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Herborn (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁˌbɔʁn] (listen)) 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. The symbol or mascot of this town is a bear. Scenic attractions include its half-timbered houses; Herborn is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. Herborn hosted the 26th Hessentag state festival in 1986, and the 56th Hessentag in 2016.

Herborn
Town
A view of Herborn from the east
Coat of arms
Location of Herborn within Lahn-Dill-Kreis district
Herborn
Herborn
Coordinates: 50°40′57″N 8°18′22″E
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionGießen
DistrictLahn-Dill-Kreis
Government
 • Mayor (2019–25) Katja Gronau[1]
Area
 • Total63.82 km2 (24.64 sq mi)
Elevation
287 m (942 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total20,473
 • Density320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
35745
Dialling codes02772, 02777 (Schönbach)
Vehicle registrationLDK, DIL
Websitewww.herborn.de

Geography


The town's coordinates are 50°41′4″N 8°18′15″E. It has an area of 64 km² (24 mi²), of which 28 km² (11 mi²) is forest. Herborn is connected by the A45 motorway (E40/E41) with Siegen, Wetzlar, and Gießen.


Neighbouring communities


Herborn is bordered on the north by the town of Dillenburg, on the northeast by the community of Siegbach, on the east by the community of Mittenaar, on the southeast by the community of Sinn, on the south by the community of Greifenstein, and on the west by the communities of Driedorf and Breitscheid (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).


Constituent communities


Herborn is divided into the communities of Amdorf, Burg, Guntersdorf, Hirschberg, Hörbach, Merkenbach, Schönbach, Seelbach and Uckersdorf as well as the main town of Herborn.


Population


The town hall (Rathaus) of Herborn, seen in 2003.
The town hall (Rathaus) of Herborn, seen in 2003.

(in each case on 31 December)


History


Herborn had its first documentary mention in 1048, and was granted the privilege of a city in 1251 by the Counts of Nassau.

In 1584 the Herborn Academy, a Reformed (Calvinistic) institution, was founded by John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, younger brother of William the Silent and namesake of today's Gymnasium Johanneum.

Herborn was where Johannes Piscator published the Reformed Church translation of the Bible into German, in 1602. This work has had a decisive effect in shaping church life among followers of the Reformed movement in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States. It was printed in Herborn in the akademische Druckerei von Corvinus, known today as the Corvinsche Druckerei or Paul's Hof, after the Paul family who own it.

In 1626, the town lost 214 houses in a fire started by accident in soldiers' quarters. Soon after, Herborn and the surrounding area were the scene of a number of witch trials.

Towards the end of the Thirty Years' War, the townsfolk were looking after 50 Swedish soldiers, which brought them protection by the Swedish Army, and thereby also a reputation as a "field hospital town" ("Lazarettstadt") that lasted until the end of the Second World War.

After the Congress of Vienna Herborn was in a border area next to Prussia, and its economy suffered due to import tariffs. Hesse-Nassau joined the Zollverein (Customs Union) only in 1836, and in 1866 it was completely 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 of the psychiatric clinic were deported and murdered.

During much of the Cold War there was a small American military garrison in the community, district Seelbach.

The town became nationally known for a truck disaster that happened on 7 July 1987. After losing control because of faulty brakes, a tanker truck carrying about 34 000 L of fuel ran into a house containing an ice cream parlour and a pizzeria. The escaping fuel flowed into the sewers and exploded, setting several houses on fire. All together, six people lost their lives, and 40 were injured.


Politics



Town council


The municipal elections on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

CDU14 seats
SPD14 seats
FWG3 seats
FDP2 seats
Greens3 seats
WASG1 seat

Note: FWG is a citizens' coalition.


Twin towns – sister cities


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Herborn is twinned with:[3]


Culture and sightseeing



Museums



Buildings



Town hall

Town hall with arms frieze
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.


Other buildings


Parks


The constituent community of Uckersdorf has a widely known attraction with its bird park. You find more information on the web-site

http://www.vogelpark-herborn.de


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



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.


Infrastructure



Transport


Herborn is served today by two railway stations and four more have been abandoned.

Herborn station was opened in 1862 on the Dill Railway. The current station building dates from 1908 and was designed by the church architect Ludwig Hoffmann. In the past the station was served by two other lines:

The station is served by Regional-Express trains on the Siegen–Gießen–Frankfurt route (Main-Sieg-Express, RE 40) and Stadt-Express services on the Dillenburg-Frankfurt route (Mittelhessen-Express, SE 40, running as stopping trains between Dillenburg and Gießen).

Burg (Dillkr) station was located on the Aar-Salzböde railway (Niederwalgern–Herborn) and had three platform tracks.[4]

Burg (Dillkr) Nord station is the other station still in operation and is also located on the Dill Railway and is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 6 station.[5] It is only served by the Mittelhessen-Express.

The three stations of Burg (Dillkr) West, Uckersdorf and Amdorf were located on the Westerwaldquer Railway (Herborn–Montabaur) and are now closed.


References


  1. Direkt gewählte (Ober-) Bürgermeister/-innen der hessischen Städte und Gemeinden, accessed 6 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2020 nach Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). June 2021.
  3. "Partnerstädte". herborn.de (in German). Herborn. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  4. "Bicken – Herborn" (in German). .rostendeschienen.de. Archived from www.rostendeschienen.de the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  5. "Stationspreisliste 2022" [Station price list 2022] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.



На других языках

- [en] Herborn, Hesse

[ru] Херборн

Херборн (нем. Herborn) — город в Германии, в земле Гессен. Подчинён административному округу Гиссен. Входит в состав района Лан-Дилль. Население составляет 20 595 человек (на 31 декабря 2010 года).[1] Занимает площадь 63,82 км². Официальный код — 06 5 32 012.


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