Places of interest in Herborn on the Westerwald and surrounding area
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Castle Greifenstein
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- Two churches build one upon the other with "Kasematten"
- Twintowers where you can go upstairs with sight on the "Greifensteiner Land"
- German museum of bells
- Changing exhibitions in the museum of the castle
- Fee for adults: 3 EUR (State: February 2010)
- Open from April to October from 10 am to 6 pm
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- Middle aged center of the city with more than 400 half-timbered houses
- Beautiful market place with Renaissance-town hall
- Museum of the city in the historical house of the "Hohe Schule"
- Shoppingcenters:
- Toom; Penny; Lidl in Burg; Aldi North in the Dillcenter and in Burg, Aldi South in Sinn
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Bird park Herborn - Uckersdorf
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- More than 70 kinds of birds
- Big park
- Fee for adults: 5 EUR, for children: 2 EUR (State: February 2010)
- Open from April to October from 10 am to 6 pm
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Lake "Heisterberger Weiher"
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- At the B 255 between Breitscheid and Rennerod located bathlake
- Fee for adults with car: 5 DM (State: June 1998)
- Row-boat 1/2 hour borrow: 5 DM (State: June 1998)
- Pedalo 1/2 hour borrow: 6 DM (State: June 1998)
- Electroboat 1/2 hour borrow: 12 DM (State: June 1998)
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- Wilhelmstower on the "Schloßberg"
- Origin of the kings of the Netherlands, the "Oranier"
- Biggest middle aged "Kasematten" (ways of defense) of Germany at the "Schloßberg"
- Fee for Wilielmstower and museum of economy: 2 DM (State: August 1998)
- Feefor "Kasematten" for adults: 3 EUR, for children: 1,50 EUR (State: February 2010)
- Open from tuesday to sunday from 9 am to 12 am and 2 pm to 5 pm (State: August 1998)
- Hessisches "Landgestüt" with museum of coaches in the "Orangerie"
- Gloria-Center with 4 cinemas
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Zoo Dillenburg-Donsbach
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- Red deer, roe deer, wild boars and moufflons
- Mountain goats, sika- and stonewild animals
- Strokezoo
- Food for the animals: 1 DM (State: August 1998)
- Fee for one day for adults: 2,50 DM (State: August 1998)
- Fee for one year for adults: 10 DM (State: August 1998)
- Fee for one day for pupils: 1,50 DM (State: August 1998)
- Fee for one year for pupils: 5 DM (State: August 1998)
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- Former iron mine (closed in 1983)
- Tour with cage and train
- Show of iron mining in 150 m deepness for 45 minutes
- Fee for adults: 5 EUR (State: May 2002)
- Open from march to november from 9 am to 4 pm
- Last guided tour: 3 pm
- There are guided tours 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 hours in length. But there has to be a minimum of 10 interested persons to let it happen.
- Closed on mondays
- Photos of the mine
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- Dom and Lahnbridge made of stone from the 13. century
- Middle aged market places, restored half-timered houses and beautiful Barockhouses
- 5 museums in the old village
- Disco "Super Mäx" at the Lahnhof, near the B49 in direction to Gießen
- Cycle-path way from Heuchelheim (Stations: Atzbach, Wetzlar and Leun) to Weilburg beside the river Lahn (40 kilometers)
- Shoppingcenters:
- Wertkauf (Hörnsheimer Eck, near the hospital)
- Herkules-Center (Pro-Markt, C&A, Aldi, Bahnhofstrasse)
- Fashion-Shoppingcenters (e.g. H+M) in the pedestrian precinct
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Any questions? Or infos about Herborn on the Westerwald and the surrounding area between Lahn and Dill in Germany?
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Herborn-Seelbach, February 15, 2010
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