Editing Limburg an der Lahn

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{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|image_coa = DEU Limburg an der Lahn COA.svg
|image_flag = DEU Limburg a. d. Lahn Banner.svg
|image_photo = DomLimburgLahn27.jpg
|image_caption = Cathedral with the old Lahn bridge
|coordinates = {{coord|50|23|N|8|4|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Limburg in LM.svg
|state = Hesse
|region = Giessen
|district = Limburg-Weilburg
|elevation = 117
|area = 45.16
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 06533009
|postal_code = 65549–65556
|area_code = 06431, 06433 (Ahlbach)
|licence = LM, WEL
|website = [https://www.limburg.de/ www.limburg.de]
|mayor = Marius Hahn<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2022-10/direktwahlen_09_2022_10102022.xlsx|title=Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden|language=de|date=5 September 2022|publisher=[[Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt]]|format=XLS}}</ref>
|party = SPD
|leader_term = 2021&ndash;27
}}
'''Limburg an der Lahn''' ({{IPA|de|ˈlɪmbʊʁk ʔan deːɐ̯ ˈlaːn}}, {{lit|Limburg on the [[Lahn]]}}; officially abbreviated ''Limburg a. d. Lahn'') is the district seat of [[Limburg-Weilburg]] in Hesse, Germany.

==Geography==

===Location===
[[File:Lahn limburg.jpg|thumb|left|The river Lahn in Limburg]]
Limburg lies in western Hesse between the [[Taunus]] and the [[Westerwald]] on the river [[Lahn]].

The town lies roughly centrally in a basin within the [[Rheinisches Schiefergebirge|Rhenish Slate Mountains]] which is surrounded by the low ranges of the Taunus and Westerwald and called the [[Limburg Basin]] (''Limburger Becken''). Owing to the favourable soil and climate, the Limburg Basin stands as one of Hesse's richest agricultural regions and moreover, with its convenient Lahn crossing, it has been of great importance to transport since the [[Middle Ages]]. Within the basin, the Lahn's otherwise rather narrow lower valley broadens out noticeably, making Limburg's mean elevation only 117&nbsp;m above sea level.

===Neighbouring communities===
Limburg forms, together with the town of [[Diez, Germany|Diez]], a middle centre (in terms of [[Central place theory]]) but partially functions as an upper centre to western [[Middle Hesse]].

Limburg's residential neighbourhoods reach beyond the town limits; the neighbouring centres of [[Elz, Hesse|Elz]] and Diez run seamlessly together.

Surrounding towns and communities are the community of Elz and the town of [[Hadamar]] in the north, the community of [[Beselich]] in the northeast, the town of [[Runkel]] in the east, the communities of [[Villmar]] and [[Brechen]] in the southeast, the community of [[Hünfelden]] in the south (all in Limburg-Weilburg), the community of [[Holzheim, Rhineland-Palatinate|Holzheim]] in the southwest, and the town of Diez and the communities of [[Aull, Germany|Aull]] and [[Gückingen]] in the west (all in the [[Rhein-Lahn-Kreis]] in Rhineland-Palatinate).

The nearest major cities are [[Wetzlar]] and [[Gießen]] to the north east, [[Wiesbaden]] and [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]] to the south and [[Koblenz]] to the west.

===Constituent communities===
[[File:Karte-Limburg-Stadtteile.png|thumb|200px|Map of Limburg and its constituent communities]]
The town consists of eight formerly autonomous ''[[Ortsbezirk]]e'' or boroughs, listed here by population (as of 2020):<ref>[https://www.limburg.de/media/custom/3252_1586_1.PDF?1623223692 Hauptsatzung der Kreisstadt Limburg a. d. Lahn], § 3, 25 May 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.limburg.de/Rathaus-Leben/Stadtportrait/Limburg-in-Zahlen.php?object=tx,3251.5&ModID=7&FID=3252.574.1&NavID=3252.33&La=1 Limburg in Zahlen], Stadt Limburg. Retrieved on 2 November 2022.</ref>

# Limburg: 19,401
# [[Lindenholzhausen]]: 3,315
# [[Linter (Limburg an der Lahn)|Linter]]: 3,080
# [[Eschhofen]]: 2,789
# [[Staffel (Limburg an der Lahn)|Staffel]]: 2,762
# [[Offheim]]: 2,608
# [[Dietkirchen]]: 1,630
# [[Ahlbach]]: 1,252

Each ''Ortsbezirk'' is represented by a council. Blumenrod is also often called a constituent community, although this is actually only a big residential neighbourhood in the main town's south end. Its landmark is the ''Domäne Blumenrod'', a former manor house that has been restored and remodelled by the Limburg Free Evangelical community.

