Runkel Travel Guide
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Runkel Overview
Runkel is a town on the Lahn River in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Runkel lies in the Lahn Valley on both sides of the river between the Westerwald and the Taunus, some eight kilometres east of Limburg.
Runkel borders in the north on the community of Beselich and the town of Weilburg (Weilburg vacation rentals | Weilburg travel guide), in the east on the communities of Weinbach and Villmar and in the south and west on the town of Limburg.
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Things to See in Runkel
The ruins of Runkel Castle from the 12th century, expanded in the 14th century, destroyed in 1634.
The timber-frame houses from the 17th and 18th centuries
The stone Lahn Bridge from the 13th century
Schadeck Castle from the 13th century
The Bannmühle was built jointly by Runkel and Schadeck upstream before the town wall. Since 1800 it has been privately owned. Since 1972 it has no longer been used as a mill, but rather for generating electricity, having been fitted with a turbine.
The town wall’s former watchtower today houses the Evangelical church’s bells. It was destroyed by fire in 1634 and 1700. The first bell was hung in 1725; the last was installed in 1986.
The Evangelical church was built on the site of a former church that was built in 1511 and burnt down in 1634.
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Maps and Driving Directions to Runkel
The town is linked to the long-distance road network through the Limburg-Süd interchange on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), 7 km away. Runkel has a railway station on the Lahntalbahn (Koblenz-Limburg-Runkel-Wetzlar-Gießen) at which only regional trains stop. The town lies within the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund area.
Burg Dehrn
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Related Sites
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- Homepage of Runkel: Runkel (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Runkel
More about the History of Runkel
The town’s first documentary mention came in 1159 in an enfeoffment document in which a nobleman named Siegfried von Runkel had his name appear as a witness. It is believed that this Siegfried was the one who built Runkel Castle. In 1191 Siegfried married a countess of Katzenelnbogen. This high noble family forced Dietrich of Runkel to open his castles Runkel and Dehrn. No later than 1230, the castle had a chapel, thereby giving Runkel its first church building. In 1288, after years of family disputes, the Lords of Runkel and those of Westerburg sundered into two lines. In 1440, building work began on the Lahn bridge, but owing to the rift between the Runkels and the Westerburgs, the work took until 1448. In 1447 Count Philipp of Katzenelnbogen was the liege lord
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