Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. It is the twelfth largest city in Hesse with currently 55,371 inhabitants at the beginning of 2019. As an important cultural, industrial and commercial center, the university town is one of the ten regional centers in the state of Hesse. A former free imperial city, it gained much of its fame as the seat of the Imperial Supreme Court (Reichskammergericht) of the Holy Roman Empire. Located 51 kilometers north of Frankfurt, at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is on the German Timber-Frame Road, which passes mile upon mile of half-timbered houses. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis on the north edge of the Taunus. Tourists know the city for its ancient town and its medieval Catholic/Protestant shared cathedral of St. Mary. Notable architectural features include the Eisenmarkt and the steep gradients and tightly-packed street layout of a medieval town. The building of the sandstone cathedral commenced in the 12th century in Romanesque style. In the later Middle Ages the construction continued under a master plan in Gothic style. The church was never finished—one steeple still remains uncompleted. The cathedral suffered heavy damage in the Second World War from aerial bombing, but restoration took place in the 1950s. On the outskirts of town along the river stand the ruins of several stone towers.
Giessen is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hessen, Germany. Neighboring districts are Marburg-Biedenkopf, Vogelsbergkreis, Wetteraukreis, and Lahn-Dill.
Lahn-Dill is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Siegen-Wittgenstein, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen, Wetteraukreis, Hochtaunuskreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Westerwaldkreis.
Dillenburg, officially Oranienstadt Dillenburg, is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis.
Leun is a small town in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Grävenwiesbach is a municipality in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hesse, Germany.
Aßlar is a town near Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Bischoffen is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
The municipality of Dietzhölztal is the northernmost municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Hüttenberg is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Driedorf is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Greifenstein is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Its administrative seat is Beilstein. Greifenstein covers 67.43 km² on the eastern slope of the Westerwald range. It was named for the castle of the same name in the constituent community of the same name. This is the site of the German Bell Museum, which holds about 50 bells that show the historical development of bell pouring and manufacture.
Hohenahr is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Lahnau is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany, and lies about midway – about 6 km each way – between the towns of Wetzlar and Gießen.
Mittenaar is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Schöffengrund is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Sinn is a community in Middle Hesse, Germany, in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis.
Waldsolms is a community located in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Löhnberg is a municipality north of Weilburg in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.