Limburg's biggest outlying centre is Lindenholzhausen (3,315 residents as of June 2020); the second biggest is Linter.

==Etymology==
The derivation of the name "Limburg" is not quite clear and may well derive from a local castle (''Burg'' means "castle" in German). In 910 the town was first mentioned as ''Lintpurc''. Two of the popular theories are:
* The name was chosen because of the close proximity to the Linterer Bach, a former stream in Linter that has now run dry and that emptied into the Lahn at the Domfelsen ([[wikt:crag|crag]]). ''Linda'' is the [[Gaulish]] word for water.
* Rather unlikely but very popular is the connection to a dragon saga (see [[Lindworm]]) and the connection with the [[Stift]] of [[Saint George]] the "Dragon Slayer" founded in Limburg. However, the monastery was built after the castle and founded around the time of the first written mention of the name.

==History==
[[File:Burg Limburg südost.jpg|thumb|left|The oldest preserved section of the Limburg Castle, seen from the courtyard]]
About 800 A.D., the first castle buildings arose on the Limburg crags. This was probably designed for the protection of a [[ford (crossing)|ford]] over the river Lahn. In the decades that followed, the town developed under the castle's protection. Limburg is first mentioned in documents in 910 under the name of ''Lintpurc'' when [[Louis the Child]] granted [[Conrad Kurzbold|Konrad Kurzbold]] an estate in the community on which he was to build a church. Konrad Kurzbold laid the foundation stone for Saint George's Monastery Church, where he was also buried. The community soon increased in importance with the monastery's founding and profited from the lively goods trade on the ''Via Publica''.

In 1150, a wooden bridge was built across the Lahn. The long-distance road from [[Cologne]] to [[Frankfurt am Main]] subsequently ran through Limburg. In the early 13th century, Limburg Castle was built in its current form. Shortly afterwards, the town passed into the ownership of the [[County of Isenburg|Lords of Ysenburg]]. In 1214, the community was granted town rights. Remains of the fortification wall from the years 1130, 1230 and 1340 with a maximum length of roughly one thousand metres indicate to this day the blossoming town's quick development in the Middle Ages. There is proof of a [[mint (coin)|mint]] in Limburg in 1180.
[[File:Limburg-Dom6.JPG|thumb|Mediaeval window at the back of the cathedral ([[peristyle]])]]
One line of the Lords of Ysenburg resided from 1258 to 1406 at Limburg Castle and took their name from their seat, Limburg. From this line came the [[House of Limburg-Stirum]] and also [[Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg]], the wife of the German King [[Adolf, King of the Romans|Adolf]].

