Hadamar
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| Hadamar | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Gießen |
| District | Limburg-Weilburg |
| Mayor | Hans Beresko |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 40.99 km² (15.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 191 m (627 ft) |
| Population | 12,305 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 300 /km² (778 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | LM |
| Postal code | 65589 |
| Area code | 06433 |
| Website | www.hadamar.de |
| Location of the town of Hadamar within Limburg-Weilburg district | |
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Hadamar is a town in the Limburg-Weilburg district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 7 km north of Limburg an der Lahn. Hadamar is known for its mental hospital, in which more than 14,000 physically and mentally disabled people were murdered during the Nazi era. The Hadamar Clinic is now a memorial site[1].
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World
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