Limburg Cathedral has a famous boys' choir, the Limburger Domsingknaben, which trains at Musical Boarding School in Hadamar, and an excellent girls' choir, the Mädchenkantorei Limburg, both singing at the Limburg Cathedral and internationally. Its long eastern boundary is the international border with the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Bundesstraße 49 links Limburg to Koblenz towards the west and Wetzlar and Gießen towards the east. If you don’t receive the email, please contact us via this form, Find out more about managing your data and your rights, API ViaMichelin - Itineraries, Geocoding, Traffic, Mapping, Michelin POI. The ruling class among the mediaeval townsfolk were rich merchant families whose houses stood right near the castle tower and were surrounded by the first town wall once it was built. From 1919 to 1923, Limburg was the "capital" of a short-lived state called Free State Bottleneck (or Freistaat Flaschenhals in German) because it was the nearest unoccupied town to the Weimar Republic. The ViaMichelin map of Limburg an der Lahn: get the famous Michelin maps, the result of more than a century of mapping experience. With table football, Internet café and many events, this institution is not only church-based, with two staff and a Zivildienstleistender supporting the visitors not only with their problems. During World War I there was a major prisoner of war camp at Limburg an der Lahn. Michelin Travel Partner will process your email address in order to manage your subscription to the ViaMichelin newsletter. The town consists of eight formerly autonomous Ortsteile or villages, listed here by population. Find any address on the map of Limburg an der Lahn or calculate your itinerary to and from Limburg an der Lahn, find all the tourist attractions and Michelin Guide restaurants in Limburg an der Lahn. The cabaret troupe "Thing", founded more than 25 years ago, moved after a short time from its initial home in the outlying centre of Staffel to the Josef-Kohlmaier-Halle, a civic event hall, where its stage can now be found in the hall's club rooms. Once the Lahntalbahn had been built, Limburg was joined to the railway network in 1862. Nevertheless, they had to bear the main financial burden of running the town. You can also view and book hotels selected from the MICHELIN guide. The nearest major cities are Wetzlar and Gießen to the north east, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt to the south and Koblenz to the west. Check out our car rental service and all its many benefits: Here are our tips for driving safely and efficiently. Many Irish members of the British Army were interned there until the end of the war and at one stage they were visited by the Irish republican leader Roger Casement in an attempt to win recruits for the forthcoming Irish rebellion. In 1315 and 1346, the old stone Lahn Bridge was built (presumably in two sections). Against the background of the German Peasants' War, unrest also arose among the townsfolk in 1525. Blumenrod is also often called a constituent community, although this is actually only a big residential neighbourhood in the main town's south end. 634 reviews. The municipal election held on 6 March 2016 yielded the following results: The town's mayor is currently Marius Hahn (SPD). As of 1862, Limburg became a railway hub and from 1886 a district seat. Furthermore, a ban on assembly was decreed, and the ineligible townsmen were stripped of their right to send two representatives to council. For each location, ViaMichelin city maps allow you to display classic mapping elements (names and types of streets and roads) as well as more detailed information: pedestrian streets, building numbers, one-way streets, administrative buildings, the main local landmarks (town hall, station, post office, theatres, etc. Cologne Bonn Airport is 110 km away and can be reached on the ICE in 44 minutes. The square's name in the 13th century was still, Stille, Eugen: Limburg an der Lahn und seine Geschichte, Limburger Vereinsdruckerei, Selbstverlag E. Stille, Limburg/Kassel 1971, Maibach, Heinz: Limburg an der Lahn in alten Ansichten, Siebte Auflage, Zaltbommel/Niederlande 1993, This page was last edited on 15 August 2020, at 07:43. Limburg is the southernmost of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands. (training base for the, Schwimmverein Poseidon Limburg e. V. (swimming), various clubs in the outlying centres such as the Turnverein Eschhofen (gymnastics club), the, Ahlbach Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1908 (includes Youth Fire Brigade), Dietkirchen Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1934 (includes Youth Fire Brigade), Eschhofen Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1901 (includes Youth Fire Brigade), Lindenholzhausen Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1933 (includes Youth Fire Brigade), Linter Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1935 (includes Youth Fire Brigade), Offheim Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1898 (includes Youth Fire Brigade), Staffel Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1880 (includes Youth Fire Brigade), Town of Limburg art collections that offer changing exhibits, Old Lahn Bridge, from 1315, place where the, In the Old Town stand many timber-frame houses from the 13th to 19th centuries.