Lahn

Lahn
Map of the Lahn river from its source in the Rothaargebirge to its mouth near Koblenz.
Origin	Sauerland
Mouth	Rhine
Basin countries	Germany
Length	242 km
Source elevation	628 m
Basin area	5,964 km²

The river Lahn in Limburg

The Lahn between Gießen and Wetzlar

The Lahn is a river in Germany, a right tributary of the Rhine. It has its source at the Ederkopf mountain in the Rothaargebirge, the highest part of the Sauerland. After 242 km it meets the Rhine at Lahnstein, near Koblenz. Important cities along the Lahn include Marburg, Gießen, Wetzlar, Limburg an der Lahn, Weilburg and Bad Ems. The tributaries to the Lahn river include Dill, Weil and Aar. The river features a lot of damns with locks allowing regular shipping from its mouth up to Runkel. Riverboats are also used on small section North of the damn in Giessen.

Cities and Villages along the River (from source to mouth)

Netphen
Bad Laasphe
Biedenkopf
Dautphetal
Lahntal
Cölbe
Marburg
Weimar (Lahn)
Fronhausen

Lollar
Wettenberg
Gießen
Heuchelheim (Hessen)
Lahnau
Wetzlar
Solms
Leun
Löhnberg

Weilburg
Weinbach
Runkel
Limburg an der Lahn
Verbandsgemeinde Diez
Nassau
Bad Ems
Lahnstein

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Coordinates: 50°18′39″N, 7°35′45″E

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Cities and Villages along the River (from source to mouth)

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