Dillenburg

Dillenburg, formally Oranienstadt Dillenburg, is a town in Hesse's Gieben region in Germany. The town changed into formerly the seat of the antique Dillkreis district, which is now a part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis. The metropolis lies at the German-Dutch holiday road known as the Orange Route, becoming a member of cities, cities and areas related to the House of Orange-Nassau, in addition to at the German Timber-Frame Road and the Rothaarsteig hiking trail. Dillenburg had its first documentary point out in 1254. Dillenburg became the ancestral seat of the Orange department of the House of Nassau.

Dillenburg Castle was built on top of the peak now known as the Schlossberg in the late 13th or early 14th century. There are no photos of this fort, but, as it turned into timber, and become destroyed in the Dernbacher Feud. From his stately home in exile, William I of Orange-Nassau, who was born in Dillenburg, organized the Dutch resistance against Spain, which still events everyday Dutch royal visits to the metropolis to these days. The land turned into administered by using the presidents of the House of Nassau-Dillenburg. One of the final presidents became Georg Ernst Ludwig Freiherr von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein. In the Seven Years' War, the stately domestic become destroyed, and Wilhelmstrabe was built out of the remains.