a main diaper section having a front region, a rear region having first and second side regions, and a crotch region disposed between said front region and said rear region, said main diaper section also having an absorption body for liquids and closing means disposed at a first longitudinal end thereof, proximate said front region or said rear region; and a hip belt formed from a single piece material section and joined onto said main diaper section and thereby extends on both of said first and said second side regions, said hip belt defining a diaper hip opening which closes in a peripheral direction, said hip belt structured for opening and closing onto itself at at least one location, said hip belt folded onto itself along folding lines extending in a longitudinal direction on both sides of a longitudinal middle axis of the diaper, wherein said closing means can be secured to said hip belt in a detachable fashion in such a manner that a user, with said hip belt applied and closed, lifts said main diaper section upwardly between the legs to attach a free longitudinal end of said main diaper section to said hip belt in a detachable fashion, wherein said hip belt is fixed in a folded configuration in a detachable fashion, and, in a folded configuration, a grasping region at each of two free ends of said single piece material section protrudes in a transverse direction past a longitudinal side edge of said main diaper section, wherein said single piece material section is attached in a permanent manner to an outer side of said main diaper section with glue to form a composite, wherein the glue does not extend up to the edge of the composite so that a peripheral edge region of the composite remains free of glue.