Eschenburg
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Location of Eschenburg within Lahn-Dill-Kreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°49′N 08°22′E / 50.817°N 8.367°ECoordinates: 50°49′N 08°22′E / 50.817°N 8.367°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Gießen | |
| District | Lahn-Dill-Kreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Götz Konrad | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 45.71 km2 (17.65 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 10,111 | |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 35713 | |
| Dialling codes | 02774 02770 Hirzenhain | |
| Vehicle registration | LDK | |
| Website | www.eschenburg.de | |
Eschenburg is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. The community inherited its name from nearby Eschenburg mountain.
About 20 km², or 43.8%, of the municipal area is wooded, 9.85 km² of this being municipal forest, and the rest state forest.
The individual communities within Eschenburg lie on the river Dietzhölze and in its side valleys and high dales in the Rothaargebirge's foothills. Eschenburg lies in the northern Lahn-Dill-Kreis, some 10 km northeast of Dillenburg and 23 km east of Siegen.
Eschenburg borders in the north on the communities of Dietzhölztal (Lahn-Dill-Kreis) and Breidenbach, in the east on the communities of Steffenberg and Angelburg (all three in Marburg-Biedenkopf), in the south on the community of Siegbach, in the southwest on the town of Dillenburg, and in the west on the town of Haiger (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).
Eschenburg comprises the centres of Eibelshausen – which is also the administrative seat – Eiershausen, Roth, Simmersbach, Wissenbach, Hirzenhain Ort and Hirzenhain Bahnhof.
It is known from archaeological finds that there were settlers in what is today Eschenburg as far back as Celtic times. Eschenburg had its first documentary mention in the 13th century. Quite early on in its history, ores such as silver, nickel, copper and iron were being mined in various places, and slate and diabase were being quarried. This resulted in metalworking and hammering mills being established in the area. Only recently have archaeological digs shown the groundwork of a mediaeval forest smithy in Wissenbach.
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