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Aulenhausen
Aulenhausen is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 240 inhabitants (2021). Geography The village is largely surrounded by forest in the eastern Hintertaunus, on a plateau between the Weinbachtal and Weiltal valleys and is part of the Taunus Nature Park. Aulenhausen is located 3.4 km west of the centre of Weilmünster. The district road 442 (''Kreisstraße 442'') runs through the village. The district borders Essershausen and Ernsthausen to the north and Weilmünster to the east. Blessenbach and Elkerhausen (both districts of Weinbach) border it from the south and Weinbach centre to the west. History The oldest known written mention of Aulenhausen was under the name ''Ulinhousen'' in 1333. Further mentions were made below the place names (the year of mention in brackets): ''Ulnhusen'' (1565), ''Ohlenhausen'' (1650), and ''Ahlenhausen'' (1740). The first school was built around 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weilmünster
Weilmünster is a municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Weilmünster is among the most richly wooded places in Limburg-Weilburg. The forestry office looks after not only the State Forest but also twelve municipalities’ woodlands in the south of the Limburg-Weilburg and Lahn-Dill districts. Location The market community of Weilmünster lies on the north slope of the Taunus in the Weil valley, the Weil being a tributary to the Lahn. The nearest major cities are Wetzlar (20 km) to the northeast, Limburg (25 km) to the west and Frankfurt am Main (50 km) to the southeast. Neighbouring communities Weilmünster borders in the north on the towns of Weilburg (Limburg-Weilburg) and Braunfels, in the east on the community of Waldsolms (both in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis), in the south on the communities of Grävenwiesbach, Weilrod (both in the Hochtaunuskreis) and Selters and in the west on the communities of Villmar and Weinbach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dietenhausen
Dietenhausen is a village (Village, ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 400 inhabitants (2021). Geography The village is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus Nature Park, at an altitude of 340 meters above sea level, southeast of the town core of Weilmünster. The Irserbach, Iserbach rises southeast of the village and flows on to Möttau, forming a valley in which the towns are located. The highest elevations near Dietenhausen are the ''Heiligenwald'' at 415 meters above sea level and the ''Heidenkopf'' at 405 meters above sea level. Neighboring towns are Weilmünster (west), Möttau (northwest), Brandoberndorf (northeast), Hasselborn (east) and Grävenwiesbach (southeast). History As far as is known, the place was first mentioned in a document in 1301 as Didenhusen. In surviving documents from later years, the place also was mentioned under the following place names (the year of menti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfenhausen
Wolfenhausen is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 1000 inhabitants (2021). Geography Wolfenhausen is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus Nature Park, at an altitude of 300 metres above sea level, approx. seven kilometres south-west of the core municipality of Weilmünster. The highest elevation in the district is the ''Rote Küppel'' at 378 metres. The Wolfenhauserbach stream flows through the village. It rises in the Laubus forest district, flows down the valley through the Laubus valley and is called Laubusbach below the village. The district area is 5.54 square kilometres, of which 1.96 square kilometres are forest. Neighbouring villages are Münster (to the west), Langhecke (to the north-west), Laubuseschbach (to the north-east) and Haintchen (to the south). History The village was first mentioned in a document from 1194 as belonging to the parish of Münster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohnstadt
Rohnstadt is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 260 inhabitants (2021). Geography Rohnstadt is located in the eastern Hintertaunus, about three kilometers southwest of the Weilmünster core, embedded in a high hollow between the ''Hofwald'', '' Hühnerküppel'', ''Riesenkopf'' and ''Steinchen'' elevations in the Taunus Nature Park. The highest elevation in the district is the Hühnerküppel at 369 m above sea level. Neighboring towns are Laubuseschbach (west), Weilmünster (north) and Langenbach (southeast). History Celtic fortifications ( ring walls) on the ''Riesenkopf'', the ''Riesenburg'', and on the ''Hühnerkuppel'' indicate an older settlement in this area. Archaeological finds allow a classification into the late Hallstatt period or the early and late La Tène period. A prehistoric long-distance route, the so-called '' Hessenstrasse'' (also called ''Hünerstrasse''), which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Möttau
Möttau is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 300 inhabitants (2021). Geography Möttau is located in the eastern Hintertaunus, northeast of the core town of Weilmünster and directly on the district border with the Lahn-Dill district. The Möttbach rises in the village and flows on to Philippstein. In addition, the Iserbach, coming from Dietenhausen, flows into the Möttbach here. Together they form a valley that runs north–south and in which Möttau is located. The district also includes a very large forest area. The highest elevations near Möttau are the ''Hirschberg'' at 333 meters above sea level and the ''Buhlenberg'' at 363 meters above sea level. Neighboring towns are Weilmünster (southwest), Altenkirchen (north), Kraftsolms (east), and Dietenhausen (southeast). History The place is mentioned for the first time in a donation deed from the ''Codex Eberhardi'' in the Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lützendorf
