Aßlar, town in Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany
Aßlar is a small town in the Lahn-Dill district of Hesse, Germany, where historic brick buildings stand alongside more recent constructions. Several districts, including Werdorf, Bechlingen, and Oberlemp, have grown together over time to form a single connected urban area.
Aßlar was first recorded in documents in 783, though the district of Werdorf is mentioned even earlier, in 772. The town only received its official city status in 1978, following the merger of several surrounding villages the previous year.
The name Aßlar comes from an old word pointing to a protected, sacred place. Around the market square, local farmers and craftspeople regularly gather to sell their goods at open-air markets.
The town center is easy to walk around, and a network of cycling paths makes it simple to reach the different districts by bike. Train and bus connections link the town to larger cities in the region, so getting there without a car is straightforward.
In the district of Werdorf, a castle built between 1680 and 1700 by the Counts of Solms-Greifenstein still stands in the surrounding countryside. Not far away, the underground museum Grube Fortuna lets visitors descend into a former mine and experience what industrial work in the region once looked like.
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