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| federal state | Hesse | |
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| Residents | 52.954 (2019) | |
| height | 156 m | |
| Tourist info | (0)6441 - 99-7750 http://www.wetzlar.de | |
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The former Free Imperial City Wetzlar located in Hesse at the mouth of the dill into the Lahn. The historic old town with the Romanesque cathedral, the museums and the carefully restored half-timbered houses with its alleys and small squares stretches down to the Lahn in a terraced manner, where the stone Alte Lahnbrücke crosses the river.
background
- Excavations on the Lahn in Wetzlar-Dalheim have revealed 7000-year-old remains of the settlement of a ceramic band culture. Settlements of Germanic origin are still being uncovered. Some of them are over 2000 years old. The settlements presumably existed for almost 1500 years. There were also 3 Celtic settlements in and around Wetzlar. The Celts had already mined and smelted iron ore 2500 years ago. The name of the city probably originated in the 3rd century.
- Wetzlar was first mentioned in a document in the 8th century. The Wetterau Count Gebhard and later Duke of Lorraine had the Salvatorkirche (Church of the Redeemer) consecrated in 897. It was built on the walls of an earlier church. The Marienstift was founded at the beginning of the 10th century. In the course of time, a market settlement emerged that had market rights and was allowed to levy customs duties. The Hohenstaufen emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa established an imperial bailiwick and made Wetzlar an imperial city in 1180. It remained an imperial city until 1803. The emperor built the imperial castle Kalsmunt high above Wetzlar on existing walls, presumably from the time of Charlemagne, to secure the Wetterau as imperial land. A trade route crossed the Lahn near Wetzlar. Wetzlar iron products, wool weaving mills and leather were transported on it. A city fortification was built around 1250, the remains of which are still there. In the middle of the 14th century, Wetzlar had around 6,000 inhabitants and was already a large city at that time. There was a feud that lasted for decades with the Counts of Solms, who wanted to take possession of Wetzlar. They threatened the vital trade routes. Hermannstein Castle (1373-79) was then built to protect the city. The emperor gave the city insufficient support. So she had to go into debt and in 1387 fell under compulsory administration. Nevertheless, it was accepted into the Rhenish-Swabian Association of Cities. The city suffered greatly during the Thirty Years' War. Many residents left Wetzlar. At the end of the war the city had only 1,500 inhabitants.
- In 1689 the highest court of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, the Imperial Chamber Court, was relocated to Wetzlar. Johann Wolfgang Goethe practiced here from May to September 1772. His hapless romance with Charlotte (Lotte) Buff during his time in Wetzlar was the subject of his first novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther", with which he made Wetzlar known worldwide. The Lotte-Haus in Lotte-Strasse is still a reminder of this today. With the dissolution of the Reich in 1806, the Reich Chamber of Commerce lost its importance. The French occupied Wetzlar. After the Congress of Vienna, the area fell to Prussia in 1815. In 1822 it became the seat of the district administrator of the newly created district of Wetzlar.
- The iron ore extraction, smelting and processing in the Wetzlar area had a 2,500-year tradition. When the Lahn was made navigable in the 19th century, industrialization entered a new phase, and the two railway lines inaugurated in 1862/63, the Lahn Valley Railway (Wetzlar - Limburg - Koblenz) and the Cologne-Gießen Railway, gave the city access to distant raw material and sales markets and became an industrial site. In 1869 there were 100 ore mines in the city. The Buderus brothers put the first blast furnace into operation in 1872. Well-known metal processing companies at that time were Röchling, the Hessische Berg- und Hüttenwerke, the Carolinenhütte and the Herkuleswerk. In addition, companies in the optical and precision engineering industries were founded. Leitz (Leica), Hensoldt (Zeiss), Minox, Pfeiffer, Philips, Loh, Seibert, Hollmann, Leidolf and many others achieved international renown. From 1887 the ore mines had to be gradually shut down because foreign ores extracted from open-cast mines were offered more cheaply on the world market. After the First World War, the Wetzlar ore mines were completely closed in 1926. The city grew through industrialization. In 1903 Niedergirmes was incorporated with its extensive industrial facilities and the station district. At the end of the First World War, the city had more than 15,000 inhabitants. You had to build a ring road in the west of the old town and another bridge over the Lahn to handle the traffic.
- The city was heavily bombed during World War II. The station district and the Niedergirmes district were particularly hard hit. The historic old town, with the exception of the area around the cathedral square, was largely preserved. After the end of the Second World War, Wetzlar was assigned to the newly founded state of Hesse. With the influx of displaced persons and refugees from the east, the population doubled to 30,000. The attempt to merge the two cities of Gießen and Wetzlar to form the new city of Lahn in 1977 failed due to the protest of residents, especially from Wetzlar. The territorial reform was not withdrawn, but it was redistributed. Eight new districts were added to the old urban area of Wetzlar. Since then, Wetzlar has been the seat of the new Lahn-Dill district, which has been amalgamated from parts of the old Wetzlar and Dillenburg districts.
getting there
By plane
The international airport Frankfurt
(IATA: FRA) is about 75 km away.
The regional airport Siegerland (Siegerland airport) is approx. 40 km.
