Lahntal

The community of Lahntal is found in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in northwest Middle Hesse, Germany.GeographyLahntal lies on the upper Lahn about 83 km north of Frankfurt am Main and about 7 km northwest of Marburg. In the north, it borders on the town of Wetter, in the east on the community of Cölbe, in the south on Marburg, and in the west on the community of Dautphetal.West of the community rises the 498 m-high Rimberg.Constituent communities Brungershausen Caldern Göttingen Goßfelden Kernbach Sarnau SterzhausenPoliticsMunicipal representation(last municipal election: 26 March 2006)Coat of armsLahntal's civic coat of arms might be described thus: In gules an inescutcheon showing the shield of the Teutonic Knights (in argent a cross sable), laid over a fess wavy argent; behind the inescutcheon tilted dexter and turned sinister an abbess's staff Or with velum argent; spangled with seven trefoils, three above the fess and four below.The coat of arms was adopted as part of the municipal reform in Hesse, and the wavy fess represents the community's namesake river. The clovers represent the seven constituent communities within Lahntal's bounds; moreover, the abbess's staff stands for Caldern, where there was once a convent, and the Teutonic Knights' shield stands for Goßfelden, which lies south of the river Lahn.