Waldsolms

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Waldsolms


Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Gießen
District	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Population	5,172 (31/12/2004)
Area	44.75 km²
Population density	116 /km²
Elevation	277 m
Coordinates	50°25′ N 8°31′ E
Postal code	35647
Area code	06085
Licence plate code	LDK
Mayor	Bernd Heine
Website	Gemeinde Waldsolms

Waldsolms is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Politics
- 3.1 Partnerships
4 Economy and infrastructure
- 4.1 Transport
5 Reference
6 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Waldsolms lies in the Hochtaunus Nature Park between Wetzlar and Usingen.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Waldsolms borders in the north on the town of Braunfels and the community of Schöffengrund (both in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis), in the east on the community of Langgöns (Gießen district), in the southeast on the town of Butzbach (Wetteraukreis), in the south on the community of Grävenwiesbach (Hochtaunuskreis) and in the west on the community of Weilmünster (Limburg-Weilburg).

[edit] Constituent communities

The community consists of the six centres of Brandoberndorf (administrative seat), Griedelbach, Hasselborn, Kraftsolms, Kröffelbach and Weiperfelden.

[edit] History

As part of Hesse's municipal reform, the aforesaid communities voluntarily joined together on 1 January 1972 to form the new greater community.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Partnerships

Waldsolms maintains a partnership with the following place:

Laudun-l'Ardoise in the département of Gard, France, in the Rhône Valley

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

Brandoberndorf has been since 2000 the end point of the Taunusbahn railway, run as Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund line 15 by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH. It is part of a once abandoned Deutsche Bahn line that now sees new life as a commuter railway. The stretch from Grävenwiesbach to Brandoberndorf was brought back into service in 2000 after the line's great success since 1993, when service began.