By train
The 1 Wetzlar railway station is on the Frankfurt / Main - Siegen - Cologne (Dill / Sieglinie) and Gießen - Limburg - Koblenz (Lahntalbahn, Wetzlar - Koblenz) railway lines, which meet at Wetzlar station and are served by regional and regional express trains. Larger cities that can be reached directly from Wetzlar are Giessen, Koblenz, Frankfurt am Main and Siegen.
In addition to the Wetzlar train station in the city center, there is also the Dutenhofen district 2 Wetzlar-Dutenhofen train station.
By bicycle
- Lahn valley cycle path
- Hess. Long-distance cycle route R7: From the Werra to the Lahn
road
Wetzlar is on the federal motorway 
(Sauerland line, Dortmund - Aschaffenburg) or Europastraße E 41, with the Wetzlarer Kreuz exits (to A 480 or. E 40 to Wetzlar-Nord, Aßlar and Wz-Blasbach), Wetzlar-Ost (to the federal highway B 49 in the direction of the city center) and Wetzlar-Süd (in the direction of the hospital or Dutenhofen).
The federal highway 
(Trier - Wetzlar - Alsfeld) or E 44 runs through the city as an east-south-west fast connection between Wetzlar and Limburg partially expanded to four lanes, the rest of the intersection-free will be widened. Furthermore, the federal road connects 
Asslar with the Dalheim node.
The German half-timbered street leads through the place.
boat
Wetzlar on the Lahn can be reached over water by canoes or rowing boats, although the approach is made more difficult by locks and boat slides. There are several exit points in the city area (see also under tourist routes, hiking trails).
mobility
Transportation
Wetzlar belongs to central and southern Hesse Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV).
The city has a well-developed urban bus network with twelve bus routes every 10 to 30 minutes. These all have a connection to the bus station (ZOB). Another central transfer point is the Leitzplatz. There are also various overland lines to the Wetzlar area.
In the late evening hours the night bus line 007, the so-called “Disco-Bus”, runs in a star shape from the central bus station to almost all parts of the city.
The “Citybus” connects the old town with the train station and the “Forum Wetzlar” shopping center every 20 minutes on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturdays until 3 p.m.
Tourist Attractions
Historical old city
The almost complete ensemble of historical buildings and houses in the old town has largely been preserved and largely restored as it was at the end of the 18th century. Its half-timbered houses and stone buildings date from the Romanesque (Wetzlar Cathedral), Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. The squares still exist today Butter market / Domplatz, fish market, Iron market, Kornmarkt and the former Franziskanerhof, now Schillerplatz. The around 50 particularly noteworthy buildings include: a so-called wall stud construction from 1356, the Old coin am Eisenmarkt, the Roman emperor (15th century), a former theater and ballroom; the former Deutschordenshof, today the Municipal Museum, the Lottery House, Home of Charlotte Buff, the Karl-Wilhelm-Jerusalem house, in which the legal intern Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem shot himself and thus a sad celebrity as Werther (w: The sufferings of young Werther) attained the princely Palais Papius, in which the collection of historical furniture, compiled by Freiin Irmgard von Lemmers-Danforth, is located.
The stone 1 Old Lahn Bridge. was first mentioned in 1288.
Handsome ones Remains of the city fortifications from the 13th and 14th centuries are still preserved, for example an as Tailor tower or Säuturm well-known fortification tower, the Kalsmunt Gate as a city gate to the former suburb Silhofen as well as large parts of the city wall.
Even in the old suburbs Langgasse and Neustadt, through the Old Lahn Bridge Connected to the old town, some remarkable historical buildings are still preserved. However, the new town in particular lost its medieval character as a result of four-lane road construction in the 20th century.
A building erected as a town hall in the middle of the 14th century was dated after several renovations 2 Reich Chamber of Commerce(1689 to 1806) used as headquarters and chancellery. The court later moved to the so-called opposite Ducal house and then until its dissolution in 1806 ins From Ingelheim’s Palais. After a further renovation, the building was used as a barracks and later as the main post office. After they moved out, it served as a restaurant and residential building, among other things.
Churches
The 3 Wetzlar Cathedral is one of the oldest simultaneous churches in Germany and was built in various architectural styles in the 14th century. The first church was built on the same site in the 9th century.
The cathedral is open every day around the clock. They are worth seeing vasa sacra (Sacred vessels). These include goblets, monstrances, host bowls and candlesticks. Also worth seeing is the sculpture of Christ carrying the cross in the north transept of the church. This is the work of an unknown artist around 1500. The depiction of Simon of Cyrene is typical of this period. In relation to Christ he looks almost like a dwarf. His hands touch the cross, but do not carry it, as the Bible reports in Mark 15:21. The figure of Christ carrying the cross in the north transept is an original, even if it has been repainted and restored several times. The figure of Simon of Cyrene, on the other hand, had to be re-carved in 1996 because the original was stolen. The original figure has since reappeared in a spectacular way in October 1997 and can be viewed in the Wetzlar City Museum.
