Limburg an der Lahn Attractions
Limburg lies in the fertile Limburg Basin between the hills of the Taunus and the Westerwald. It is a town of picturesque half-timbered houses dominated by the Cathedral.
Limburg - Old Town
In the center of Limburg's old town, particularly around the Fischmarkt, are numbers of old half-timbered buildings (Town Hall, 14th C.; Hallenhaus, 15th C.). Here too, at No. 22, is the Municipal Art Gallery.
There are excursions on the Lahn to Balduinstein.
There are excursions on the Lahn to Balduinstein.
Limburg Cathedral
Towering over Limburg's old town, high above the Lahn, stands the seven-towered Cathedral (13th C.; R.C.), one of Germany's finest Late Romanesque churches, with frescoes of the 13th-16th centuries. In the south transept is the monument of Konrad Kurzbold (d. 948), founder of the Cathedral.
Limburg Palace
Behind the Cathedral in Limburg is the old castle of the Counts of Lahn, dating in part from the 13th C.
At the foot of the castle is the Town Church (14th C.) and adjoining it the Bishop's Palace, with the Cathedral treasury (Cross reliquary of 959).
At the foot of the castle is the Town Church (14th C.) and adjoining it the Bishop's Palace, with the Cathedral treasury (Cross reliquary of 959).