Lützendorf is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 200 inhabitants (2021). History In surviving documents, Lützendorf was mentioned under the following place names (the year of mention in brackets): Luzelendorf (1234), Lutzillindorf (1292), Lutzelendorf (1320), Lutzilndorf (1330) and Lietzendorff (1630). The village was first mentioned in documents in 1234. The main part of the place was a farm that belonged to the monastery in Dietkirchen. In 1620 the Lords of Schwalbach and in 1690 the Lords of Grünstein were the feudal successors to the Knights of Essershausen. With the knightly possession of Essershausen, the place came to Count Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg in 1724. The farm was closed, and the fields were distributed among several farmers. Lützendorf had a stop on the Weiltalbahn. The railway line was built in 1889 and dismantled in 1990 after passenger traffic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laubuseschbach
Laubuseschbach is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 1400 inhabitants (2021). Geography Laubuseschbach is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus Nature Park. The highest elevations near Laubuseschbach are the ''Alteberg'' at 370 metres above sea level, the ''Hühnerküppel'' at 369 metres above sea level and the ''Hasenberg'' at 358 metres above sea level. The Bleidenbach stream flows through the village. The district covers an area of 7.73 square kilometres, of which 2.09 square kilometres are forest. Neighbouring villages are Wolfenhausen (south-west), Blessenbach (north-west), Rohnstadt (north-east) and Langenbach (east). The nearest larger towns are Weilburg (16 km) to the north-west, Limburg (25 km) to the west, Wetzlar (27 km) to the north-east and Frankfurt am Main (50 km) to the south-east. History In surviving documents, Laubuseschbach was mentioned under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essershausen
Essershausen is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 200 inhabitants (2021). History The village was first mentioned in a document in 1233 as the seat of an imperial knight. At that time the village was called Eschershusen. The place was known under the names Eichschershusen, Eschershusen, Achesshusen, Eschersshusen, Eschershausen and Essershausen to today's Essershausen. The knight lived in a farm in the middle of the valley, surrounded by a moat. The modernly built-over castle hill in Weiltal has been preserved. A second castle complex was located northeast of the village on a mountain spur surrounded by the Gundersbach on the extension of the Bermbacher Weg in the forest. Visible from the forest path are the neck ditch and behind it the castle hill on the mountain spur above the Gundersbach. A document from 1391 showed that the bishops of Worms rewarded Konrad von Essershausen wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernsthausen
Ernsthausen is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 600 inhabitants (2021). Geography The village is located in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse, north of Frankfurt am Main and close to Weilburg. As Ernsthausen was part of the former Oberlahnkreis until the creation of the district of Limburg-Weilburg in July 1974, it was also referred to as Ernsthausen (Oberlahnkreis). Located in the eastern Hintertaunus The Hintertaunus ("Farther Taunus") is a natural region in the German Central Upland range of the Taunus (major unit group 30), which rises to a height of and lies north of the High Taunus (301). It extends as far as the river Rhine to the w ... and thus in the Taunus Nature Park, Ernsthausen is crossed by the Weil (river), Weil, a tributary of the Lahn. History Ernsthausen was mentioned in surviving documents under the following place names (the year of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langenbach (Weilmünster)
Langenbach is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse, Germany. It has around 370 inhabitants (2021). Geography Langenbach is located in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse, in the eastern Hintertaunus - in a side valley of the Weiltal. Distinctive geographical elevations are the Hühnerküppel in the north-west, the ''Hasenberg'' in the west and the ''Haagköppel'' in the south. Within the municipality of Weilmünster, Langenbach borders Rohnstadt to the north and Laubuseschbach to the west. The ''Hessenstraße'' forms the border here. To the south, Langenbach borders the villages of Winden and Heinzenberg in the municipalities of Weilrod and Grävenwiesbach (both Hochtaunuskreis). The border here is formed by the Leistenbach. The Weil river forms the western border. Langenbach consists of the old, historic town centre with the surrounding newer built-up areas History Celtic fortifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laimbach
Laimbach is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 230 inhabitants (2021). Geography The village is located in a side valley of the Weil river in the eastern Hintertaunus, surrounded by forest area. It is the northernmost part of the municipality and is located between the villages of Bermbach ( Weilburg) in the north and Ernsthausen in the south. The highest point near Laimbach is the Hollandskopf at 339 metres above sea level. History As far as is known, the place was first mentioned in writing in 1299. The feudal lord of Laimbach changed several times; in the 14th and 15th centuries, for example, the Bishopric of Worms was the owner of the village. In the town and the surrounding area, iron ore was mined and smelted into iron by the residents; There were several iron ore mines in the late Middle Ages. This was confirmed in a document in 1565 by Count Albrecht of Nassau-Weilburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
