Grävenwiesbach Travel Guide
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Grävenwiesbach Overview
Grävenwiesbach is a municipality in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hesse, Germany. Grävenwiesbach lies between 300 and 600 m above sea level north of the Taunus Ridge. The nearest big towns are Wetzlar (Wetzlar vacation rentals | Wetzlar travel guide) (20 km) to the north, Limburg (32 km) to the west and Frankfurt (Frankfurt vacation rentals | Frankfurt travel guide) am Main (40 km) to the south.
Grävenwiesbach borders in the north on the communities of Weilmünster (Weilmünster vacation rentals | Weilmünster travel guide) (Limburg-Weilburg) and Waldsolms (Waldsolms vacation rentals | Waldsolms travel guide) (Lahn-Dill-Kreis), in the east on the towns of Butzbach (Butzbach vacation rentals | Butzbach travel guide) (Wetteraukreis) and Usingen (Usingen vacation rentals | Usingen travel guide), and in the south and west on the community of Weilrod (both in the Hochtaunuskreis). The community consists of the centres of Grävenwiesbach, Heinzenberg, Hundstadt, Laubach (Laubach vacation rentals | Laubach travel guide), Mönstadt and Naunstadt.
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On 1 June 1909, the Frankfurt - Bad Homburg - Usingen - Weilburg railway line also reached Grävenwiesbach. After a spur line to Wetzlar was opened on 1 November 1912, Grävenwiesbach became a small railway hub. This was the beginning of moderate industrialization as well as the first step towards reorienting Grävenwiesbach towards the Rhine-Main economic area.
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- Homepage of Grävenwiesbach: Grävenwiesbach (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Grävenwiesbach
More about the History of Grävenwiesbach
Grävenwiesbach had its first documentary mention in 1280. As of 1326, the village belonged to the County – later Principality – of Nassau-Weilburg, with which it passed in 1806 to the newly created Duchy of Nassau (Nassau vacation rentals | Nassau travel guide). In 1866, Grävenwiesbach became Prussian.
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