Geography Wetzlar

on lahn

wetzlar lies in lahn-dill area in middle hesse on river lahn, not far downstream changes direction south west in heights near mouth of dill. town lies @ point divides low hessian mountain ranges: south of lahn lies taunus; north of lahn , west of dill westerwald begins; north of lahn , east of dill rothaargebirge begin. highest point within town limits stoppelberg @ 401 m above sea level.

wetzlar s neighbouring towns , cities gießen (up lahn centre centre 12 km), koblenz 80 km (50 mi) down lahn, limburg der lahn 40 km (25 mi) west, siegen 50 km (31 mi) northwest, dillenburg 30 km (19 mi) north, marburg 30 km (19 mi) northeast , frankfurt main 60 km (37 mi) south.

wetzlar , gießen 2 cores of small (about 200,000 inhabitants) urban agglomeration in middle hesse. along valleys of lahn (east , west) , dill (north) heavily built-up neighbouring communities, built-up areas in places merge wetzlar s. low mountain ranges around wetzlar northwest, northeast , south, on other hand, heavily wooded , thinly populated.

neighbouring communities

wetzlar borders in northwest on town of aßlar (lahn-dill-kreis), north , northeast on communities of hohenahr (lahn-dill-kreis) , biebertal (gießen district), east on communities of lahnau (lahn-dill-kreis) , heuchelheim , town of gießen (both in gießen district), south on communities of hüttenberg , schöffengrund , west on town of solms (all in lahn-dill-kreis).

constituent communities

the districts , neighbouring communities of wetzlar

the core area of wetzlar 30,684 inhabitants divided twelve boroughs (stadtbezirke): altstadt, neustadt, hauser berg, büblingshausen, sturzkopf, stoppelberger hohl, nauborner straße, silhöfer aue/westend, altenberger strasse, dalheim, dillfeld , niedergirmes. niedergirmes on 6,000 inhabitants largest municipality.

furthermore, there 8 districts (stadtteile) outside core area. 5 of them have long since been swallowed in wetzlar s main built-up area. all, however, became part of wetzlar dissolution of city of lahn in 1979, excluding blasbach, dutenhofen , münchholzhausen have long belonged city. these east of core towns of naunheim (3882), garbenheim (2080), münchholzhausen (2420) , dutenhofen (3152). nauborn (3721) located south of core area , steindorf (1704) follows on west central area. north of core area blasbach (994) , hermannstein (3588) (population in brackets, of december 31, 2007).