Runkel

Runkel ( ) is a town on the river Lahn in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.

Runkel ( ) is a town on the river Lahn in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. == Culture and sightseeing== === Buildings=== above the Lahn]] The ruins of Runkel Castle from the 12th century, expanded in the 14th century, destroyed in 1634. The timber-frame houses from the 17th and 18th centuries The stone Lahn Bridge from the 13th century Schadeck Castle from the 13th century The Bannmühle was built jointly by Runkel and Schadeck upstream before the town wall. Since 1800 it has been privately owned. Since 1972 it has no longer been used as a mill, but rather for generating electricity, having been fitted with a turbine. The town wall's former watchtower today houses the Evangelical church's bells. It was destroyed by fire in 1634 and 1700. The first bell was hung in 1725; the last was installed in 1986. The parish school building, the first school in Runkel, comes from 1543. The former parish house was built in 1664, later passed into private ownership and was the town hall during the Second World War. The Evangelical church was built on the site of a former church that was built in 1511 and burnt down in 1634. In 1802, work began on a widow's seat for Prince Christian Ludwig's mother. When she died the next year, only the basement level had been finished. The site lay idle until the town bought it and from 1821 to 1825 built a new school building there that in the beginning also housed part of the municipal administration and a guardroom. Today the building houses a kindergarten. The Burgmannen-Sitz of the Barons of Schütz von Holzhausen was first mentioned in 1424. In 1651 the building was modernized. In 1718 it was owned by the Counts of Wied and served until 1811 as the official dwelling of their chancellory heads. Today's Amtsapotheke (Amt apothecary's shop) was built as a dwelling for an Amtmann ("bailiff"/"magistrate"). In 1818 the open (that is, not plastered) timber-frame building passed into the apothecary's ownership. The house of the old Latin school comes from 1711. After 1800 it was the town hall and until 1818 the court apothecary's shop. Later the “Zur Traube” guesthouse was located there. The town hall stands on the plot that was once the princely orange garden. From 1883 to 1887 work proceeded on the Prussian provincial administration building. The town hall has been there since 1966. The building that was once the Amt courthouse housed a brewery shortly after 1900 and the “Zum Adler” guesthouse. The fountain on Schlossplatz is said to be a model example for artistic cast iron works. The former princely stockyard with its tithe barn stands at Schlossplatz. It was built after the town was laid waste in the Thirty Years' War, and expanded in the 19th century. Today the fire station and clubhouse are found there. The old town hall stands on the site of the former Amtshaus that Count Wilhelm IV of Runkel-Wied had built in 1596 and later transferred to his court physician, Dr. Ersfeld. Ersfeld built the building anew after it had burnt down in the 1634 town fire, as did later his son, who succeeded him in his office, after the building burnt down once again in 1691. From 1787 to 1965 it was the town hall. Today it is privately owned. ==References==

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