Herborn, Hesse

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Herborn (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁˌbɔʁn] ) is a historic town on the Dill in the Lahn-Dill district of Hesse in Germany. Before World War I, it was granted its own title as Nassauisches Rothenburg. The symbol or mascot of this town is a bear. Scenic attractions include its half-timbered houses; Herborn is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. Herborn hosted the 26th Hessentag state festival in 1986, and the 56th Hessentag in 2016.

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Herborn, Hesse
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Diesterwegschule Herborn

Am Hintersand 11
35745 , Kernstadt (Herborn)
Hesse, Germany
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Kreisausschuss des Lahn-Dill-Kreises

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Herborn Castle

Herborn Castle (German: Schloss Herborn) is situated right above the city of Herborn, in the Lahn-Dill district of the state of Hesse, Germany.

Herborn (Dillkr) station

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Aar (Dill)

Aar is a river of Hesse, Germany. It flows for 20.6 kilometres (12.8 mi) into the Dill near Herborn.

Burg (Dillkr) Nord station

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Schelde (Dill)

Schelde is a river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Dill near Dillenburg.

Volpertsberg

Volpertsberg is a mountain of Hesse, Germany.

Dillenburg station

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Dillenburg

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Dillenburg Castle

Castle Dillenburg, in the provincial town of Dillenburg in Hesse-Nassau, is situated on a hill (elevation 958 feet) above the Dill river, 25 miles northwest from Gießen on the Giessen-Troisdorf railway line. The main building of the old castle was deconstructed in 1760 after suffering fire from cannon damage in the Seven Years' War. Today the hill above the town still has the ruins of the 17th-century fortifications of the old schloss Dillenburg, but nothing at all remains of the original fortifications, which were mostly wood. It was founded by Count Henry the Rich of Nassau, about the year 1240, and later became the birthplace of Prince William of Orange in 1533. Due to the effects of the Protestant reformation, in the town below is the (since 1530) Evangelical church but formerly Johanniskirche from 1491, with the vault of the princes of Nassau-Dillenburg.

Greifenstein Castle (Hesse)

Greifenstein Castle (German: Burg Greifenstein) lies in the eponymous village of Greifenstein in the county of Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Middle Hesse, Germany. It is a geo point in the national geopark of Westerwald-Lahn-Taunus.

Dietzhölze

Dietzhölze is a river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Dill in Dillenburg.

Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Lahn-Dill is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Siegen-Wittgenstein, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen, Wetteraukreis, Hochtaunuskreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Westerwaldkreis.