- The two cathedral parishes are a curiosity. The origin of the parish is unknown. The first church was probably a Franconian own church where the monastery was founded. It was not until 1221 and 1226 that the parish was granted (incorporated) to the monastery by the Archbishop of Trier and the Pope. Then the monastery employed the pastor and provided a benefice for his livelihood. The pastor belonged to the monastery, but had to represent the interests of the parish vis-à-vis it. When the people of Wetzlar committed themselves to the Lutheran denomination during the Reformation, a remarkable curiosity arose: the Lutheran pastor was elected by the citizens. But he drew his maintenance from the abbey pledge and was therefore installed in his office by the Catholic cathedral priest. Due to the lack of money for a new church, about 40 years after the Reformation, it was agreed that the smaller Catholic community should use the choir section and the larger Protestant community should use the central nave. The very small Catholic cathedral community only became more numerous again during the time of the Reich Chamber Court and was thus able to continue to exist after the monastery was dissolved (1803). After an aerial bomb hit the cathedral in March 1945, the Catholic community no longer had a place for worship. It was agreed that both congregations should now hold services at the same altar. Due to the influx of expellees, the Catholic cathedral community grew considerably. Therefore, a re-establishment of the old conditions, not even after the reconstruction of the choir in 1952, was no longer possible. Apparently the two congregations had recognized the signs of the times and were now developing a brotherly and sisterly relationship. The founding of a new organ by the Leitz company was accepted for both communities, even if only after a one-year trial period. The cooperation was contractually regulated by:
- 1957 - the Cathedral Usage Ordinance
- 1978 - the entry of the cathedral in the land register as joint property of both communities, each with an ideal half
- 1982 - the new version of the statutes of the cathedral building administration for building maintenance
Apart from the two sacristies, all parts of the cathedral are now used jointly by both parishes. The joint activities range from ecumenical church services to joint parish free time to making music together in the ecumenical youth choir. With its two parishes, the Wetzlar Cathedral is an impressive example of the modern coexistence of denominations.
For more information, see the page of the Wetzlar Cathedral.
Other sacred buildings
The Michaelis Chapel is a double chapel south of the cathedral choir, which was built around the year 1250. It was used as a former construction works for the cathedral and later as a Charnel house / charnel house or Ossuary / ossuary. On the west wall there is a large group of crucifixions (1509).
The 4 Remains of the Theutbirg basilica. are located near the Nauborn district, in the Siebenmühlental not far from the Dickesmühle (sign). The church of the Teutbirg in loco qui dicitur Nivora was made well before 778. The church will likely have existed until the turn of the 9th century. The remains of the wall were not discovered until 1927.
The 5 Franciscan Church. , a monastery founded in 1263, is also called Lower town church designated. The choir is still used for church services. The nave of the church is profaned.
The Altenberg Monastery is a former Premonstratensian women-Monastery. Around 1260/1270 by the blessed Gertrud von Altenberg, Daughter of the holy Elisabeth of Thuringia, established facility is Gutshof and Königsberger deaconess mother house.
The 6 Hospital Church. is a church built by J. L. Splittdorf in the years 1755–1764 with a remarkable structure of pulpit, organ above the altar and three-sided galleries. The hospital was probably built with the chapel belonging to it in the middle of the 13th century.
Other monuments and sights
In the newer districts around the old town there are a number of middle-class houses and villas, which later from the heyday of Wetzlar as Leitz (optics) Leica Camera and Buderus (White Villa) come from.
The two land weirs built in the 14th century, the 7 Garbenheimer Warte (around 1900 to Bismarck Tower rebuilt) and the 8 Brühlsbacher Warte are now wonderful observation towers, they are located east and south of the city.
The Reichsburg Kalsmunt was probably founded around the year 800 and is therefore a system from that time Charlemagne. To protect the city and to protect it Wetterau As an imperial land, it was further expanded in the 12th century. The imperial coins for Wetzlar were minted at the Reichsburg Kalsmunt. The farm yard was part of Kalsmunt Castle as early as the later Middle Ages Magdalenenhausenattested since 1324 on the side of the Kalsmunts facing away from the city. After the castle fell into disrepair due to frequent changes of ownership and the transition to Hesse in the 16th century, Count Bernhard III bought the castle. of Solms-Braunfels The two-storey, representative half-timbered house was built in 1693 for Countess Magdalena von Solms-Braunfels. In 1716, Count Wilhelm Moritz laid out a zoo / park around the estate, but it was abandoned again around 1800. The house has been used as a restaurant and excursion restaurant since the 19th century.
The 9 Hermannstein Castle is a typical example of a Gothic residential tower complex based on the French model. It was built from 1373 to 1379 for Landgrave Hermann I of Hesse to protect the city. The princes of Solms-Braunfels were repeatedly feuding with Wetzlar.
Monuments, works of art, fountains
The three-stage obelisk out Lahn marble in Dalheim commemorates the battle of Wetzlar[1], in the 1797 Karl von Österreich-Teschen / Archduke Karl of Austria the Napoleonic troops under General Lazare Hoche / General Jourdan hit. At Tile Kolup, the false emperor Friedrich II., Is remembered with two memorials. The older one is in the city forest near Friedenstrasse, the younger one was called Flame throne in the Spilburg built. The Colchester complex on the Lahninsel is lavishly landscaped, including one Stone maze and one maze. The Ukrainian memorial is located on Frankfurter Strasse, commemorating those who died in the camp during the First World War. The hunting memorial from 1877 in Hausertorstraße commemorates the Rhenish Jäger Battalion. In the rose garden, a former cemetery now used as a park, there are a number of old grave monuments, the most famous of which is that of the Baroness of Albini.
