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Laubach is a town of approximately 10,000 people in the Gießen region of
The dense Laubach Woods spread into the foothills of the Vogelsberg Mountains. With its many historic and colorful half-timbered (') buildings, Laubach is an area of interest to tourists.
The main point of attraction is the castle, which is still owned by the count of Solms-Laubach. It was built in the thirteenth century and expanded over the years. The Solms castle has one of the largest private libraries in Europe, with over 120,000 titles. An original Gutenberg Bible, on display in the Johann Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, came from this private collection. The castle grounds include a huge park with a swan lake, open to the public.
The city's Evangelical Lutheran Church, formerly named St. Maria, has a Baroque organ. The oldest part of the church was built in the twelfth century. It was renovated in the eighteenth century.
The former district courthouse ('), the city hall, and the Heimat Museum are together on the main street of Friedrichstrasse. The courthouse is now a residence for senior citizens.
The is the local history museum, originally built near the town of in 1750 by Count August Solms-Laubach. The building was moved to its present location in 1832 and served as a school before it became a museum. The museum contains a permanent exhibit of the diary of city resident
Image:Laubach sheep.jpg, Sheep grazing, a part of Laubach's landscape
Image:Innenstadt Laubach.jpg, Solms Castle and Laubach houses
Image:1938 Laubach courthouse 300dpi.jpg, Laubach courthouse (') in 1938
Image:Friedrich Kellner Laubach Courthouse 1948.jpg, Chief Justice Inspector Friedrich Kellner (center), at the Laubach courthouse in 1948
File:2007-07 Ruthardshausen.jpg, The ruined church "St. Valentin" of the deserted village , July 2007
Laubach Online
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. Laubach is known as a ', a climatic health resort. It is situated east of Gießen. Surrounding Laubach are the towns of Hungen, Grünberg, Schotten and Lich.
Points of interest
The dense Laubach Woods spread into the foothills of the Vogelsberg Mountains. With its many historic and colorful half-timbered (') buildings, Laubach is an area of interest to tourists.
The main point of attraction is the castle, which is still owned by the count of Solms-Laubach. It was built in the thirteenth century and expanded over the years. The Solms castle has one of the largest private libraries in Europe, with over 120,000 titles. An original Gutenberg Bible, on display in the Johann Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, came from this private collection. The castle grounds include a huge park with a swan lake, open to the public.
The city's Evangelical Lutheran Church, formerly named St. Maria, has a Baroque organ. The oldest part of the church was built in the twelfth century. It was renovated in the eighteenth century.
The former district courthouse ('), the city hall, and the Heimat Museum are together on the main street of Friedrichstrasse. The courthouse is now a residence for senior citizens.
The is the local history museum, originally built near the town of in 1750 by Count August Solms-Laubach. The building was moved to its present location in 1832 and served as a school before it became a museum. The museum contains a permanent exhibit of the diary of city resident Friedrich Kellner
August Friedrich Kellner (1 February 1885 – 4 November 1970) was a German mid-level official and diarist who worked as a justice inspector in Laubach from 1933 to 1945.
Kellner was an infantryman in a Hessian regiment during the First Worl ...
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Notable residents
*Friedrich Kellner
August Friedrich Kellner (1 February 1885 – 4 November 1970) was a German mid-level official and diarist who worked as a justice inspector in Laubach from 1933 to 1945.
Kellner was an infantryman in a Hessian regiment during the First Worl ...
(1885–1970) - Laubach's chief justice inspector during World War II, he wrote a 10-volume diary about the misdeeds of the Nazis, later published as a book, '' My Opposition'' (german: Mein Widerstand). He became deputy mayor, first town councilman, and chairman of the regional branch of the Social Democrats. A Canadian documentary about Kellner was filmed on location in Laubach.
* Felix Klipstein (1880–1941), artist - grew up in and Belgium, spending his academic years in France and Spain, where he did special studies in Velázquez. In 1909 he settled in Laubach with his wife, the writer Edith Blass.
* Friedel Münch (1927–2014), head of Münch Motorcycle Works
* Philipp Erasmus Reich (1717–1787), bookseller and publisher
* Georg Friedrich Solms-Laubach (1899–1969)
* Sophie von Solms-Laubach (1594–1651)
* Countess Monika zu Solms-Laubach (1929–2015), Princess Consort of Hanover
Laubach in the media
Literature
*Film
*Gallery
References
External links
Laubach Online
(municipal website) {{Authority control Giessen (district)