Angelburg

Angelburg
Coat of arms
Angelburg
Location of Angelburg within Marburg-Biedenkopf district
Coordinates: 50°49′N 8°26′E / 50.817°N 8.433°E / 50.817; 8.433Coordinates: 50°49′N 8°26′E / 50.817°N 8.433°E / 50.817; 8.433
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Marburg-Biedenkopf
Government
• Mayor	Norbert Mai (SPD)
Area
• Total	16.72 km2 (6.46 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	3,541
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	35719
Dialling codes	06464
Vehicle registration	MR
Website	www.angelburg.de

Angelburg is a community in western Marburg-Biedenkopf in northwest Middle Hesse in Germany.

The community is found about 12 km south of Biedenkopf in the Gansbach valley north of the Schelder Wald (forest), whose north end consists of the Angelburg Mountain (609 m above sea level) with its television transmitter.

The community is bounded on the north and east by Steffenberg. Bad Endbach's municipal area borders with Angelburg's constituent community of Bottenhorn, likewise in the east. In the south, Angelburg's municipal area abuts Siegbach, and in the west Eschenburg, both in the Lahn-Dill district.

The community consists of the following places:

The community of Angelburg began its life between 1972 and 1974 within the framework of Hessian municipal reform.

The community of Lixfeld has a history stretching back at least to the Middle Ages. It was mentioned in the Codex Eberhardi, a compilation by a monk in Fulda in the twelfth century, and the mention was attested to by a later document, dating from 1238. This was Lixfeld's first documentary mention.

At that time, the village was also known as Lixfeld, but it has undergone several name changes over the centuries, having been known as Lykisvelt or Litzfeld, but now once again Lixfeld.

Lixfeld was part of the Wittengestein landholdings. Digs on the Kirchberg have revealed that sometime in the 9th or 10th century, a castle with a tower was built in the glen overlooking the old road. Lixfeld was also one of the oldest seats of an early mediaeval court of law and enjoyed something of a heyday at that time. The local Imperial count moved into the castle and held court under a great linden tree with the local freemen. The castle's masters also forced merchants using the road down below to pay tolls. Charcoal works were set up in the forests, and in the dales, bloomeries and smithies were busy smelting and working iron.