- Leun
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Leun Wappen.png
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 33
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 22
Lageplan = Lahn-Dill-Kreis Leun.png
Regierungsbezirk = Gießen
Landkreis = Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Höhe = 155
Fläche = 28.66
Einwohner = 5984
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 35638
Vorwahl = 06473
Kfz = LDK
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 32 016
Straße = Bahnhofstraße 25
Website = [http://www.leun.de www.leun.de]
Bürgermeister = Birgit Sturm
Bürgermeistertitel =Bürgermeister inLeun is a small town in the
Lahn-Dill-Kreis inHesse , Germany.Geography
Location
Leun lies some 10 km west of
Wetzlar between the foothills of the northernTaunus and theWesterwald in theLahn valley, at a height of 150 to 330 m abovesea level .Neighbouring communities
Leun borders in the north on the communities of
Greifenstein andEhringshausen , in the east on the town ofSolms , in the south on the town ofBraunfels (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis) and in the west on the community ofLöhnberg (Limburg-Weilburg ).Constituent communities
The town consists of the five centres of Biskirchen, Bissenberg, Lahnbahnhof, Leun and Stockhausen.
History
Leun had its first documentary mention in 771. Building a stone
bridge in the late15th century and being granted market rights helped the village's economic growth, which in 1664 resulted in town rights being granted.As part of Hesse's municipal reform, the new, bigger town of Leun came into being when the main town of Leun and the other aforesaid communities voluntarily joined together on
1 January 1972 .Politics
Town council
The municipal elections on
26 March 2006 yielded the following results:Note: FWG is a citizens' coalition.Partnerships
The town of Leun maintains partnerships with the following places:
*Feytiat in the département ofHaute-Vienne since 1980
*Rastenberg ,Thuringia since 1990Sightseeing
Evangelical Church
In the historic main town of Leun stands the Evangelical Church, whose exact building date is unknown. The mighty "defensive" tower and the main nave are Romanesque, whereas the
sanctuary 's andtransept 's origins are early and late Gothic respectively.Within the church is an old and, in terms of
art history , meaningful, woodenpulpit with panelling showingSouthwest Asia n motifs. In the transept stands the organ built in 1808 by the brothers Philipp Heinrich andJohann Georg Bürgy . It has 13 stops on one manual keyboard, and a pedalboard. In the tower hang three bells, none of which comes from the bellmaker's that originally did business in the town.Up from the church lies the
graveyard in which can be found remains of the old town wall and the old Upper Gate.Historic town core
The town core still has a few stately half-timbered houses that bear witness to the town's bygone wealth. In one is housed the town museum. The best known among them is the "Erkerhaus" ("Bay Window House") on Limburger Straße, which nowadays is counted among the town's landmarks. At the great
Baroque porch into the yard, the remains of the former "Junkernhof" (seeJunker ) can be recognized, seat of the family Mohr, with a still preserved manor house. Also worth seeing are the old mill and the old Latin school.Biskirchen
In the constituent community of Biskirchen are the ruins of the old "Bischofskirche" (Bishop's Church), and a well house housing the healing spring that appears here.
Natural monuments
In the northern forest is the "Leuner Burg", but although "Burg" means "castle", it is actually a former
quarry which is now considered a natural monument.Sport
Leun is where the regular
tennis tournament called the Leun Open is held.Transport
Leun lies on Federal Highway ("Bundesstraße") 49. .Within Leun's municipal area are found two
railway station s, Leun/Braunfels (in the constituent community of Lahnbahnhof) and Stockhausen on the Lahn Valley Railway ("Lahntalbahn") running fromGießen through Limburg toKoblenz .References
External links
* [http://www.leun.de Leun]
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