Angelburg

Angelburg is a community in western Marburg-Biedenkopf in northwest Middle Hesse in Germany.GeographyGeographical locationThe community is found about 12 km south of Biedenkopf in the Gansbach valley north of the Schelder Wald (forest), whose north end consists of the Angelburg Mountain (609 m above sea level) with its television transmitter.Neighbouring communitiesThe community is bounded on the north and east by Steffenberg. Bad Endbach's municipal area borders with Angelburg's constituent community of Bottenhorn, likewise in the east. In the south, Angelburg's municipal area abuts Siegbach, and in the west Eschenburg, both in the Lahn-Dill district.Municipal divisionsThe community consists of the following places: Frechenhausen Gönnern LixfeldHistoryThe community of Angelburg began its life between 1972 and 1974 within the framework of Hessian municipal reform.The community of Lixfeld has a history stretching back at least to the Middle Ages. It was mentioned in the Codex Eberhardi, a compilation by a monk in Fulda in the twelfth century, and the mention was attested to by a later document, dating from 1238. This was Lixfeld's first documentary mention.