Some monuments are related to the industrial history of the city. The caster is a BuderusArt cast sculpture in front of the Buderus headquarters. Another modern cast sculpture is that family of Ludwig Leitz on Karl-Kellner-Ring (corner of Ernst-Leitz-Straße). At the former ore mine Malapertus pit An old headframe has been preserved, which today is one of the last two headframes that testifies to the mining past in the Lahn-Dill area.
A number of well-known well structures have also been preserved in the area of the old town. The Kornmarktbrunnen on the square of the same name was first mentioned in 1341. The Eisenmarktbrunnen is with a figure of the saint Barbara of Nicomedia, in short the Saint Barbara decorated. The Goethe Fountain is located on Philosophenweg, opposite the Wöllbacher Tor.
Museums, libraries and galleries
- 10 City and Industry Museum, Lottestrasse 8-10. Tel.: (0)6441 994140, Email: [email protected]. An extremely diverse museum with exhibits from the medieval and early modern history of the city and evidence of the regional industrial culture (heavy industry, optics and precision engineering, mining), including the Karsten Porezag Collection, a nationwide unique collection of historical mining lamps. In addition, this museum provides an insight into the prehistory and early history of the region and presents evidence of the Celtic times.Open: in the season (April to October) Tue-Sun and public holidays 11: 00-17: 00, out of season 11: 00-16: 00.Price: freely selectable ("Pay what you want" model).
- 11 Lottery House, Lottestrasse 8-10.
Memorial for Charlotte Kestner née Buff as a reminder of the time when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was often a guest here. The former Deutschordenshaus (Deutscher Orden) in Wetzlar has almost been reconstructed in the state in which Johann Wolfgang Goethe found it at the end of the 18th century. Every year, thousands of Goethe tourists from all over the world visit this building, which is attached to the book The Sorrows of Young Werther remind. The admission ticket is valid for the Lottehaus and Jerusalemhaus.Open: in the season (April to October) Tue-Sun and public holidays 11: 00-17: 00, out of season 11: 00-16: 00.Price: adults € 3, children € 2. - 12 Jerusalem House, Schillerplatz 5. Tel.: (0)6441 994131. In this building once took Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem, probably from lovesickness, life. Jerusalem was one of Werther's real models. As described in Werther, the memorial today features “Emilia Galotti open on the desk”. Today the restored old building houses the Wetzlar museum administration as well as the Goethe Werther collection. The admission ticket is valid for the Lottehaus and Jerusalemhaus.Open: Tue-Sun and public holidays 14: 00-17: 00.Price: adults € 3, children € 2.
- 13 Collection by Lemmers-Danforth, Kornblumengasse 1. Tel.: (0)6441 994150. European living culture from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, compiled and made accessible to the public by the Wetzlar pediatrician in the princely palace, the so-called Palais Papius (named after Johann Hermann Franz von Pape called Papius, an assessor at the Reich Chamber of Commerce). It is one of the world's most important collections of historical furniture from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.Open: in the season (April to October) Tue-Sun and public holidays 11: 00-17: 00, out of season 11: 00-16: 00.Price: freely selectable ("Pay what you want" model).
- 14 Museum of the Reich Chamber of Commerce, Hofstatt 19. Tel.: (0)6441 994163. The nationwide only museum of legal history is a magnet for lawyers and those interested in the history of law and the administration of justice in Germany. It is supported by the Gesellschaft für Reichskammergerichtsforschung e. V. and the city of Wetzlar. A number of high-quality exhibits on the constitutional history of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation presents. The museum is also one Research center of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History assigned.Open: in the season (April to October) Tue-Sun and public holidays 11: 00-17: 00, out of season 11: 00-16: 00.Price: freely selectable ("Pay what you want" model).
The Leitz "Haus Friedwart" in Wetzlar is a unique Art Nouveau ensemble in Germany. A new foundation wants to preserve the former residence of the Leitz family, to whom the world owes the legendary “Leica”, as a cultural site.[2]Several museums present the field of optics. First of all, the Optics course, a unique science course, strengthen the optical competence of the Wetzlar location. It is a private-public partnership / community project of citizens, universities, schools, the city marketing of the city of Wetzlar, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and 70 companies. It was opened in May 2008 with initially eight installations that lead from the Forum shopping center to the old town. A total of 20 different main installations are planned Dark department store. Furthermore, this presents Viseum, the house of optics and precision mechanics, in a late baroque building the most modern high-tech products from 14 Wetzlar and Central Hessian companies in the fields of optics, sensor technology and precision mechanics. The motto for this is: “Understand seeing!”. The exhibits demonstrate how optical and optoelectronic systems can improve the performance spectrum of our eyes with the help of the technical use of the properties of light. Another museum in this area is the Collection of historical microscopes Leitz (optics) / Ernst Leitz in the New Town Hall.
