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Beilstein is the result of three neighbouring villages growing together, Beilstein, Haiern and
Wallendorf, the last of which had its first documentary mention in 774. Beilstein was granted town rights on 18 February 1321. After the Thirty Years' War, it lost these rights. Haiern did not become part
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From 1922 a railway line ran from the
Lahntal Railway by way of Leun-Stockhausen, Leun-Bissenberg, Greifenstein's constituent communities of Allendorf, Ulm and Holzhausen to Beilstein. This line was once to have been built to Driedorf to meet the Westerwald cross-regional line. In the mid 1970s,
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Beilstein castle ruins were allowed to be purchased by a private individual in the 1990s and after reconstruction is it now used for a home for handicapped young people. No entrance is allowed to tourists but the castle is still a beautiful site. It sits next to a small garden park with a
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Since the early 1970s, Allendorf has been home to a big event hall with seating for up to 600 people. In
Beilstein, a sport hall is on hand. Each constituent community also has its own community house for events.
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In 1972, Allendorf was united with Ulm and
Holzhausen as the community of Ulmtal. This was dissolved in 1977 in the municipal reforms. Allendorf was amalgamated into Greifenstein, over citizens' protests at the
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The community was founded as part of Hesse's municipal reforms in 1977 from the following centres (with population figures as at 31 December 2004):
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however, passenger service ceased on the line, and in the early 1990s so did goods service, shortly whereafter the tracks were torn up.
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houses, built in different styles, that are well worth seeing. Moreover, there are the following attractions:
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Allendorf had its first documentary mention in 774. In the 14th century, the village was stricken with the
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in the constituent community of the same name. Greifenstein is the site of the German Bell Museum (
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sees to safety. The pathway (about 2.7 km long) is used by many hikers, cyclists,
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at its disposal. A further outdoor swimming pool is to be found in
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In 1934, Allendorf became an independent community in the
Wetzlar district.
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The municipal elections on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
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came to town to transport raw materials from the Ulm Valley.
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for winter sports can be found in Greifenstein and Arborn.
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church with village well and 1000-year-old oak in Allendorf
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at its disposal in Allendorf, Beilstein and Nenderoth. Two
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Location of Greifenstein within Lahn-Dill-Kreis district
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Greifenstein borders in the northwest on the community of
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542:Greifenstein: 631 inhabitants
56:Aerial view of Greifenstein,
21:Greifenstein (disambiguation)
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783:Transport and infrastructure
468:range. It was named for the
864:("Old House") in Holzhausen
545:Holzhausen: 972 inhabitants
539:Beilstein: 1655 inhabitants
533:Allendorf: 1355 inhabitants
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872:Counts of Nassau-Beilstein
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557:Rodenroth: 438 inhabitants
554:Rodenberg: 210 inhabitants
551:Odersberg: 285 inhabitants
548:Nenderoth: 408 inhabitants
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324:273 m (896 ft)
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536:Arborn: 609 inhabitants
525:Constituent communities
474:Deutsches Glockenmuseum
470:castle of the same name
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