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Lahn-Dill is a Kreis ( district ) in the west of Hesse , Germany . Neighboring districts are Siegen-Wittgenstein , Marburg-Biedenkopf , Gießen , Wetteraukreis , Hochtaunuskreis , Limburg-Weilburg , Westerwaldkreis .

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14-609: The southern district belonged to the Princes of Solms-Braunfels and the Free Imperial City of Wetzlar . The latter had to give up its imperial freedom in 1803 as a result of the Imperial Deputation, then as the county of Wetzlar, in favor of the newly created Grand Duchy of Frankfurt of the prince primate (in the old empire Reichserzkanzler) Karl Theodor von Dalberg. The former Solmsian territories came to

28-520: Is near Rittershausen (part of Dietzhölztal ), the lowest with 135 m (443 ft) is in the Lahn valley in Biskirchen (part of the town of Leun ). The coat of arms shows the imperial eagle in the top, a sign for the imperial city Wetzlar. The bottom part – taken from the arms of the previous Dillkreis – shows the lion of Nassau and the horn of the princes of Orange-Nassau , which later became

42-526: Is today became part of the state of Hesse. In the course of the territorial reform in Hesse, the Lahn-Dill district was formed on 1 January 1977. The new district consisted of The new district had an area of 1,695 km (654 sq mi) and included a total of 36 municipalities. The seat of the district administration became the simultaneously formed district-free city Lahn . This was created by uniting

56-531: The Dutch royal family. Dillenburg was the capital of the county of Nassau and later of Nassau-Orange. 50°39′N 8°22′E  /  50.650°N 8.367°E  / 50.650; 8.367 Solms-Braunfels Solms-Braunfels was a County and later Principality with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hesse in Germany. Solms-Braunfels was a partition of Solms , ruled by

70-530: The House of Solms , and was raised to a Principality of the Holy Roman Empire in 1742. The county of Solms-Braunfels was partitioned between: itself and Solms-Ottenstein in 1325; itself and Solms-Lich in 1409; and itself, Solms-Greifenstein and Solms-Hungen in 1592. Frederick William (1696–1761) was created a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1742, with his younger offspring also bearing

84-650: The Duchy of Nassau in 1806 and in 1815 also to Prussia in an exchange. In 1816, the Prussian districts of Wetzlar and Braunfels were created, which were united in 1822 to form the district of Wetzlar. The district belonged to the Prussian Rhine Province as an exclave until 1932. Since the Middle Ages, the northern part of the district belonged to the principality of Nassau-Dillenburg, which was part of

98-603: The French-occupied Grand Duchy of Berg between 1806 and 1813, and to the principality of Nassau-Oranien between 1813 and 1815, which was absorbed into the Duchy of Nassau in 1816. This formed the two offices of Herborn and Dillenburg. After the Prussian annexation of the Duchy of Nassau in September 1866, both offices were united to form the Dillkreis. After World War II, the entire district area as it

112-846: The Lahn-Dill district has comprised 23 towns and municipalities on an area of 1,066.5 km (411.8 sq mi). The main rivers of the district are the Lahn and the Dill , which also gave it the name. It is mountain landscape with the Westerwald in the west, the Taunus in the south, the Lahn-Dill-Bergland in the east and the Rothaargebirge of the Sauerland in the north. The highest elevation with 671 m (2,201 ft)

126-405: The country. Financial difficulties forced him to sell the city of Butzbach , which his family had owned since 1478, to Hesse-Darmstadt on 17 March 1741. On 22 May 1742, Emperor Charles VII raised the House of Solms-Braunfels to the rank of Imperial Prince . When Friedrich Wilhelm died in 1761, he was succeeded by his son Ferdinand Wilhelm Ernst. He was married three times. His first wife

140-403: The district-free city of Giessen with the city of Wetzlar, 13 other municipalities from the district of Wetzlar and the municipality of Heuchelheim from the district of Giessen. Due to strong protests, mainly from the people of Wetzlar, the territorial reform was partially reversed. As from 1 August 1979 the city of Lahn was dissolved again and the Lahn-Dill district was reorganized: Since then,

154-672: The name Count/Countess von Oppersdorff-Solms-Braunfels , with consent of the Hessian Ministry of the Interior. An Austrian side branch (which had owned estates in Bohemia and Hungary until 1945) became extinct in 1989. Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels (11 January 1696 in Braunfels – 24 February 1761, Braunfels) was the first Prince of Solms-Braunfels . He

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168-578: The title prince and princess, styled Serene Highness . The Principality of Solms-Braunfels was mediatised to Austria , Hesse-Darmstadt , Prussia and Württemberg in 1806. The main branch of the princely House of Solms-Braunfels became extinct with Georg Friedrich Victor in 1970. Braunfels and Hungen Castles including their agricultural and forest estates were inherited by the last Prince's daughter Maria Gabrielle Princess of Solms-Braunfels (1918−2003) and her husband Hans Georg Count von Oppersdorff (1920−2003). Since 1969, they and their offspring bear

182-420: Was Princess Magdalena Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1691-1725), the daughter of John Ernst of Nassau-Weilburg . They had the following children: On 9 May 1726 he married his second wife, Countess Sophia Magdalena Benigna of Solms-Utphe , the daughter of Count Karl Otto of Solms-Laubach-Utphe-Tecklenburg and Countess Louise Albertine of Schönburg-Waldenburg . They had the following children: His third wife

196-747: Was the son of Count Wilhelm Moritz of Solms-Braunfels (1651–1724) and his wife Princess Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg (1660–1720), a daughter of William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg , and his first wife Princess Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt . Frederick William received an aristocratic education. When his father died on 18 February 1724, he became Count of Solms-Braunfels, Greifenstein and Hungen , Tecklenburg , Kriechingen and Lingen , Lord of Münzenberg , Wildenfels , Sonnewalde , Püttlingen , Dortweiler and Beaucourt. However, because of his poor health, he did not rule much personally. He did, however, succeed in his marriage policy, which allowed his children to marry into powerful families around

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