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. The area of today's Rossmarkt ("Horse Market"), in which many simple craftsmen lived, was only brought within the fortifications once the second town wall was built. The inhabitants there, however, unlike the merchant élite, were accorded no entitlement to a voice in town affairs and were not allowed to send representatives to the town council. Nevertheless, they had to bear the main financial burden of running the town. Only in 1458 were they allowed to send two representatives to town council.
[[File:Limburg Stadtmauer.jpg|thumb|left|Remains of the town wall on Eschhöfer Weg]]
Saint George's Cathedral (''Sankt-Georgs-Dom'') built on the old monastery church's site, and also called ''Georgsdom'', was consecrated in 1235. On 14 May 1289, a devastating fire wiped out great parts of the inner town, although these were subsequently rebuilt. One of the houses built at that time was the [[Römer 2-4-6]], which is today one of Germany's oldest [[half-timbered]] houses. In 1337, Limburg's Jews were expelled from the town. Only in 1341 were they once again able to settle in the town, by royal decree. In 1344 a half share of the town was pledged to the [[Electorate of Trier]], and in 1420, the town passed wholly into the ownership of Trier. This event, along with another town fire in 1342, the [[Black Death]] in 1349, 1356 and 1365, but above all the rise of the Territorial Princes, led to a gradual decline. In 1315 and 1346, the old stone Lahn Bridge was built (presumably in two sections).
[[File:Limburg an der Lahn De Merian Hassiae.jpg|thumb|Limburg – extract from the Topographia Hassiae by [[Matthäus Merian]] 1655]]
[[File:Limburg Cathedral, West facade 20140917 1.jpg|thumb|[[Limburg Cathedral|Saint George's Cathedral]] today]]
[[File:LimburgAltstadt.jpg|thumb|Old Town]]
Against the background of the [[German Peasants' War]], unrest also arose among the townsfolk in 1525. After the Elector of Trier had demanded that the townsmen turn a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] preacher out of the town, a board made up of townsmen who were ineligible for council functions handed the council a 30-point comprehensive list of demands on 24 May. It dealt mainly with financial participation and equality in taxation, trade and building issues with the merchant class. In the days that followed, these demands were reduced in negotiations between the council and the board to 16 points, which were likely also taken up with the Elector afterwards. On 5 August, however, Archbishop Richard ordered the council to overturn all concessions to the townsmen. Furthermore, a ban on assembly was decreed, and the ineligible townsmen were stripped of their right to send two representatives to council.

In 1806, Limburg came into the possession of the newly founded [[Duchy of Nassau]]. In 1818 the town wall was torn down. In 1827 the town was raised to a [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] episcopal seat. In 1866 the Duchy and with it Limburg passed to [[Prussia]] in the wake of the [[Austro-Prussian War]]. As of 1862, Limburg became a railway hub and from 1886 a district seat. In 1892, the [[Pallottines]] settled in town, but only the men; the women came in 1895.

During [[World War I]] there was a major [[prisoner of war]] camp at Limburg an der Lahn. 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 [[Easter Rising|Irish rebellion]].

From 1919 to 1923, Limburg was the "capital" of a short-lived state called [[Free State Bottleneck]] (or ''Freistaat Flaschenhals'' in German) because during the Allied [[occupation of the Rhineland]] it was effectively cut off from the [[Weimar Republic]] in an area the shape of a bottle's neck and subsequently separated from its administration.

In August 1939, shortly before the German [[invasion of Poland]] and start of [[World War II]], the German Army established the Dulag G [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|prisoner-of-war camp]] for Polish POWs in the town.<ref name=ushm>{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=125|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}}</ref> The camp was dissolved in January 1941.<ref name=ushm/>

==Politics==

===Town council===
The municipal election held on 6 March 2016 yielded the following results:
{| class="wikitable"
|--- class="bgcolor5"
|colspan="2" | '''Parties and voter communities'''
|align="center" | '''%<br />2016'''
|align="center" | '''seats<br />2016'''
|align="center" | '''%<br />2011'''
|align="center" | '''seats<br />2011'''
|----
|CDU
|[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany]]
|align="right" |42.8
| align="right" |19
|align="right" |42.2
|align="right" |19
|----
|SPD
|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany]]
|align="right" |33.0
| align="right" |15
|align="right" |27.5
|align="right" |13
|----
| GRÜNE
| [[Bündnis 90/Die Grünen]]
|align="right" |15.5
| align="right" |7
|align="right" |9.0
| align="right" |4
|----
|FWG
|[[Freie Wähler]] Gemeinschaft Limburg
|align="right" |-
| align="right" |-
|align="right" |5.2
|align="right" |2
|----
| FDP
| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
|align="right" |10.2
| align="right" |5
|align="right" |4.7
|align="right" |2
|----
|BZL
|Bürgervereinigung Zukunft Limburg
|align="right" |-
| align="right" |-
|align="right" |4.1
|align="right" |2
|----
| LINKE
| {{Lang|de|[[The Left (Germany)|Die Linke]]|italic=no}}
| align="right" |4.7
| align="right" |2
| align="right" |0.8
| align="right" |0
|--- class="bgcolor5"
|colspan="2" |'''Total'''
|align="right" |'''100.0'''
|align="right" |'''45'''
|align="right" |'''100.0'''
|align="right" |'''45'''
|--- class="bgcolor5"
|colspan="2" |'''voter turnout in %'''
|colspan="2" align="right" |'''45.5'''
|colspan="2" align="right" |'''43.5'''
|}

===Mayor===
The town's mayor is currently Marius Hahn (SPD).

