Weilburg
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Weilburg is, with just under 13,000 inhabitants, the third biggest town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, after Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Camberg.
Aerial view in 2007
Panorama of Weilburg from the Kanapee
Weilburg at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
Hirschhausen – Lutheran church 1763
Schloss Weilburg
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Schloss Weilburg is a Baroque Schloss in Weilburg, Hesse, Germany. It is located on a spur above the river Lahn and occupies about half of the area of the Old Town of Weilburg. It contains the Hochsch
Weilburg
…the place a year later the same town rights held by Frankfurt. Count Johann I of Nassau built his residence here in 1355, renovated the castle to a palace, and also built the town fortifications. In 1359, he had a stone bridge built across the Lahn. The House of Nassau shaped the town's history for several…
Aerial view of the palace and its church and gardens above the Lahn river (from the southeast)
Detail of engraving of the Renaissance palace by Matthäus Merian, 1655, view looking southeast
Outside of the east wing of the Renaissance palace, overlooking the Lahn river. This facade was raised and simplified in 1661.
The same east wing from inside the Renaissance courtyard, with clocktower