Lahntal

The community of Lahntal is found in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in northwest Middle Hesse, Germany.

Lahntal
Coat of arms
Location of Lahntal within Marburg-Biedenkopf district
Lahntal
Lahntal
Coordinates: 50°51′N 08°41′E
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionGießen
DistrictMarburg-Biedenkopf
Subdivisions7 Ortsteile
Government
 • MayorManfred Apell (SPD)
Area
 • Total40.49 km2 (15.63 sq mi)
Highest elevation
500 m (1,600 ft)
Lowest elevation
200 m (700 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total6,905
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
35094
Dialling codes06420 / 06423
Vehicle registrationMR
Websitewww.lahntal.de

Geography

Lahntal lies on the upper Lahn about 83 km north of Frankfurt am Main and about 7 km northwest of Marburg. In the north, it borders on the town of Wetter, in the east on the community of Cölbe, in the south on Marburg, and in the west on the community of Dautphetal.

West of the community rises the 498 m-high Rimberg.

Constituent communities
  • Brungershausen
  • Caldern
  • Göttingen
  • Goßfelden
  • Kernbach
  • Sarnau
  • Sterzhausen

Politics

Municipal representation

(last municipal election: 26 March 2006)

Parties and voter coalitions Share in % Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union 22.2 7
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 51.4 16
Greens Alliance '90/The Greens 7.6 2
Bürgerblock (citizens' coalition) Bürgerblock Goßfelden-Sarnau-Göttingen 12.9 4
WG (citizens' coalition) Wählergemeinschaft Lahntal-Sterzhausen 5.9 2
total 100 31

Coat of arms

Lahntal's civic coat of arms might be described thus: In gules an inescutcheon showing the shield of the Teutonic Knights (in argent a cross sable), laid over a fess wavy argent; behind the inescutcheon tilted dexter and turned sinister an abbess's staff Or with velum argent; spangled with seven trefoils, three above the fess and four below.

The coat of arms was adopted as part of the municipal reform in Hesse, and the wavy fess represents the community's namesake river. The clovers represent the seven constituent communities within Lahntal's bounds; moreover, the abbess's staff stands for Caldern, where there was once a convent, and the Teutonic Knights' shield stands for Goßfelden, which lies south of the river Lahn.

Municipal partnerships

Lahntal has been partnered since 6 April 1986 with the community of Sussargues, which lies in the department of Hérault in southern France, right near Montpellier (about 17 km) and the Mediterranean Sea. Lahntal and Sussargues lie about 1 050 km apart.

Between the Polish community of Stara Kiszewa and Lahntal, a community partnership was ceremoniously sealed in Poland on 10 January 2005. The underwriting of the intercommunal deal in Lahntal took place on 26 May 2006. Stara Kiszewa has about 6,200 inhabitants in some 20 centres, some quite small, and is in the powiat of Kościerzyna, about 80 km south of Gdańsk and 80 km west of Malbork in the tourist region of Kashubia.

Culture and Sightseeing

Buildings
  • Rimberg Tower near Caldern
  • Defensive church tower in Sterzhausen from the 12th or 13th century.
  • Old Lahn Bridge in Goßfelden
  • Otto-Ubbelohde-Haus in Goßfelden

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Running west–east through the municipal area is the Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 62 coming from Biedenkopf and going on towards Cölbe and farther to Alsfeld. In Lahntal-Göttingen, the B 252 from Diemelstadt and Korbach to the north comes to an end.

The Obere Lahntalbahn, a single-track Deutsche Bahn unelectrified secondary railway line run by DB's Kurhessenbahn subsidiary, joins Marburg by way of Biedenkopf and Bad Laasphe with Erndtebrück. Stops on the line may be found at Sarnau (full station), Goßfelden, Sterzhausen and Caldern.

Tourism

The community of Lahntal belongs, along with parts of its environs to the Burgwald region, the Lahn tourism region and the Lahn-Dill Nature Park; it also lies on the Lahntal bicycle trail.

Established enterprises

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

Others associated with the community

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand am 31.12.2019". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2020.
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