Solms

Solms is a town west of Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.In the constituent community of Burgsolms once stood the ancestral castle of the Counts and Princes of Solms.GeographyLocationSolms lies right in the Lahn valley and is nestled between the foothills of both the Taunus and Westerwald at heights from 140 to 400 m above sea level. It is about 7 km west of Wetzlar and 30 km northeast of Limburg an der Lahn.Neighbouring communitiesSolms borders in the north on the community of Ehringshausen and the town of Aßlar, in the east on the town of Wetzlar, in the south on the community of Schöffengrund, and in the west on the town of Leun (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).Constituent communitiesThe town consists of the following centres: Albshausen Burgsolms Niederbiel Oberbiel Oberndorf