===Sponsorship===
In 1956, a sponsorship was undertaken for [[Germans in Czechoslovakia (1918–1938)|Sudeten Germans]] driven out of the town of [[Uničov]], Czech Republic.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

==Economy and infrastructure==
[[File:Limburg - Alte Lahnbrücke.jpg|thumb|The old Lahn Bridge was where the Via Publica crossed the Lahn]]
[[File:Limburg-Eisenbahnbruecke Lahn 2005-01-25b.jpg|thumb|Lahn Valley Bridge on the InterCityExpress high-speed rail line]]
[[File:Autobahnbruecke Limburg.jpg|thumb|Lahn Valley Bridge on the A3, in the background the ICE bridge, in the foreground at left part of the campground]]

===Transport===
Limburg is a traditional transportation hub. Already in the Middle Ages, the ''Via Publica'' crossed the navigable Lahn here. Today the [[Bundesautobahn 3|A&nbsp;3]] ([[Emmerich am Rhein|Emmerich]]–[[Oberhausen]]–Cologne–Frankfurt–[[Nuremberg]]–[[Passau]]) and ''[[Bundesstraße]]'' 8, which both follow the ''Via Publica's'' alignment as closely as possible, run through the town. ''Bundesstraße'' 49 links Limburg to Koblenz towards the west and Wetzlar and Gießen towards the east. The section between Limburg and Wetzlar is currently being widened to four lanes. This section as far as [[Beselich|Obertiefenbach]] is also known as ''Die lange Meil'' ("The Long Mile"). ''Bundesstraße'' 54 links Limburg on the one hand with [[Siegen]] to the north and on the other by way of Diez with Wiesbaden, which may likewise be reached over ''Bundesstraße'' 417 (''Hühnerstraße'').

As early as 1248, a wooden bridge spanned the Lahn, but was replaced after the flooding in 1306 by a stone bridge, the ''Alte Lahnbrücke''. Other road bridges are the ''Lahntalbrücke Limburg'' (1964) on the A&nbsp;3, the ''Lahnbrücke'' near Staffel and the ''Neue Lahnbrücke'' from 1968, over which run the ''Bundesstraßen'' before they cross under the inner town through the ''Schiedetunnel'', a bypass tunnel.

Once the ''[[Lahntalbahn]]'' had been built, Limburg was joined to the railway network in 1862. [[Limburg (Lahn) station|Limburg railway station]] developed into a transport hub. [[Eschhofen station]] is also in Limburg. Other railway lines are the ''[[Unterwesterwaldbahn]]'', the ''[[Oberwesterwaldbahn]]'' and the [[Main-Lahn Railway]]. At [[Niedernhausen station]] on the ''Main-Lahn Railway'', transfer to the ''[[Ländchesbahn]]'' to Wiesbaden is possible. With the exception of the upper section of the ''Lahntalbahn'' and express lines to Koblenz and Frankfurt, which are still served by [[Deutsche Bahn]], all railway lines are run by Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, based in Limburg.

Once the [[InterCityExpress]] [[Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line]] had been built, Limburg acquired an [[Limburg Süd railway station|ICE station]]. It is the only railway station in Germany at which exclusively ICE trains stop. The high-speed rail line crosses the Lahn over the ''Lahntalbrücke'' and then dives into the ''Limburger Tunnel''.

The nearest airport is [[Frankfurt Airport]], 63&nbsp;km away on the A&nbsp;3. Travel time there on the ICE is roughly 20 minutes. [[Cologne Bonn Airport]] is 110&nbsp;km away and can be reached on the ICE in 44 minutes.

The Lahn between [[Lahnstein]] and Wetzlar is a ''Bundeswasserstraße'' ("Federal waterway"). Since the ''Lahntalbahn's'' expansion, however, the waterway's importance has been declining. It is used mainly by tourists with small [[motorboat]]s, [[canoe]]s and [[rowboat]]s. Limburg is the landing site of the tourboat ''Wappen von Limburg''.

