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6 unusual facts about Limburg an der Lahn


Biedenkopf transmitter

The Biedenkopf transmitter covers mostly the very mountainous region around the cities of Waldeck and Frankenberg to the north, as well as the area to the south up to the city of Limburg an der Lahn.

Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor

In March 1945 he was among those liberated by American forces from Oflag XII-B, a camp for officers near Limburg an der Lahn.

Hadamar Euthanasia Centre

The discovery in late March 1945 of the "euthanasia" facility Hadamar near Limburg an der Lahn in west central Germany riveted attention in the United States.

Johann Mechtel

After his ordination (about 1587), he was appointed pastor at Eltz, near Limburg; in 1592 he became canon at Limburg and as such administered for two years the troublesome parish of Camberg.

Peter Cahensly

Peter Paul Cahensly (1838–1923), a German merchant who lived in the Hessian town Limburg an der Lahn.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg

Its cathedral church is St George's Cathedral Limburg an der Lahn.


Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Amelia Charlotte Wilhelmina Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (7 August 1776 in Kirchheimbolanden – 19 February 1841 at Schaumburg Castle, near Limburg an der Lahn) was a Princess of Nassau by birth and by marriage Duchess of Anhalt-Bernburg.

Daubach, Westerwaldkreis

The community lies west of Bundesautobahn 3, five kilometres from Montabaur, to the lee of the Stelzenbach Forest, above the Gelbach Valley and only seven kilometres from the Lahn Valley with its episcopal town, Limburg an der Lahn.

Dieter Trautwein

After several postings as a vicar in Königstein, Limburg and Bad Nauheim he served from 1963 to 1970 in positions involving him with the training of new ministers in Frankfurt am Main.

Guckheim

Lying roughly 35 km east of Koblenz, halfway between the agglomerations of Frankfurt am Main and Cologne, Guckheim has at its disposal a good transport infrastructure with the new InterCityExpress stations in Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn, the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt; interchange at Diez/Nentershausen) and Bundesstraßen 8 and 255, all found nearby.

Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg

Imagina was born in about 1255 (probably in Limburg an der Lahn) to Gerlach I of Limburg and Imagina of Blieskastel.

Kaden

Through the buslines of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, the Westerburg-Limburg-Frankfurt and Westerburg-Altenkirchen-Cologne railway lines and the InterCityExpress stop in Montabaur, Kaden is linked to the long-distance transport network.

Ulmen

Sir Heinrich von Ulmen, a knight, went on the Fourth Crusade to Constantinople, whence he brought valuable treasures back, among others the famous Limburger Staurothek (“Limburg Reliquary of the True Cross”), which can still be seen in the cathedral in Limburg an der Lahn.


see also

Rafał de Weryha-Wysoczański

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser XXX, vol 145, Limburg an der Lahn 2008 (Contributor), ISBN 978-3-7980-0845-8.

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.

Tamara Bach

Tamara Bach was born in 1976 in Limburg an der Lahn and grew up in Ludwigshöhe, Rhineland-Palatinate.