Laubach
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is a town of approximately 10,000 people in the region of Hesse
, Germany
. Laubach is known as a , a climatic health resort. It is situated 23 kilometres (14.3 mi) east of Gießen. Surrounding are the towns of , , and .
. With its many historic and colorful half-timbered () buildings, is an area of interest to tourists.
The main point of attraction is the castle belonging to the Count Solms-Laubach family. The castle was built in the thirteenth century and expanded over the years. The Solms castle has one of the largest private libraries in Europe, with over 120,000 titles. An original Gutenberg Bible, on display in the Johann Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, came from this private collection. The castle grounds include a huge park with a swan lake, open to the public.
The city's Evangelical Lutheran Church, formerly named St. Maria, has a Baroque organ. The oldest part of the church was built in the twelfth century. It was renovated in the eighteenth century.
The former district courthouse (), the city hall, and the Heimat Museum are together on the main street of Friedrichstrasse. The courthouse is now a residence for senior citizens.
The is the local history museum, originally built near the town of in 1750 by Count August Solms-Laubach. The building was moved to its present location in 1832 and served as a school before it became a museum. The museum contains a permanent exhibit of the diary of city resident Friedrich Kellner
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Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Laubach is known as a , a climatic health resort. It is situated 23 kilometres (14.3 mi) east of Gießen. Surrounding are the towns of , , and .
Points of interest
The dense Laubach Woods spread into the foothills of the Vogelsberg MountainsVogelsberg Mountains
The Vogelsberg Mountains are a group duct of ancient volcanic activity and are separated from the Rhön Mountains by the Fulda River and its valley....
. With its many historic and colorful half-timbered () buildings, is an area of interest to tourists.
The main point of attraction is the castle belonging to the Count Solms-Laubach family. The castle was built in the thirteenth century and expanded over the years. The Solms castle has one of the largest private libraries in Europe, with over 120,000 titles. An original Gutenberg Bible, on display in the Johann Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, came from this private collection. The castle grounds include a huge park with a swan lake, open to the public.
The city's Evangelical Lutheran Church, formerly named St. Maria, has a Baroque organ. The oldest part of the church was built in the twelfth century. It was renovated in the eighteenth century.
The former district courthouse (), the city hall, and the Heimat Museum are together on the main street of Friedrichstrasse. The courthouse is now a residence for senior citizens.
The is the local history museum, originally built near the town of in 1750 by Count August Solms-Laubach. The building was moved to its present location in 1832 and served as a school before it became a museum. The museum contains a permanent exhibit of the diary of city resident Friedrich Kellner
Friedrich Kellner
August Friedrich Kellner was a mid-level official in Germany who worked as a justice inspector in Mainz and Laubach. During the First World War, Kellner was an infantryman in a Hessian regiment...
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Notable residents
- Friedrich KellnerFriedrich KellnerAugust Friedrich Kellner was a mid-level official in Germany who worked as a justice inspector in Mainz and Laubach. During the First World War, Kellner was an infantryman in a Hessian regiment...
(1885–1970) - Laubach's chief justice inspector during WWII, he wrote a 10-volume diary about the misdeeds of the Nazis, later published as a book, My Opposition . He became deputy mayor, first town councilman, and chairman of the regional branch of the Social Democratics. A Canadian documentary about Kellner was filmed on location in Laubach. - Felix Klipstein (1880–1941), artist - grew up in and Belgium, spending his academic years in France and Spain, where he did special studies in Velázquez. In 1909 he settled in Laubach with his wife, the writer Edith Blass.
- Friedel Münch (born 1927), head of Münch Motorcycle WorksMünch (motorcycles)The Münch was a German motorcycle manufacturer.They produced between 1966 and 1980. Using a URS engine, they won the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.-Literature:...
- Philipp Erasmus Reich (1717–1787), bookseller and publisher
- Georg Friedrich Solms-Laubach (1899–1969)
- Sophie von Solms-Laubach (1594–1651)
External links
- Laubach Online (municipal website)
- (the city's former courthouse)