Hagen-Hohenlimburg (formerly known as Limburg an der Lenne, changed to Hohenlimburg in 1903; Westphalian: ''Limmerg''), on the

Lenne The Lenne () is a tributary of the river Ruhr in the Sauerland hills, western Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north a ...

river, is a borough of the city of

Hagen Hagen () is a city in the States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the southeastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne and Volme meet the Ruhr (river), Ruhr. In 2023, the ...

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, Germany. Hohenlimburg was formerly the chief town of the county of

Limburg-Hohenlimburg Limburg-Hohenlimburg was a county in Germany in the Middle Ages. It was created as a partition of Limburg-Isenberg by Diederck I of Isenberg, who called himself in 1246 Diederick I van Limburg. Diederik had three sons, Hendrik, Johan and Everhard ...

in medieval

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, first documented in 1230, and belonged to the

counts of Limburg Hohenlimburg and Broich The house of ''Limburg Hohenlimburg'' (later ''Limburg-Hohenlimburg-Broich'') took its name in the 12th century from the county of Limburg on the river Lenne in today's Germany. After Diederick of Isenberg had claimed part of the former property o ...

. In the 13th century, Dietrich I of Isenberg recovered a small territory out of the previous possessions of his father Friedrich II of Isenberg, built a castle and took the title of count of

Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...

, a family which still lives today in Belgium and the Netherlands.Since 1968 corrections were applied to the genealogical tree of the house of lords of Limburg-Styrum, following the proven genealogical tree of the ruling counts of Limburg Hohenlimburg, Lords of Broich, period 1300-1508 Later Hohenlimburg passed to the counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg. As of 1911, the castle of Hohenlimburg, which overlooks the town, was the residence of Prince Adolf of Bentheim-Tecklenburg. Also as of 1911, the town was involved in iron and metal industries, and

dyeing Dyeing is the application of dyes or pigments on textile materials such as fibers, yarns, and fabrics with the goal of achieving color with desired color fastness. Dyeing is normally done in a special solution containing dyes and particular ...

, cloth-making and

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weaving also took place. The population in 1905 was 12,790, and its 2004 population was 27,337. Hohenlimburg station is on the

Ruhr–Sieg railway The Ruhr–Sieg railway is a 106 km long double-track, electrified main line from Hagen Central Station, Hagen to Siegen station, Siegen via Iserlohn-Letmathe, Finnentrop station, Finnentrop and Kreuztal station, Kreuztal in the German state ...

and is served by two lines,

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service RE 16 ( Ruhr-Lenne-Express) from

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

via

Iserlohn Iserlohn (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Iserlaun'') is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region. Geogr ...

and

Regionalbahn The ''Regionalbahn'' (; lit. Regional train; abbreviated ''RB'') is a train categories in Europe, type of Regional rail, local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany. It is similar to the Regionalzug (R) and Regio (Swiss railway train), R ...

service RB 91 ( Ruhr-Sieg-Bahn) from Hagen to Siegen or Iserlohn, both running hourly. Wilhelm Böing (3 May 1846 – 10 January 1890), who emigrated in 1868 from Hohenlimburg to the US and became a timber merchant in Detroit, was the father of

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, founder of the

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company.

Liévin Liévin (; ; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The inhabitants are called ''Liévinois'' in French. Overview The town of Liévin is an old mining area of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this town is of modest size but ...

, a town in northern

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, was twinned with Hohenlimburg in 1962.

References

Hagen * House of Limburg-Stirum Counties of the Holy Roman Empire {{Hagen-geo-stub