This is the case with other smaller and private museums Brass museum on the "Spilburg", that Wetzlar toy and doll museum, the Agricultural Museum as well as the Local museums and Village parlors to be mentioned in the districts. The visitor mine is located near Wetzlar, in Oberbiel Fortuna pit with mine railway museum. It is one of the numerous former iron ore mines in the Lahn-Dill district.
Official website Wetzlar: "Culture and Education"
Libraries and Archives
In 1962 Wetzlar became the scientific collection point and library for songs from the former East German territories with the Sponsorship for the East German song founded.
The 1989 opened Fantastic library in Wetzlar developed into the world's largest publicly accessible collection of fantastic literature. It has a stock of around 150,000 titles in the fantastic literary genres (science fiction, fantasy, classic fantasy, horror, utopia, travel and adventure literature, fairy tales, sagas / myths).[3]
The library currently has a stock of around 45,000 media. From the associated Art library Over 200 paintings, mostly originals (mainly by local artists), and sculptures can be borrowed Historical archive The city has, among other things, a large collection of documents (more than 4,400 documents) as well as files from the imperial city period to the present.
Galleries
Almost a dozen galleries are spread across the city. In the Gallery at the cathedral are works by artists with famous names like Janosch, Günter Grass, Armin Mueller-Stahl, James Rizzi or Niki de Saint Phalle represented. Furthermore, the gallery in the Stadthaus am Dom, the Atelier Ludwig Leitz with the artistic works of Ludwig Leitz, the gallery in Old Town Hall, the Gallery in the new town hall, the Atzbach Gallerythat houses graphics and illustrations, as well as the Gallery art am Kornmarkt with a focus on bronze casts from the Berlin School of Sculpture and contemporary, young art with a focus on sculpture.
In addition, under the title Art in the hospital Regular changing photo exhibitions shown on the wards of the Urological Clinic of the Wetzlar-Braunfels Clinic.
Parks, plants
The old town is surrounded by an almost complete ring of parks. These are the Avignon plant and the Schladming facility in the south that Colchester facility in the west and the Siena promenade in the East. The ring is closed in the north by the Rose garden, a historic cemetery site. Here is, among other things, the unspecified grave of Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem, Model for Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther. The rose garden is the location of the Wetzlar open-air theater.
Other larger parks on the outskirts of the city are the Neukölln facility, the Ilmenau plant and the Europe Park, Location of the Europabades.
Events
Theater and concerts
There is a wide range of theaters and concerts in Wetzlar. The cultural and music events in the largest multifunctional hall in the region, the Rittal Arena Wetzlar (around 6,000 spectators), are of supraregional importance. Equally significant are the annual Wetzlar Festival in June, July and August with operas, operettas, musicals, plays, concerts and cabaret, most of which are in the Rose garden, in the Lottehof and in Hermannstein Estate be held.
In addition, the Wetzlar town hall as a culture, congress and conference center. Here is that too New cellar theater in Wetzlar home that entertains with comedies, plays or musicals. Other cultural highlights are the International Guitar Days Wetzlar and the summer matinees in Rose garden. The Wetzlar Culture Days In mid-June there is a three-day summer music festival on the Lahn Island and in the city center with music, folklore, theater and art. The Theaterring Wetzlar organizes a monthly theater evening in the winter months with touring theaters. The Kulturring After work offers visits to theatrical events of the City Theater Giessen and conducts its own cabaret events. There are also regular theater and concert events (rock, pop, jazz, cabaret, readings, parties, etc.) in the cultural center Franzis, in the Colorful cat and in the Small stage.
Celebrations and series of events
The traditional one Gallus Market is attested since 1318. Ludwig IV. (HRR) / King Ludwig granted the city the right on the day of the holy Gallus (Saint Gallus), so every year on October 16th to hold a fair. Today it takes place, among other things, as a Sunday shopping with lots of activities in the pedestrian zones.
The numerous carnival clubs take care of Carnival, Mardi Gras and Mardi Gras, here Full eight with events and balls for mood. The big barrel night parade across the city with mostly over a hundred train numbers and several kilometers in length always takes place on barrel night Sunday with great participation by the population.
The Ox Festival is the largest folk festival in Central Hesse and has been celebrated every three years since 1852.[4] The week-long festival with an attached agricultural and animal show takes place on the festival grounds "Finsterloh" instead of. A highlight of the ox festival is a parade through Wetzlar.
These are other regularly recurring events Bridge Festival around the Old Lahn Bridge, the "Summer Night Wine Festival" on the Schillerplatz in the old town, the Family celebration on the Bachweide and the Lahninsel and since 2006 the "Gaudi Olympics" in the Finsterloh - with artificial snow every year in February. As part of the Car showrooms, where local dealers present the latest car models, becomes the German City Cart Cup With Grand Prix of Wetzlar carried out. In the run-up to Christmas, Advent markets are held in the old town and near the train station. Circus tented performances are occasionally on the Stream willow commanded.