===Established businesses===
[[File:Mundipharma Zentrale.JPG|thumb|Mundipharma headquarters in the ''Dietkircher Höhe'' commercial park]]
* [https://www.blechwaren-limburg.de/en/ Blechwarenfabrik Limburg GmbH (Metal and plastic packaging)]
* Bundesanzeiger Verlag (publishing house)
* Harmonic Drive AG
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150724165318/http://moba.de/de/startseite/ MOBA Mobile Automation AG]
* Mundipharma
* [[Tetra Pak]]
* Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (transport)
* Nassauische Neue Presse (newspaper)

==Public institutions==

===Education===
[[File:Limburg Tilemannschule.jpg|thumb|Tilemannschule]]
[[File:Marienschule Limburg gesamt.jpg|thumb|Marienschule with the old building on the left and the former boarding school hall of residence on the right]]
Limburg has four schools which lead to, among other qualifications, the [[Abitur]]:
* Tilemannschule, which has existed since the late 19th century and was named after the famous Limburg chancellory head Tilemann Elhen von Wolfhagen in the 1950s
* Marienschule, a private [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] (Grammar School), which has existed since 1895 and which belongs to the Bishopric of Limburg.
* Peter-Paul-Cahensly-Schule with vocational Gymnasium (Grammar School) in the fields of economics and administration, [[data processing]], [[electrical engineering]] and machine building
* [[Adolf Reichwein|Adolf-Reichwein]]-Schule with vocational Gymnasium in the fields of [[dietetics]] and [[health science]]s

Professional training schools:
* Peter-Paul-Cahensly-Schule
* Friedrich-Dessauer-Schule
* Adolf-Reichwein-Schule
* Marienschule

[[Hauptschule]]n and [[Realschule]]n:
* Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe-Schule
* Leo-Sternberg-Schule
* Theodor-Heuss-Schule

[[Library|Libraries]]:
* Dombibliothek
* Diözesanbibliothek

===St. Vincenz Hospital===
[[File:Limburg Vincenzkrankenhaus.jpg|thumb|''Krankenhaus St. Vincenz'']]
The hospital perched on the Schafsberg overlooking the town has at its disposal 433 beds and 15 specialist departments.

===Sport and leisure===
In Limburg there are various [[sport club]]s; some are even represented in ''Bundesligen'', and even at the world level.
* Limburger Club für Wassersport 1895/1907 e.V. (training base for the ''Deutscher Ruderverband'')
* Limburger Hockey Club
* Schwimmverein Poseidon Limburg e. V. (swimming)
* various clubs in the outlying centres such as the Turnverein Eschhofen (gymnastics club), the [[fistball]] stronghold in Limburg-Weilburg

===Youth meeting place in Limburg===
The [[Evangelical Church in Germany|Evangelical Church]] offers with its ''Jugendfreizeitstätte Limburg'' (JFS for short, meaning "Youth Leisure Place") a meeting place for youth with many events. With [[table football]], Internet café and many events, this institution is not only church-based, with two staff and a ''[[Zivildienst]]leistender'' supporting the visitors not only with their problems.

===Limburg Mothers' Centre===
The ''Mütterzentrum Limburg'' is a family meeting place for those with or without children on Hospitalstraße. The club is supported by the town of Limburg and the [[States of Germany|''Bundesland'']] of Hesse and offers among other things a parents' service that looks after children, a broad array of course offerings for children and adults, a miniature [[kindergarten]] and a café.

===Volunteer fire brigades===
* Limburg an der Lahn Volunteer [[Fire brigade]], founded 1867 (includes Youth Fire Brigade)
* 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)

==Culture and sightseeing==

=== Performers ===
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. The troupe is run by an independent acting club. On the programme are [[chanson]], cabaret, literature and [[jazz]] as well as [[Folk music|folk]], Rock and performances by singer-songwriters. It makes a point of furthering young artists. Each month, three or four events are staged.

The dedication of "Thing" was recognized on 6 December 2003 when the ''Kulturpreis Mittelhessen'' ("Middle Hesse Culture Prize") was awarded to it.

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.

