Dillenburg

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Dillenburg

Location of Dillenburg within Lahn-Dill-Kreis district

Coordinates: 50°44′N 08°17′E / 50.733°N 8.283°ECoordinates: 50°44′N 08°17′E / 50.733°N 8.283°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Michael Lotz (CDU)

Area

• Total

83.88 km² (32.39 sq mi)

Elevation

230-590 m (−1,710 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

23,510

• Density

280/km² (730/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

35661–35690

02771

LDK

Website

www.dillenburg.de

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.

The town lies on the German-Dutch holiday road called the Orange Route, joining towns, cities and regions associated with the House of Orange-Nassau, as well as on the German Timber-Frame Road and the Rothaarsteig hiking trail.

Dillenburg lies on the eastern edge of the Westerwald range in the narrow valley of the river Dill, which flows from Hesse-Westphalia border to Wetzlar, emptying into the Lahn.

Dillenburg borders in the north on the community of Eschenburg, in the east on the community of Siegbach, in the south on the town of Herborn, and the community of Breitscheid, and in the west on the town of Haiger (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).

Dillenburg is divided into the centres of Donsbach, Eibach, Frohnhausen, Manderbach, Nanzenbach, Niederscheld and Oberscheld.

Donsbach lies approximately 4 km southwest of the Dillenburg main town.

Eibach has some 1,450 inhabitants.

The village, whose livelihood was once based on mining, lies among the other constituent communities of Nanzenbach, Oberscheld and Niederscheld. Its healing spring, whose water is heavy with iron, makes the village a favourite among locals. At Eastertime, it is decorated.

With roughly 3,900 inhabitants, Frohnhausen is the largest of the constituent communities after the main town of Dillenburg.

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