Limburg an der Lahn

Limburg an der Lahn is in Hesse. The town is famous for its marvellous mediaeval town centre with its timber-framed houses and its Dom (cathedral).

Understand

Mediaeval town centre
Road in Limburg's mediaeval town centre

The town is in the Lahn Valley on the border of the Westerwald and Taunus low mountain regions.

Get in

By train

Limburg is connected to the German high-speed train network (ICE) and can be reached from Frankfurt (about 30 minutes) and from Cologne (about 1 hr). Not all ICEs from Frankfurt to Cologne or in the other direction stop in Limburg.

  • 🌍 Bahnhof Limburg Süd. Fast trains stop at the station Limburg Süd, about 2 km away from the town centre. Apart from the long distance station at Frankfurt airport, this is the only train station in Germany where only ICEs stop. 
  • 🌍 Bahnhof Limburg (Lahn). 
    • RB 21 Limburg - Bad Camberg - Niedernhausen - Wiesbaden
    • RB 22/RE 20 Limburg - Bad Camberg - Hofheim (Taunus) - Frankfurt (Main) Höchst - Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof
    • RB 23 Limburg - Diez - Bad Ems - Koblenz - Andernach - Mayen Ost
    • RE 25 Koblenz - Bad Ems - Diez - Limburg - Weilburg - Wetzlar - Gießen
    • RB 29 Limburg - Diez Ost - Montabaur - Siershahn
    • RB 45 Limburg - Weilburg - Wetzlar - Gießen - Alsfeld - Fulda
    • RB 90 Limburg - Diez Ost - Westerburg - Hachenburg - Altenkirchen - Au(Sieg) - Betzdorf(Sieg) - Siegen

By car

Limburg is on highway A3 halfway between Frankfurt and Cologne. The city can be reached via the motorway from Cologne and Frankfurt am Main. The B49 from Gießen/Wetzlar has no through roads and is partly four-lane.

By plane

The nearest airport is Frankfurt Airport. From there, there are regular direct ICE trains roughly every two hours. You will arrive at "Limburg Süd", roughly 2 km from the city centre from where you can take a bus, a taxi or use one of the parking lots for bikes and cars.

Get around

By bus

City and regional buses run on the Limburg city line, the Lahn-Dill-Weil transport company (VLDW) and the Rhein-Mosel-Bus.

By car

Limburg an der Lahn has established environmental zones (Umweltzonen). Without the appropriate sticker, you risk a fine of €100 when entering an environmental zone. This also applies to foreign road users. Entry is prohibited for vehicles in pollutant groups 1+2+3. The outer districts (Staffel, Linter, Lindenholzhausen, Eschhofen and Ahlbach) are exempt from the environmental zone. The environmental zone is monitored and violations are punished.

See

Limburg Dom
Easter mass at Limburg Dom

Limburg also has a charming little old town.

  • 🌍 Cathedral (Limburger Dom). Guided tours take place from Tuesday till Friday at 11:00 and at 15:00, Saturdays at 15:00 and on Sunday at 11:45. The Limburger Dom, also known as Georgsdom, is situated above the medieval town center just beside Limburg castle. Due to its exposed position the Dom is a widely visible landmark. Its basilica is an architectural masterpiece of the late romantic era, consisting of a three-aisled basilica with late romantic and early Gothic elements. The Dom has 7 towers. Constructions for a first church at that place began in 910 AD, although construction works for the Dom only started between 1175 AD and 1200 AD. The Dom's consecration was held in 1235 AD by the Arch Bishop of Trier, Theoderich von Wied. €3. 
  • 🌍 Limburg Castle (Burg Limburg). 

Do

The banks of the Lahn with the Old Lahn Bridge from which you have a beautiful view of the cathedral. This first stone bridge was built between 1315 and 1354, but was partially destroyed in 1945 and widened and rebuilt in 1946-47. Below the cathedral there is a high board with the flood levels. A walk along the banks of the Lahn is not to be missed. There is also the historical 🌍 Obermühle, a historical mill that is now a pub with a beer garden. Not far from the Obermühle is the 🌍 pier for the passenger ship "Wappen von Limburg" with which you can take round trips to Dietkirchen, Balduinstein and Oranienstein Castle.

Buy

Eat

There are many quaint, rustic restaurants in Old Town, but also Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Indian, Thai and Greek restaurants.

Drink

Not a lot should be expected of the nightlife:

Sleep

Budget

Others

Go next

Routes through Limburg an der Lahn
Köln via airport ← Montabaur ←  Köln  Mainz  → Wiesbaden → Mainz
Köln via Siegburg/Bonn ← Montabaur ←  Köln  Frankfurt  → Frankfurt → Frankfurt Airport


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