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Limburg an der Lahn (Limburg on the Lahn river) is a German town and the capital of the district Limburg-Weilburg in the west of Hessen. Image File history File links Wappen_limburg_color. ... Image File history File links Karte_Limburg_in_Deutschland. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as LÃ¤nder (singular Land). ... Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (BundeslÃ¤nder). ... GieÃŸen is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the middle of the country. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Limburg-Weilburg is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest conservative political party in Germany. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... The river Lahn in Limburg The Lahn is a river in Germany. ... Limburg-Weilburg is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. ... Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. ...

Geography

The city is located at the Lahn river, between the mountains of the Westerwald and the Taunus. The river Lahn in Limburg The Lahn is a river in Germany. ... The Westerwald is a mountain chain in Germany. ... For the Tpoop automobile, see Ford Taunus. ...

Limburg has eight districts: Ahlbach, Blumenrod, Dietkirchen, Eschhofen, Linter, Lindenholzhausen, Offheim and Staffel. Lindenholzhausen (in local dialect Hollese) is a district of the town Limburg an der Lahn, and has been since 1972. ...

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2480x2788, 293 KB) Basemap of Limburg an der Lahn (Germany) with outer quarters (red), river Lahn (light blue), motorway (deep blue) and national routes (yellow). ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2480x2788, 293 KB) Basemap of Limburg an der Lahn (Germany) with outer quarters (red), river Lahn (light blue), motorway (deep blue) and national routes (yellow). ...

Geographical location

The town is located relatively central in a larger depressed area of the "Rheinische Schiefergebirge" (Rheinian Schale-mountains). The "Limburger Becken" (Limburg basin) is surrounded by the Taunus and the Westerwald. Because of its favourable ground and climate conditions, it is one of the most fruitful Hessian agricultural regions. In addition, it has a high importance in trade and traffic since Medieval times with its Lahn crossing. Within the valley, the lower valley of the Lahn has several broadenings, so that Limburgs average elevation is just 117 m above sea level. For the Tpoop automobile, see Ford Taunus. ... The Westerwald is a mountain chain in Germany. ... Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. ... The river Lahn in Limburg The Lahn is a river in Germany. ...

Neighbour communities

Limburg is surrounded by Elz and Hadamar in the north, Villmar and Brechen in the southeast, Hünfelden in the south (all in the district Limburg-Weilburg, Holzheim in the southwest, Diez, Aull and Gückingen in the west (all in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate). The closest bigger cities are Wetzlar in the northeast, Wiesbaden in the south and Coblence in the west. Elz is a geographical name with multiple occurences in Germany The river Elz originating in the Black Forest and flowing into the Rhine River. ... Hadamar the site of a former insane asylum used by the Nazis as the site of their T-4 Euthanasia Program, which performed mass sterilizations and mass murder of undesirable members of Nazi society, specifically the physically and mentally handicapped. ... HÃ¼nfelden is a municipality in the Limburg-Weilburg district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Limburg-Weilburg is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. ... Diez refers to: German Diez(deets) Diez (Germany) Ernst Diez (1878-1961) Friedrich Christian Diez (1794-1876) Wilhelm von Diez (1839-1907) See also Dietz, Tietz Iberian Diez(dee ath) This is a disambiguation page â€” a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Rhein-Lahn is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ... Wetzlar is a town in the German federal state (Bundesland) of Hesse, capital of the Lahn-Dill district. ... Wiesbaden is a city in central Germany. ... This article is about the German city Koblenz. ...

Structure of the town

The biggest district of Limburg is Lindenholzhausen (3,329 residence as of June 2006), the second biggest is Linter. The other districts are Ahlbach, Blumenrod, Dietkirchen, Eschhofen, Offheim und Staffel. Blumenrod is actually a large residential zone of the town and not an independent village. It is located in the south of Limburg. Its landmark is the "Domäne Blumenrod", a former manor house, that has been renovated and remodelled by the Freie evangelische Gemeinde Limburg (free protestant community of Limburg). Lindenholzhausen (in local dialect Hollese) is a district of the town Limburg an der Lahn, and has been since 1972. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Etymology

The derivation of the name "Limburg" is not entirely clarified and has presumably derived from a castle. In 910 the place was first mentioned as "Lintpurc". Two of the popular theories are:

