known to emigrate to America in 1724. Native son were some of the earliest recorded members of this family to emigrate to America, landing in Philadelphia in 1710.

Today, the village has a large number of restored half-timbered houses for which reason it was designated by the German government, in 1998, as one of the "Federal ". In 2008 Diedenshausen celebrated its millennium (1000th anniversary) as a dedicated village/area which drew many American descendants to celebrate as well.

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