Music, song, dance
The scene in Wetzlar is particularly well represented in the area of cabaret and independent music. Next to the localities harlequin, Colorful cat, Small stage and Cafe vinyl is the cultural center Franzis a location of free music. Dort werden aber auch allerlei andere künstlerischen Tätigkeiten gefördert und dargestellt.Vielfältige Angebote zum Zuhören, Zuschauen oder aktiv Mitmachen bieten neben den Musik- und Volkshochschulen die über 40 Chöre, 12 Orchester (zudem 13 Chöre und Orchester für Kirchenmusik), 16 Musikgruppen, neun Tanzgruppen, zwei Ballettstudios und einige Tanzclubs und Tanzschulen.
activities
Eine Reihe Wetzlarer Vereine sind in den Bundesligen vertreten. Zu nennen sind insbesondere HSG Wetzlar (Handball-Bundesliga Männer) und RSV Lahn-Dill (Rollstuhlbasketball-Bundesliga Männer). Im Turnen bilden KTV Wetzlar (Kunstturnen-Bundesliga) und TSG Niedergirmes gemeinsam ein Kunstturnleistungszentrum mit Deutscher Turner-Bund/DTB-Turnschule. Im Rudern stellte die RG Wetzlar 1883 bereits etliche Olympiasieger, Welt-, Europa- und Deutsche Meister. Auch im Tanzsport, Twirling, Radpolo, Eisstockschießen und Skat brachten es Wetzlarer Sportler zu überregionaler Bekanntheit.
Der mitgliederstärkste Sportverein der Stadt und einer der größten Hessens ist der TV Wetzlar, dessen erfolgreichste Abteilungen im Volleyball (Damen) und im Badminton (Herren) bereits viele Jahre in der Bundesliga spielten. In den 82 Sportvereinen mit 22.000 Mitgliedern, davon 7.300 Jugendliche, werden so gut wie alle Sportarten angeboten.
Jährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltungen mit internationaler Beteiligung sind unter anderem seit 2005 der Wetzlar Marathon und seit 2006 die ATP-Tennisturniere Wetzlar Open.
Das Stadion Wetzlar verfügt über 8000 Zuschauerplätze. Die 2005 eröffnete Rittal Arena mit max. 6.000 Plätzen gehört zu den modernsten Sportarenen Deutschlands und diente seit ihrer Eröffnung bereits mehrfach als Austragungsort internationaler Sportveranstaltungen. Das Europabad dient seit seiner Eröffnung 1973 als Wettkampfbad mit 50-Meter-Becken und Tribüne.[5]
Seit Januar 2009 besteht das Cube-Kletterzentrum des Deutschen Alpenvereins e. V. im Sportpark des TV Wetzlar auf dem Spilburggelände. Auf den rund 1000 m² Kletterfläche, bei einer Höhendifferenz von mehr als 13 m, befinden sich auch Schulungs- und Boulderbereiche. Diese künstliche Kletteranlage kann von Jedermann gegen Entgelt genutzt werden.
Touristik-Routen, Wanderwege
Der Tourismus gewinnt stetig an Bedeutung für Wetzlar. Die Stadt liegt an folgenden Ferienstraßen: German half-timbered street, Lahn-Ferien-Straße and Solmser Straße. Auch die Oranier-Route führt über Wetzlarer Stadtgebiet. Die Stadt ist Mitglied im Taunusklub und im Westerwald-Verein und ist Sitz des Lahntal Tourismus Verband e.V..
Es gibt in Wetzlar und Umgebung eine Reihe von Wanderwegen. Die Stadt ist Ausgangspunkt des vom Taunusklub beschilderten Jakobsweges[6] nach Burg Lahneck und zur Hospitalkapelle in Lahnstein, the Lahn-Camino. Zahlreiche Möglichkeiten für Wanderungen bestehen auf den Lahnhöhenwegen. Der Dill-Wanderweg führt von Haiger nach Wetzlar. The Vier-Türme-Wanderung verläuft im Wetzlarer Stadtgebiet und verbindet vier historische Türme: Die Garbenheimer Warte (heutiger Bismarckturm), die Brühlsbacher Warte (Bleistift), den Stoppelbergturm und die Burgruine Kalsmunt. Die Wegstrecke dieser Wanderung rund um die Altstadt beträgt ungefähr 14 Kilometer, der Höhenunterschied 264 Meter. Eine andere Wanderung verläuft zirka 18 Kilometer durch das südliche Umland und führt von Brandoberndorf durch das Sieben-Mühlen-Tal nach Wetzlar. Am südlichen Stadtrand wurde in einem Wald am Finsterloh der Abenteuerparcours, ein Hochseilgarten (Waldkletteranlage), errichtet.
Der durch Wetzlar führende Lahntalradweg gehört laut Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club/ADFC zu den Top 10 der deutschen Radfernwanderwege.
Die Lahn zählt zu den schönsten Wasserwanderwegen Deutschlands. Für Wasserwanderer mit Kanu oder mit Ruderboot ist die Lahn geeignet. Für neugierige Bootstouristen gibt es im Stadtgebiet fünf offizielle Ein- und Ausstiegsstellen mit Raststätten, Toiletten, Campingplatz, Einkaufsmöglichkeiten, Unterkünften und Busanbindung.