Lindwurm Brunnen in the center of Klagenfurt A lindworm (called lindorm in Scandinavia and Lindwurm in Germany; the name consists of two Germanic roots meaning roughly ensnaring serpent) is a large serpent-like dragon from European mythology and folklore. ... Saint-George is a municipality with 695 inhabitants (as of 2003) in the district of Aubonne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (940x1380, 805 KB) Beschreibung Beschreibung: Frontansicht des Limburger Doms Photograph: SteveK Datum: Juni 2001 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Limburg an der Lahn Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (940x1380, 805 KB) Beschreibung Beschreibung: Frontansicht des Limburger Doms Photograph: SteveK Datum: Juni 2001 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Limburg an der Lahn Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or...

History

Limburg was first mentioned in a document in 910 as "Lintpurc". The place emerged close to the castle with the same name. Presumably the castle was built to protect a fort to cross the Lahn. In 910, Louis the Child transferred a courtyard to Konrad Kurzbold to built a church. The "St. Georg" monastery was founded. (This is presumably the reason why the place was first named in 910.) Events Foundation of the Benedictine monastery of Cluny Chinese Zhou dynasty monarch 懿王 yi4 wang2 is succeeded by 孝王 xiao4 wang2 Hashavarman I succeeds Yasovarman I as ruler of the Khmer empire Gabriel I of Alexandria becomes Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church Garcia I of Leon becomes... The river Lahn in Limburg The Lahn is a river in Germany. ... This title could also refer to Louis of Sicily. ... Saint-George is a municipality with 695 inhabitants (as of 2003) in the district of Aubonne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ...

Konrad Kurzbold set the headstone for the monastery church St. George, where he was to be buried later. The place achieved importance with the foundation of the monastery. It also benefited from the trade and the transfer of goods along the "Höhenstrasse". The BundesstraÃŸe 8 (translates from German Federal road, abbreviated as B 8) is a road in southwestern Germany of great historical importance. ...

In 1214 the place received its town charter. Remains of the city wall from the years 1130, 1230 and 1340 still show the fast development of the city in the Mediaeval. Events February 13 - Innocent II is elected pope An antipope schism occurs when Roger II of Sicily supports Anacletus II as pope instead of Innocent II. Innocent flees to France and Anacletus crowns Roger King. ... Events Kingdom of Leon unites with the Kingdom of Castile. ... Events Europe has about 74 million inhabitants. ...

In 1235 the St. Georgs Dom (Cathedral of St. George), also called Georgsdom, is consecrated. It is built on the place of the old monastery church. Its high location on a rock above the Lahn provides its visibility from far away. The building is one of the most accomplished buildings of the late Romanesque style. The west facade of the Dom with the twin towers The Limburger Dom (Cathedral of Limburg), also known as Georgsdom, is located above the old town of Limburg. ...

In the early 13^th Century, the manor-house of Limburg was built south to the cathedral's square where the castle used to be.

In 1344, Black Death, Fire and especially the rise of territory princes lead to a gradually decline of the town. In 1624, it changed hands and was incorporated to the Kurfürstentum Trier.

Not until the 19^th Century, the town managed to rise again. In the period from 1806 – 1866, it belonged to the Herzogtum Nassau, which declared Limbug in 1827 to be a diocesan town.

In 1862, Limburg became an important regional junction of several railroads. In 1886 it became "Kreisstadt" (district town).

Economy

Transport & Accessibility

Limburg is situated at the motorway A 3 which links it with Cologne and the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region. The Bundesstraße 8 and Bundesstraße 49 are passing through the town. It has a Train station and an ICE station at the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. (The station Limburg Süd is the only German station which is used exclusively by ICE trains.) Bundesautobahn 3 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 3, short form Autobahn 3, abbreviated as BAB 3 or A 3) is an autobahn in Germany that links the border to the Netherlands near Wesel in the northwest to the Austrian border near Passau in the southeast. ... Cologne (German: ; KÃ¶lsch: KÃ¶lle /ËˆkÅ“É«É™/) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than... Skyscrapers in Downtown Frankfurt The Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, often referred to as Rhine Main Area (German: Rhein-Main Gebiet) or Greater Frankfurt is a Metropolitan Area located in central western Germany, that encompasses parts of three federal states: Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria. ... The BundesstraÃŸe 8 (translates from German Federal road, abbreviated as B 8) is a road in southwestern Germany of great historical importance. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... 3rd Generation ICE train The InterCityExpress or ICE is a high-speed train, built by Siemens AG and others, operated mainly in Germany and neighboring countries, for example to ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland or Vienna, Austria. ... Lahn bridge near Limburg The Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line (in German: Neubaustrecke KÃ¶ln-Rhein/Main) is a 177 km long railway line in Germany, connecting the cities of Cologne and Frankfurt. ... Limburg SÃ¼d (German for Limburg South) is a railway station in Germany, connecting the town of Limburg an der Lahn to the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. ...