===Museums===
[[File:Limburg - Katzenturm.jpg|thumb|The ''Katzenturm'', formerly part of the town wall, today a navy museum]]
[[File:altlimburgs.jpg|thumb|''Fischmarkt'']]
[[File:Tor Limburg - Domstraße 12.jpg|thumb|View through a gate near the Limburg [[cathedral treasury]]]]

In Limburg there are several museums. The most important are:
* Town of Limburg art collections that offer changing exhibits
* ''Staurothek'', [[cathedral treasury]] and diocesan museum with the ''Limburger Staurothek'' (a cross reliquary)
* Museum Limburg Navy Museum
* Pallottine Mission museum

===Buildings===
Only a few towns, like Limburg, have been able to keep a full set of nearly unscathed mediaeval buildings. The formerly walled town core between St. George's Cathedral, Grabenstraße (a street marking the old town [[moat]]) and the 600-year-old Lahn Bridge thus stands today as a whole under monumental protection.

The ''Altstadt'' ("Old Town") has a fine cathedral and is full of narrow streets with [[Timber framing|timber-frame]] houses, dating mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries; hence the name the [[German Timber-Frame Road]].
* ''[[Limburg Cathedral|Limburger Dom]]'', one of the most complete creations of Late [[Romanesque architecture]]. It was printed on the reverse of the 1,000&nbsp;[[Deutsche Mark]] note from the second series,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.numismondo.net/pm/gfr/index30.htm|title=Bundesrepublik Deutschland – GERMANY, FED.REP. Paper Money, 1948–2002|website=www.numismondo.net}}</ref> which was in circulation from 1960 to 1989. The cathedral was recently renovated and painted to reflect its original appearance.
* ''Limburger Schloss'', built in early 13th century by Gerlach von Ysenburg
* ''[[Burgmann]]enhaus'', built about 1544; serves as a museum today
* ''St. Anna-Kirche'' (church), [[stained glass]] from third fourth of 14th century with eighteen scenes from the [[New Testament]]
* Old Lahn Bridge, from 1315, place where the ''Via Publica'' (road) crossed the Lahn
* In the Old Town stand many timber-frame houses from the 13th to 19th centuries. One peculiarity seen among the [[timber framing|timber-framed]] houses of Limburg is the "[[hall house]]" from the [[High Middle Ages]], which has a [[great hall]] on the ground floor. When restoration work began in the Old Town in 1972, the houses were carefully restored. Among the best known timber-frame houses are:
** ''Haus Kleine Rütsche 4'', narrowest spot on the historic trade road between Frankfurt and Cologne, whose breadth is written at the Haymarket (''Heumarkt'') in Cologne
** ''Haus der sieben Laster'' ("House of the Seven Vices") at Brückengasse 9, built in 1567,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haus-der-sieben-laster.de/|title=Home|website=Haus der sieben Laster}}</ref> timber-frame house with carvings showing Christianity's [[seven deadly sins]], namely [[pride]], [[Greed (deadly sin)|greed]], [[envy]], [[lust]], [[gluttony]], [[wrath]] and [[sloth (deadly sin)|sloth]]
** ''Werner-Senger-Haus'', a beautiful stone [[hall house]] with timber-framed façade dating from the 13th century
** Houses at the fishmarket. The square's name in the 13th century was still ''Fismart'' ("Yarn Market" or "Wool Market") in the Limburg dialect, and it was the Limburg [[wool]] weavers' trading centre<ref>Peter Paul Schweitzer: Nur ein hölzerner Fisch auf dem Limburger Fischmarkt in Jahrbuch 2004 des Landkreises Limburg-Weilburg, {{ISBN|3-927006-38-6}} S. 177–179</ref>
** ''Römer 2-4-6'', Germany's oldest freestanding timbered house; in the garden a [[mikvah]] was found
* ''Rathaus'' ("Town Hall"), built in 1899
* "Huttig" (town wall tower remnant)
* Former noble estate of the Counts of [[Walderdorff]] at Fahrgasse 5

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Limburg an der Lahn is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften|url=https://www.limburg.de/index.php?ModID=7&FID=3252.239.1&object=tx%7C3252.239.1|website=limburg.de|publisher=Limburg an der Lahn|language=de|access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lichfield]], England, United Kingdom
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Oudenburg]], Belgium
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon]], France

