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Kaden is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''
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'' – in the
Westerwaldkreis The Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen (district), Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein ...
in
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,
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Geography

The community lies midway between the cities of
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and
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in the southwest of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Westerburg – a kind of collective municipality – at an elevation of roughly 370 m above
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. Neighbouring communities are
Härtlingen Härtlingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Härtlingen lies 5 km southwest of Westerburg in the Elbbach Valley. Since ...
, Kölbingen and
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History

Originally, Kaden consisted of several places and lay under the rule of the House of Nassau-Diez in the old Niederlahngau. Among the community's constituent centres was Meiningen, already known to history through a documentary mention in 1295, from whose name came the field names Unter Meiningen and Meininger Grub, still used today. Meiningen lay on the spot of today's constituent community of Grube Anna. The name “Elben” or “uff der Elben”, today the Kaden ''
Ortsteil A village is a human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located ...
'' lying on the Elbbach, was first mentioned in 1417. Kaden, first mentioned in 1559 as ''zur Keuthen'', grew together from several farms. Field names are now all that remains of the former centres of Beilstein and Beuningen. Kaden belonged from 1564 to 1802 to the
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. In local speech even today, Kaden is described as being in the ''Trierschland''. In 1802, Caden, as it was then spelt, passed to the
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. When this was dissolved in the wake of the
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, the
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became part of
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. By community council's decision on 19 May 1936, the placename spelling ''Caden'' was changed to Kaden. The change went into force on 1 February 1937. In 1972 came the amalgamation of Kaden into the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Westerburg in the Westerwaldkreis. Like all other Westerwald villages, Kaden has undergone a shift over the last 50 years from a farming village to an almost purely residential community.


Religion

Historically, the majority of the roughly 630 inhabitants have professed the
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faith.


Public institutions


Education

Kaden is home to a two-stream
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with about 200 pupils. The school has a
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nasium with integrated village community house, both used by both pupils and clubs for sporting and cultural events. Abutting the schoolground is a sporting ground with a running track used by both the pupils and the village children. The
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is found right nearby. The
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, the
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, the
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, the vocational school and the professional school are in the neighbouring town of
Westerburg Westerburg () is a small town of roughly 6,000 inhabitants in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is named after the castle built on a hill above the medieval town centre (''Burg'' is German for “castle”) Geograph ...
, roughly 5 km away.


Economy and infrastructure

Through the
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lines of the ''Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund'', the
Westerburg Westerburg () is a small town of roughly 6,000 inhabitants in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is named after the castle built on a hill above the medieval town centre (''Burg'' is German for “castle”) Geograph ...
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and Westerburg-
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lines and the
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stop in
Montabaur Montabaur () is a town and the district seat of the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. At the same time, it is also the administrative centre of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Montabaur – a kind of collective municipality – to wh ...
, Kaden is linked to the long-distance transport network.


Coat of arms

With the certificate issued on 13 October 1992, the community of Kaden is now entitled to bear its own
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. The coat of arms was created from heraldist Manfred Limbach's design and is based in history. The community consisted of several centres in the
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and the Nassau-Diez family was for the most part the lordly rulers. In Elben (1417 ''Uff der Elben''), once a lordly village along the Elbbach, the Nüssel von Möllingen family was favoured with a Westerburg
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about 1450. In the coat of arms, the three bends with three golden orbs recall both noble families. Kaden (1559 ''zu Keuthen'') consisted of several farms. at least one of which belonged to the von Brambach family. Their arms, the red bend sinister in the community's coat of arms stands for Kaden, Elben and the von Brambach family. In the constituent community of Grube Anna, there was
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pit mining until 1924. The mining
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s in the community's coat of arms, inverted and per saltire in silver a red
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and
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, stand for Grube Anna. The three constituent communities are also symbolized by the three bends and three golden orbs. The Elbbach, which flows through the municipal area from north to south, on which the community is built and which is Elben's namesake, is shown in the arms as wavy bendlets inside the bend sinister. The
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s red and silver witness Kaden's allegiance to the
Electorate of Trier The Electorate of Trier ( or '; ) was an Hochstift, ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from the end of the 9th to the early 19th century. It was the temporal possession of the prince-archbishop of Trier (') wh ...
from 1564 to 1802. Thereafter, Kaden passed to the
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and as of 1866,
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as part of the province of
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. This is shown in the arms by the Nassau tinctures of blue and gold. The tight connection of the three ''Triertschlandgemeinden'', Kaden and its neighbours
Härtlingen Härtlingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Härtlingen lies 5 km southwest of Westerburg in the Elbbach Valley. Since ...
and Kölbingen, within the parish of Kölbingen-Möllingen is also expressed in the three communities’ arms, all of which contain the charges of the lesser noble families who once held sway here along the Elbbach.


Clubs

*Accordion club: Elbacher Musikanten *Volunteer fire brigade *Men's singing club *Shooting club *Elbbacher Musikanten *Football club *Dog sport club *Angling club *Gymnastic group *Skat-Sport-Verein *Karnevalverein


External links


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References

{{Authority control Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Westerwaldkreis