Karben

Karben is a metropolis within the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the banks of the river Nidda inside the Rhein Main Gebiet about 18 kilometers north of Frankfurt. Karben is wealthy in records. The village of Okarben turned into once location of a Roman military castellum, forming part of the limes, the Roman imperial border protection network and Karben’s mineral springs were used by the Romans a few 2000 years in the past. Rendel, Karben’s oldest borough, changed into mentioned first in 774 in a deed of donation to the monastery of Lorch. Gross Karben hosts more manors which had been inhabited by neighborhood landlords.

The “Degenfeld’sche Schloss” consists of today Karben’s Museum on agriculture and local records. Gross Karben, Klein Karben, Okarben, Burg Graefenrode and Rendel nonetheless have church buildings courting lower back from the Baroque period. Okarben skilled a face-change within the 19^th century, while it started out site hosting people for the newly hooked up Main-Weser Railroad between Frankfurt and Kassel.