==Notable people==
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*[[Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg]] (c. 1255 – 1313?), the Queen consort of Adolf of Nassau, King of Germany
*[[Alois Anton Führer]] (1853–1930), [[indologist]]
*[[Alexej Stachowitsch]] (1918–2013), Austrian-Russian author, pedagogue and songwriter, died there
*[[Franz Kamphaus]] (born 1932), [[bishop emeritus]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg]]
*[[Theo Geisel (physicist)|Theo Geisel]] (born 1948), physicist
*[[Eberhard Metternich]] (born 1959), catholic church musician
*[[Christoph Prégardien]] (born 1956), lyric tenor
*[[Alison Browner]] (born 1957), Irish mezzo-soprano opera singer, based in Limburg an der Lahn
*[[Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst]] (born 1959), prelate of the Catholic Church
*[[Germar Rudolf]] (born 1964), chemist and a convicted Holocaust denier
*[[Veronika Winter]] (born 1965), soprano
*[[Stefan Saliger]] (born 1967), field hockey player
*[[Peter W. Marx]] (born 1973), theatre and [[performance studies]] scholar
*[[Tamara Bach]] (born 1976), youth book author
*[[David Heiss]], convicted murder

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Limburg_Dom_voll_2.JPG|Limburg Cathedral seen from the Lahn bridge
Limburger Dom vom Greifenberg.jpg|Cathedral with castle
Limburg Cathedral, Nave 20140917 1.jpg|Cathedral, inside view
Fachwerkhaus (Limburg Lahn).jpg|''Zum goldenen Hirsch''
Limburg Friedhofskapelle Traufseite.jpg|Former graveyard chapel, eaves side
Limburg Friedhofskapelle Eingangsseite.jpg|Former graveyard chapel, entrance side
</gallery>

==Further reading==
* 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
* Fügen, Randolf: ''Highlights in Mittelhessen''. 1. Auflage. Wartenberg Verlag Gudensberg-Gleichen 2003 {{ISBN|3-8313-1044-0}}
* Maibach, Heinz: ''Limburg an der Lahn in alten Ansichten.'' Siebte Auflage. Zaltbommel/Niederlande 1993; NA: Sutton, Erfurt 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-86680-733-4}}.
* Maibach, Heinz: ''Dokumente zur Limburger Stadt- und Kreisgeschichte 1870–1945.'' Limburg 1992, {{ISBN|3-9802789-2-1}}.
* Fuchs, Johann-Georg: ''Limburger Altstadtbauten. Bürger und Begebenheiten.'' 2. Auflage. Limburg 2006.
* ''Limburg im Fluss der Zeit. Schlaglichter aus 1100 Jahren Stadtgeschichte.'' (Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kreisstadt Limburg a.&nbsp;d. Lahn 1). Limburg 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-936162-08-0}}.
* Marten, Bettina: ''Limburg an der Lahn: Dom- und Stadtführer''. Petersberg 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-86568-605-3}}.
* Waldecker, Christoph: ''Limburg in historischen Ansichten''. Sutton, Erfurt 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-86680-733-4}}. (Archivbilder)
* Wagner, Harald: ''Limburg entdecken!'' Ein Stadtführer für Touristen und Einheimische. Limburg 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-00-031762-0}}.
* Waldecker, Christoph: ''Limburg an der Lahn.'' (Großer Kunstreiseführer 251). 2., erweiterte Auflage. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-7954-2559-3}}.
* ''Limburg im Fluss der Zeit.'' (Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kreisstadt Limburg a.&nbsp;d. Lahn, 2). Vorträge zur Stadtgeschichte. Limburg 2013, {{ISBN|978-3-936162-10-3}}.
* Waldecker, Christoph: ''Zeitsprünge Limburg''. Sutton, Erfurt 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-95400-471-3}}.

=== Novels ===
* Bracht, Horst: ''Galgenfrist. Historischer Limburg-Krimi''. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-942921-81-7}}.
* Bracht, Horst: ''Der Klosterbrauer. Limburg-Krimi''. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-95542-080-2}}.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [https://www.limburg.de Official website] {{in lang|de}}
* [https://dom.bistumlimburg.de Limburg Cathedral] {{in lang|de}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051018121528/http://www.limburger-domsingknaben.de/english/index.htm Limburg Cathedral Boys' Choir] {{in lang|en}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110529061734/http://145.253.206.229/limburg2006/ Pictures of Limburg and its cathedral] {{in lang|de}}
* {{HessBib PPN|116347147}}

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