Oberlahnstein

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Location of Upper Lahnstein in Rhineland -Palatinate

Oberlahnstein is a district of Lahnstein in Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. By 1969 the place was an independent district town.

Location

Oberlahnstein is on the right side of the Rhine and on the left side of the Lahn, at the mouth of the Lahn with the Rhine.

History

Oberlahnstein formed with the Lahneck the northernmost exclave of the Electorate of Mainz. Ecclesiastical belonged Oberlahnstein until its dissolution in 1803 after the archbishopric of Trier.

In the 19th century, in Nassau time, it became an important railway junction as the endpoint of Nassau Rheinbahn of Wiesbaden and the Lahn Valley Railway from Wetzlar. This function was transferred largely to the acquisition of Nassau State Railway by Prussia after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 on the stations Niederlahnstein and Koblenz Hbf.

Today the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Upper Lahnstein belong to the diocese of Limburg, the Protestant inhabitants of the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau.

On June 7, 1969 Oberlahnstein was united with the neighboring city Niederlahnstein the Great district town of Lahnstein.

Coat of arms

Blazon of the former city coat of arms " connected in two red pile as six-spoked silver wheels on a silver Tatzenkreuz. "

Coat Explanation: The double wheel with the connecting cross is a variation of the old coat of arms of Mainz and symbolizes the centuries long affiliation with Kurmainz.

Traffic

Since 1873, a road bridge connecting the two parts of the city Lower and Upper Lahnstein, which was named in Rudi Geil 2008 bridge.

Personalities

  • Wilhelm Lanz (1829-1882), First mayor of Wiesbaden
  • Hugo Rheinhold (1853-1900), German sculptor
  • Robert Bodewig (1857-1923), teacher, historian, archaeologist and route commissioner of Empire Limes Commission
  • Heribert Meffert (1937 ), German economist, specializing in Marketing, Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Dr. H.C. mult. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität

Papers

  • Picture of Oberlahnstein from J. F. Dielmann, A. Fay, J. Becker ( artist): F. C. Bird panorama of the Rhine, images of the right and left banks of the Rhine, Lithographic Institute FC Bird, Frankfurt 1833
  • Image 2 of Oberlahnstein, ditto
Lahneck Castle Duchy of Nassau Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg Wheel of Mainz
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