Waldsolms

Waldsolms
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Waldsolms within Lahn-Dill-Kreis district
Waldsolms Waldsolms
Coordinates: 50°25′N 08°31′E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2023–29)	Roland Hörster
Area
• Total	44.75 km2 (17.28 sq mi)
Elevation	277 m (909 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	4,856
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	35647
Dialling codes	06085
Vehicle registration	LDK
Website	www.waldsolms.de

Waldsolms is a municipality located in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

Waldsolms lies in the Hochtaunus Nature Park between Wetzlar and Usingen.

Neighbouring communities

Waldsolms is bordered on the north by the town of Braunfels and the community of Schöffengrund (both in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis), on the east by the community of Langgöns (Gießen district), on the southeast by the town of Butzbach (Wetteraukreis), on the south by the community of Grävenwiesbach (Hochtaunuskreis) and on the west by the community of Weilmünster (Limburg-Weilburg).

Constituent communities

The community consists of the six centres of Brandoberndorf (administrative seat), Griedelbach, Hasselborn, Kraftsolms, Kröffelbach and Weiperfelden.

History

As part of Hesse's municipal reform, the aforesaid communities voluntarily joined together on 1 January 1972 to form the new greater community.

Politics

Partnerships

Waldsolms maintains a partnership with the following place:

• Laudun-l'Ardoise in the département of Gard, France, in the Rhône Valley

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Since 2000, Brandoberndorf has been the terminus of the Taunusbahn railway, run as Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund line 15 by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH. It is part of a once abandoned Deutsche Bahn line that now sees new life as a commuter railway. The stretch from Grävenwiesbach to Brandoberndorf was brought back into service in 2000 after the line's great success since 1993, when service began.