Weilburg facts for kids

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Aerial view 2007
Weilburg
Coat of arms of Weilburg
Coordinates 50°29′0″N 8°15′0″E / 50.483333°N 8.25°E / 50.483333; 8.25
Administration
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Gießen
District Limburg-Weilburg
Mayor Hans-Peter Schick
Basic statistics
Area 57.45 km2 (22.18 sq mi)
Elevation 152 m  (499 ft)
Population 13,624  (31 December 2006)
 - Density 237 /km2 (614 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate LM
Postal code 35781
Area code 06471
Website www.weilburg.de
Location of the town of Weilburg within Limburg-Weilburg district
Map

Weilburg an der Lahn (Weilburg on the Lahn river) is a German town in the Kreis Limburg-Weilburg in the west of Hesse.

Images for kids

  • Hirschhausen - Evang. Kirche

    Hirschhausen – Lutheran church 1763

  • Weilburg Rathaus

    Weilburg's Town Hall

  • Weilburg - Schloss - Ostflügel

    The castle stands out on Weilburg's skyline

  • Piseehochhaus Weilburg

    Germany's tallest loam building (built before 1836)

  • Weilburg TOU Frankfurter Straße

    View from the Landtor (gate) to Frankfurter Straße

  • Weilburg Lahn Schloss

    Weilburg Castle

  • Weilburg TOU Oberlahnbrücke

    The Oberlahnbrücke in Weilburg

  • Weilburg - Eisenbahntunnel

    Railway tunnel

  • MJL WS03

    Shipping tunnel

  • Weilburg TOU Mühlbergtunnel

    Road tunnel



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