Herborn Travel Guide
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Herborn Overview
Herborn is a historic town on the Dill in the Lahn-Dill district of Hesse in Germany. Before World War I, it was granted its own title as Nassauisches Rothenburg. Scenic attractions include its half-timbered houses. The symbol or mascot of this town is a bear.
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Culture and sightseeing
Museums
- Museum Herborn in der Hohen Schule (Herborn Museum in the "High School")
- Heimatmuseum Herborn-Seelbach (local history)
- Heimat- und Industriemuseum Burg (local history and industry)
- Heimatstube Hörbach (local history)
- Infozentrum der EAM (information centre)
Buildings
- Town hall with arms frieze: This was built in the 16th century and built anew after a fire in the 17th century. Particularly worthy of note is the frieze around the building showing local family coats of arms.
- Evangelical town church from the years 1598-1609
- Many half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th century.
- Market fountain from 1730
- Paulshof from 1606
- The "High School" (with the local history museum) from the years 15911599, remodelled in 1645
- Town wall with some preserved towers
- The stately home (Schloss)
Parks
The constituent community of Uckersdorf has a widely known attraction with its bird park.
Natural monuments
The Old Town is not the only attraction in Herborn. The surrounding countryside features the low mountains of the Westerwald range.
Regular events
- Sommerfest (summer festival), July
- Bärenkirmes ("bear fair"), August
- Martinimarkt (market), November
- Ponyfest in Herborn/Schönbach (May/June)
Holiday roads
Herborn lies on the Deutsche Fachwerkstraße, featuring many places with many half-timbered houses, and on the Solmser Straße, a scenic road leading through many historic and artistically important places in Hesse.
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Maps and Driving Directions to Herborn
Herborn is connected by the A45 motorway (E40/E41) with Siegen, Wetzlar, and Gießen. Nearest airport is Frankfurt.
Travel Insider Tips for Herborn
I spend much of my time in the Herborn area. I have very good friends in the town of Beilstein/Greifenstein which is a short distance away. Herborn is a romantic city, as opposed to say... Wetzlar which is a more industrial city. I love to go to the ice cream shop east of the Herborn town center and sit outside and have the wonderful ice cream covered with egg liqeur (drool). The city of Herborn is not so big that it cannot be discovered in a day, and not to big to be impersonal.
Shared by Douglas Dunn, Sep 2009
This is where I go when I go to Germany. It is a romantic city. The river is beautiful and the people are the best. Actually a little west of here is a small town named Beilstein. Since there are 3 Beilsteins in Germany it is known as Beilstein/Greifenstein. In Greifenstein 1.5 kms from Beilstein is a Burg (a fortress/castle) that has been restored. It has a very interesting Bell museum there with bells dating back to the 1000's... Rubber mallets on small chains are by each bell so that you may strike and hear it.
Shared by Douglas Dunn, Sep 2009
Herborn is my hometown! It has a beautiful city center with the cobblestone walkway and the cafes and shops all throughout . It is one of the gems of the medieval cities. Worth a trip!
Shared by Madeleine Trump, Sep 2010
Herborn is my hometown! It has a beautiful city center with the cobblestone walkway and the cafes and shops all throughout . It is one of the gems of the medieval cities. Worth a trip!
Shared by Madeleine Trump, Sep 2010
Herborn Market Square
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Related Sites
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- Homepage of Herborn: Herborn (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Herborn
More about the History of Herborn
Herborn had its first documentary mention in 1048 and was granted town rights in 1251 by the Counts of Nassau (Nassau vacation rentals | Nassau travel guide).
After the Congress of Vienna, Herborn ended up in a border area next to Prussia and its economy suffered as a result of import tariffs. Only in 1836 did Hesse-Nassau join the Zollverein (Customs Union), and in 1866 it was wholly annexed by Prussia. In the Second World War, Herborn was mostly spared by the bombers, but its Jewish community was obliterated in 1942, and many of the patients at the psychiatric clinic were deported and murdered.
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