The Limburg (Lahn) railway station links 4 lines: The station is at the Lahntalbahn and connects it with the Main-Lahn-Bahn, the Unterwesterwaldbahn and the Oberwesterwaldbahn.

Located businesses

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Main sights

Altstadt (old town) area of Limburg boasts a fine ancient cathedral and is full of narrow streets with half-timbered houses, dating mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Buildings in the old town

Only in few cities like Limburg, the entire medieval town core remained almost entirely untouched and intact. Therefore today the old town centre which once was entirely surrounded by a city wall has been listed for conservation of ancient monuments. The area spans from the St. Georgs Dom (St. Georgs Cathedral), alongside the Grabenstraße (a street marking the old town moat) to the 600 year old bridge over the Lahn. Image File history File links LimburgAltstadt. ... Image File history File links LimburgAltstadt. ... The river Lahn in Limburg The Lahn is a river in Germany. ...

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Culture

Limburg has a famous boys' choir: The "Limburger Domsingknaben". Limburg Cathedral Boys Choir (in German: Limburger Domsingknaben) is a famous boys choir from Limburg, Germany. ...

Twin cities

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Transportation

Limburg is connected to the InterCityExpress network by the station Limburg Süd on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. 3rd Generation ICE train The InterCityExpress or ICE is a high-speed train, built by Siemens AG and others, operated mainly in Germany and neighboring countries, for example to ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland or Vienna, Austria. ... Limburg SÃ¼d (German for Limburg South) is a railway station in Germany, connecting the town of Limburg an der Lahn to the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. ... Lahn bridge near Limburg The Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line (in German: Neubaustrecke KÃ¶ln-Rhein/Main) is a 177 km long railway line in Germany, connecting the cities of Cologne and Frankfurt. ...

The Bundesautobahn 3 runs adjacent to the town. Bundesautobahn 3 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 3, short form Autobahn 3, abbreviated as BAB 3 or A 3) is an autobahn in Germany that links the border to the Netherlands near Wesel in the northwest to the Austrian border near Passau in the southeast. ...

External links

Towns and municipalities in Limburg-Weilburg

Bad Camberg | Beselich | Brechen | Dornburg | Elbtal | Elz | Hadamar | Hünfelden | Limburg an der Lahn | Löhnberg | Mengerskirchen | Merenberg | Runkel | Selters | Villmar | Waldbrunn (Westerwald) | Weilburg | Weilmünster | Weinbach Image File history File links De_limburg-weilburg_coat. ... Limburg-Weilburg is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. ... Bad Camberg is a town in the Limburg-Weilburg district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Beselich is a municipal in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. ... Dornburg is a town in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany. ... Elz is a municipality and a village in Hessen, Germany. ... Hadamar the site of a former insane asylum used by the Nazis as the site of their T-4 Euthanasia Program, which performed mass sterilizations and mass murder of undesirable members of Nazi society, specifically the physically and mentally handicapped. ... HÃ¼nfelden is a municipality in the Limburg-Weilburg district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Count of Merenberg (German: Graf von Merenberg) is Nassauer the title bestowed upon the wife and the male-line descendants of the morganatic marriage (1868) of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau-Weilburg (1832-1905) and Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina (1836-1913). ... Runkel was a County of mediÃ¦val Germany. ... Weilburg is a city in Hesse, Germany. ... WeilmÃ¼nster is a municipal in the district Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany. ... Weinbach is a German town, part of the district of Limburg-Weilburg, in the Hesse country. ...

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