page_title: Mücke
section_title: Constituent communities
hierarchical_section_title: Mücke / Geography / Constituent communities
caption_attribution_description: English: Mücke-Atzenhain in Hesse, Germany Deutsch: Baum und Feld in Mücke-Atzenhain in Hessen, Deutschland
context_page_description: Mücke is a community in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.
context_section_description: 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:
  Atzenhain
  Bernsfeld
  Flensungen
  Groß-Eichen
  Höckersdorf
  Ilsdorf
  Merlau (including Kirschgarten)
  Nieder-Ohmen (including Windhain)
  Ober-Ohmen
  Ruppertenrod
  Sellnrod (including Schmitten)
  Wettsaasen
  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".
  Despite what may seem obvious – Mücke is German for "gnat" – the community's name is of Celtic origin. It comes from much or mack, meaning something like "moist" or "boggy". The name Mücke was mentioned in connection with this region in a Merlau parish taxation roll in 1482.
  In the constituent community of Flensungen lies Hesse's geographical centre point.
caption: Atzenhain
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