Schloßborn
| Schloßborn | |
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 Schloßborn
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| Coordinates: 50°11′54″N 8°22′55″E / 50.19833°N 8.38194°ECoordinates: 50°11′54″N 8°22′55″E / 50.19833°N 8.38194°E | |
| Country |
 Germany
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| State | Hesse |
| Regierungsbezirk | Darmstadt |
| District | Hochtaunuskreis |
| Municipality | Glashütten |
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| • Total | 14.11 km2 (5.45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 373 m (1,224 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 3,000 |
Schloßborn (Schlossborn) is a village in the municipality of Glashütten, Hesse, Germany. It is located northeast of Wiesbaden and northwest of Frankfurt in the hilly Taunus region.
Neighboring communities are Königstein, Ruppertshain, Niederreifenberg, Heftrich, Ehlhalten and Glashütten. Schloßborn covers an area of 1,411 hectares.
Schloßborn lies within the Hochtaunus Nature Reserve, to the west of the 687-meter Glaskopf, watered by the springs in the Weiherbach Valley and the neighbouring Silberbach Valley. The village is surrounded by low mountains. The Steinkopf (570 meters), the Eickkopf (563 meters) and the Atzelberg (507 meters) lie to the south. To the southwest, between the village and the Dattenbach Valley, are the Platte (455 meters) and Spitzeberg (450 meters) and, to the west, the Butznickel (462 meters). Schloßborn is located on a Landesstraße, about three kilometers from Bundesstraße 8, connecting Frankfurt and Cologne.
Schloßborn is probably the first recorded settlement in the Idsteiner Basin, in the area adjacent to the Goldene Grund. In Roman times, today's Schloßborn lay just behind the Limes on Roman territory. It then became a settlement for the Alamanni and the Franks. The first documented reference to Schloßborn was in the Bardo-Urkunde, a deed from 1043 in which Archbishop Bardo of Mainz established the boundaries of a large parish called Born. It is thought that by 980 a wooden church had been built there, commissioned by Bardo's predecessor, Archbishop Willigis. The parish comprised up to 24 settlements.
In 1369, Count Eberhard I of Eppstein built a hunting lodge in Born; the remains of a tower and the surrounding wall are still preserved.
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