Diskotheken und Szenegastronomie
Auch haben sich hier einige Szenebars und -lounges im Altstadtbereich etabliert, die mitunter am Wochenende nur per vorheriger Tischreservierung besucht werden können. In jüngerer Zeit entstanden auch auf dem Gelände der ehemaligen Spilburg-Kaserne eine Reihe von Lokalitäten.
shop
Im Frühjahr 2005 wurde in Bahnhofsnähe das neue Einkaufszentrum Forum Wetzlar eröffnet. Es ist mit rund 24.000 m² Verkaufsfläche und knapp 120 Geschäften nach Angaben des Betreibers das größte Einkaufszentrum in der Region Mittelhessen mit einem Einzugsbereich von zirka 540.000 Personen. Im zugehörigen Parkhaus stehen 1.700 Stellplätze zur Verfügung. Das Forum ist allerdings nicht das erste Einkaufscenter in der Stadt, unweit davon befinden sich das kleinere „Coloraden“-Einkaufszentrum (ehemals „Herkules-Center“) mit 15 aktiven Geschäften. Der ehemalige „Lahnhof“ gegenüber soll in absehbarer Zeit abgerissen und einer anderen Verwendung zugeführt werden. Weitere ehemals zusammenhängende Einzelhandelsflächen (z.B. die Kaufhäuser auf der Bahnhofstraße und dem Karl-Kellner-Ring) mussten nach der Forum-Eröffnung sukzessive schließen, da von den Stadtvätern das Kaufkraftpotential von Wetzlar und Umgebung offenbar falsch eingeschätzt wurde.
Daneben gibt es viele kleine Einzelhandelsgeschäfte unterschiedlicher Branchen sowie Cafés und Gaststätten in der Wetzlarer Altstadt, die in ungefähr zehn Minuten Fußweg vom Bahnhofsbereich aus oder mit dem Citybus zu erreichen sind.
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Lernen
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Die Geschichte der Hochschule in Wetzlar begann bereits vor 200 Jahren. Als Kaiser Franz II. im Jahre 1806 die Kaiserkrone niederlegte, endete das Heilige Römische Reich deutscher Nation und das Reichskammergericht wurde aufgelöst. Um die Nachteile für Wetzlar zu mindern, versuchte Karl von Dalberg, etliche Juristen durch die Gründung einer Rechtsschule an Wetzlar zu binden, aber ihr war kein langes Bestehen beschieden. Bereits 1816 wurde sie wieder aufgelöst.[7]. Von 1903 bis 1915 gab es ein kgl. Lehrerseminar, im Ersten Weltkrieg wurde das Gebäude als Lazarett genutzt, danach durch das Wetzlarer Kreiskrankenhaus belegt, ein Finanzamtneubau ersetzte 1979 das Gebäude.[8]
In der Gegenwart werden an der Technischen Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) in Wetzlar seit dem 25. April 2001 duale Hochschulstudiengänge mit internationalen Hochschulabschlüssen (Bachelor und Master) unter dem Namen "StudiumPlus" angeboten. Die Zusammenarbeit mit der Industrie- und Handelskammer und Unternehmen der Region ermöglicht ein praxisnahes Studium. Es werden zur Zeit zwölf Fachrichtungen in den vier Studiengängen Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen, Betriebswirtschaft, Ingenieurwesen/Mikrosystemtechnik und dem Masterstudiengang – Prozessmanagement angeboten. Weitere wie zum Beispiel die Fachrichtung Krankenhausmanagement (Master) und der neuartige Studiengang Frühpädagogik sind in Vorbereitung.[9]
The Naturschutz-Akademie Hessen ist ein Kooperationsmodell des Landes Hessen mit dem Naturschutz-Zentrum Hessen e. V.[10] und wird getragen von hessischen Verbänden des Natur- und Umweltschutzes, vom Land Hessen, vom Lahn-Dill-Kreis und von der Stadt Wetzlar. Die Akademie ist auf dem Gebiet der Umweltbildung tätig und ist der hessische Vertreter im Bundesweiten Arbeitskreis der staatlich getragenen Bildungsstätten im Natur- und Umweltschutz (BANU).
The Mathematik-Zentrum Wetzlar[11] organisiert Kurse und Wettbewerbe für mathematisch interessierte und begabte Kinder und Jugendliche. To the Junior MatheClub sind Schülerinnen und Schüler der Klassen 3 bis 6 eingeladen, den MatheClub besuchen Schülerinnen und Schüler der Klassen 7 bis 13.
In the Christliche Medien-Akademie (CMA) werden journalistische Grundkurse, besonders geeignet für Studenten und Volontäre, sowie Aufbaukurse als Ergänzung und ideale Fortbildung für Redakteure und Medienschaffende angeboten.
Work
Ansässige Unternehmen
Die Stadt ist Standort einiger weltbekannter Unternehmen.Der Buderus-Konzern wurde im Jahre 1731 gegründet und ist damit europaweit eines der ältesten noch existierenden (Groß-)Unternehmen. 2008 eröffnete das neue 30.000 m² große Versandlager, das durch den Kontraktlogistiker LGI vertreten wird.
