Weinbach has maintained a partnership arrangement with the Polish community of Debrzno, roughly 150 km southwest of Gdańsk in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, since 1992. The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results: Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Gräveneck Castle was built in 1395 by a knightly order under Nassau’s leadership to guard against the Knights of Elkerhausen. In 1327 it had its first documentary mention. Freienfels Castle was built about 1300, presumably by the Diez family’s Weilnau branch. About 1500, there arose a stronghouse out of which a new castle grew.Įdelsberg had its first documentary mention in 1246, Blessenbach in 1267 and Weinbach in 1344. The Elkerhauser Wasserburg (a moated castle) was destroyed in 1352. The knightly family who lived there was heavily involved in a feud in the 14th century with the landlord, the Archbishop of Trier.
Elkerhausen’s first documentary mention came in 1191. The main centre is also called Weinbach, and the outlying centres are Blessenbach, Edelsberg, Elkerhausen, Freienfels, Fürfurt, Gräveneck and Kleinweinbach.įürfurt was mentioned in a document from sometime between 11, thus making it the first part of the community to have its first documentary mention. Weinbach borders in the north on the town of Weilburg, in the east on the community of Weilmünster, and in the west on the community of Villmar and the town of Runkel (all in Limburg-Weilburg). Weinbach lies on the Lahn and the Weil between Wetzlar and Limburg an der Lahn.
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