Greifenstein Castle (Hesse)

Lichtenstein Castle (German: Burg Lichtenstein) is a levelled spur castle on the hill of Burgberg Lichtenstein, 315 m above sea level (NN), near the Greifenstein village of Holzhausen on the old military High Road, that ran from Frankfurt via Wetzlar to Cologne. The castle site is situated to the north of, and above, the Ulmbach Reservoir in the Hessian county of Lahn-Dill-Kreis.

Beilstein is a village in the German municipality Greifenstein, in the state Hesse. In December 2020, Beilstein counted 1,457 inhabitants, and its area is 10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi). The village is located about 10 km southwest of Herborn, 17 km northwest of the city Wetzlar and about 80 km north of Frankfurt am Main. Beilstein is located in the eastern part of the Westerwald mountain range in Hessen, near the border with Rheinland-Pfalz. The current day village is a combination of the villages Beilstein, Haiern and Wallendorf. Written records of Wallendorf trace back to the year 774. Beilstein itself was granted city rights on 18 February 1321 by the count of Nassau. Haiern is part of Beilstein since 1941. Burg Beilstein (Castle of Beilstein), was mentioned in official records in 1129 for the first time, and was expanded around 1320 by the counts of Nassau. Beilstein was between 1607 and 1620 the residence of a branch of the house Nassau-Dillenburg with George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. In 1977, the town was merged into the municipality of Greifenstein.The King of the Netherlands is also styled Baron of Beilstein. See also Style of the Dutch sovereign.

Greifenstein is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Its administrative seat is Beilstein. Greifenstein covers 67.43 km² on the eastern slope of the Westerwald range. It was named for the castle of the same name in the constituent community of the same name. This is the site of the German Bell Museum (Deutsches Glockenmuseum), which holds about 50 bells that show the historical development of bell pouring and manufacture.

Katzenfurt is a village (Ortsteil) of the municipality of Ehringshausen. The name does not mean Katze (cat), but the name comes from the Chatten or Katten, an ancient Germanic tribe. Its first documented reference was in 1233 via Heinricus de Kaczenfurt, who was named as a witness to a sale of the estates to Grossholzheim and Kleinholzheim by Hartrad von Merenberg to Arnsburg Abbey.

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.

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 station is a railway station in the town of Herborn in the German state of Hesse on the Dill Railway (built as part of the former Deutz–Gießen railway). The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station.

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.

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 (German: Haltepunkt Burg (Dillkr) Nord) is a railway station in the municipality of Burg, located in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis district in Hesse, Germany.

Lemp is a river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Dill in Ehringshausen.

Ehringshausen is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.