Wetzlar ist neben Jena und Oberkochen ein deutsches Zentrum der Optik sowie der bedeutendste deutsche Standort für die feinmechanische Industrie. Deren Industrieprodukte brachten es zu Weltruf, allen voran die Mikroskope der Firma Leica Microsystems GmbH (früher Ernst Leitz), die in ihren Spitzenzeiten in der Stadt über 7000 Beschäftigte hatte. Die Kleinbildfotografie wurde in Wetzlar erfunden. Außerdem sind Kameras der Firmen Leidolf und Minox, die Ferngläser und Fernrohre der Firma Moritz Hensoldt AG (jetzt Carl Zeiss Sports Optics), Carl Zeiss, die Mikroskope der Firma Seibert und eine Vielzahl weiterer mittelständischer feinmechanischer und optischer Unternehmen zu nennen.
Andere bekannte Unternehmen sind die Philips* Automotive Playback Modules AG (* mit seinerzeit rund 1.200 Beschäftigten), Siemens und die im Juli 2007 an Continental AG|Continenta verkaufte VDO Automotive, die Pfeiffer Vacuum/Arthur Pfeiffer Vakuumtechnik (durch deren geänderten Kreiselkompass die Nutzung von Raketen für die Raumfahrt erst möglich wurde).
Der Gewerbepark Spilburg, eine ehemalige Kaserne, ist für eine Reihe innovativer Unternehmen, vor allem aus den Bereichen Optik/Feinmechanik, Informationstechnologie und Dienstleistungen, ein neuer Standort geworden.
Medien
Als größte Tageszeitung der Region wird die Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung als Hauptausgabe der in Wetzlar ansässigen Zeitungsgruppe Lahn-Dill herausgegeben. Daneben erscheinen monatlich das Stadtmagazin Wetzlarer Hefte. Der monatlich erscheinende Wetzlar Kurier als CDU-nahe „Zeitung für den Lahn-Dill-Kreis“ nimmt häufig politisch kontrovers diskutierte Positionen ein. Weitere Medien aus Wetzlar sind unter anderem das Jugendnetz Wetzlar, das Kindernetz Wetzlar und die NETZ Bangladesch Zeitschrift.
Practical advice
1 Touristinformation, Domplatz 6. Tel.: 49 (0)6441 997750, Email: [email protected]. Geöffnet: Geöffnet: Mo bis Fr: 9 - 17 Uhr, Sa: 10 - 12 Uhr; Mai - Okt.: Sa: 10 - 14 Uhr.
trips
Lokal:
- Stoppelberg (401 m) mit Aussichtsturm
- Kalsmunt Reichsburgruine
- Vier Türme Wanderung
- Kirschenwäldchen
- Simberg
Regional:
- Lahn - Wanderwege
- Grube Fortuna bei Wetzlar / Solms-Oberbiel
- Feld- und Grubenbahnmuseum Fortuna, Grube Fortuna 1, 35606 Solms – Oberbiel. E-mail: [email protected].
Rundherum ein Feldbahn-Kleinod: Werkstatt mit Schmiede, Bekohlungsanlage, Drehscheibe und eine Bahnstrecke in herrlicher Mittelgebirgslandschaft auf dem ehemaligen Zechengelände des 1983 stillgelegten Eisenerzbergwerkes Grube Fortuna. Zu sehen sind über 60 Lokomotiven der 600mm-Spur, über 100 Klein-, Feld- und Grubenbahnwagen. - Braunfels - Märchenschloss
- Greifenstein Castle
- Weilburg − Schloss, Altstadt, Schifffahrtstunnel
- Marburg − Studentenstadt mit historischer Altstadt
- Gießen − Mathematikum
literature
Web links
- https://www.wetzlar.de/ – Offizielle Webseite von Wetzlar
- Stadtrundgang im Internet
- ↑napoleon-online.de – Feldmarschall Karl Erzherzog von Österreich und Herzog von Sachsen-Teschen
- ↑Haus Friedwart (archivierte Version vom 1. August 2012 im Internet Archive archive.is)
- ↑Homepage der Phantastischen Bibliothek Wetzlar
- ↑August Schoenwerk: Geschichte von Stadt und Kreis Wetzlar. 2. überarb. u. erw. Auflage von Herbert Flender. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1975, ISBN 3-87619-005-3 , S. 300.
- ↑Stadt Wetzlar: Sportstätten
- ↑In: „Der Jakobsweg von Wetzlar nach Lahnstein“: Ein Pilgerwanderführer für den Lahn-Camino von Karl-Josef Schäfer, Weilburg, ISBN 978-3-8334-9475-8
- ↑Irene Jung: Von der Reichsstadt zur Kreisstadt – eine Stadtgeschichte mit Höhen und Tiefen in: Wirtschaftsstandort Wetzlar. Europäischer Wirtschafts Verlag, Darmstadt 2002, ISBN 978-3-932845-57-4 , S. 132
- ↑ http://www.b-c-w.deWetzlar in alten Ansichten
- ↑Wissenschaftliches Zentrum dualer Hochschulstudien (ZDH)
- ↑Naturschutz-Akademie Hessen
- ↑Mathematik-Zentrum Wetzlar