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2 unusual facts about Hachenburg


Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg

It passed to the Burgraves of Kirchberg in 1715, to the Counts of Nassau-Weilburg in 1799, and to the Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in 1803.

When Count William III of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn died in 1623 without clear heirs, the Archbishop of Cologne occupied the vacant County until the succession was settled.


Alpenrod

The community lies between Bundesstraßen 255, linking Koblenz and Hachenburg, and 414, leading from Montabaur to Herborn.

Berod bei Hachenburg

Berod bei Hachenburg is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Borod

The Bundesstraße joins the community with the middle centres of Hachenburg (10 km) and Altenkirchen (6 km).

Schoolchildren go to the primary school in Borod, the Hauptschule and Realschule in Hachenburg or the Gymnasien in Altenkirchen, Marienstatt and Dierdorf, each of which can be reached by public bus.

Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg

Louise married Frederick William, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, son of Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, on 31 July 1788 in Hachenburg.

Dreifelden

Dreifelden is linked to the long-distance road network by Bundesstraße 8, which joins the community to the middle centres of Hachenburg (11 km) and Altenkirchen (26 km).

Gerlach IV of Isenburg-Limburg

Gerlach II of Greifenstein, married between 1267 and 1273 into the House of Hachenburg.

Hattert

Hattert lies between Hachenburg and Altenkirchen, on the so-called Altenkirchen Plateau (Altenkirchener Hochebene) in the “Further” Westerwald (Vorderwesterwald).

On 1 April 1885, the Altenkirchen-Hachenburg stretch of railway, the so-called Oberwesterwaldbahn, was opened with a station at Hattert, whose building time can nevertheless no longer be exactly dated.

Kroppach

The community lies between Hachenburg and Altenkirchen and is described as the gateway to the Kroppach Switzerland nature and landscape conservation area.

Linden, Westerwaldkreis

Linden is connected to the national highway network by Bundesstraße 8, which links the community to the middle centres of Hachenburg (10 km) and Altenkirchen (6 km).

Louise Juliane of Erbach

In 1652, she handed over the County of Sayn to her daughters, who divided it into Sayn-Altenkirchen and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg.

Count Christian, Louis Casimir's youngest brother then besieged Altenkirchen and the Electorate of Mainz besieged Hachenburg.

Marzhausen

The community, first documented in 1346, lies between Hachenburg and Altenkirchen on the edge of the Kroppach Switzerland (Kroppacher Schweiz) and is characterized by agriculture.

Mudenbach

Mudenbach is linked to the long-distance transport network by Landesstraße 265 leading to Bundesstraße 8, which links the community to the middle centres of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen.

Stein-Neukirch

Right near the community, Bundesstraßen 54, linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, and 414, leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg, cross each other.

Steinebach an der Wied

Steinebach an der Wied is linked to the long-distance road network by Bundesstraße 8, which also links the community with the middle centres of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen.


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