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Nationales Automuseum – The Loh Collection
Opened in 2023 in rural Hesse, this 7,500 m² museum parades some 150 milestone cars, from pre-war Grand Prix machines to Le Mans winners and modern hypercars.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Dillenburg
Hesse, Germany · Europe
About Dillenburg
Dillenburg is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Haiger, 56km from Saalburg Roman Fort.
Dillenburg is in Hesse, Germany, with about 23,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Haiger, about 6 km away.
Dillenburg (German pronunciation: [ˈdɪlənbʊʁk] ), officially Oranienstadt Dillenburg, is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis.
The town lies on the German-Dutch holiday road called the Orange Route, joiningRead more
towns, cities and regions associated with the House of Orange-Nassau, as well as on the German Timber-Frame Road and the Rothaarsteig hiking trail.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Dillenburg?
Within an hour or so of Dillenburg: Nationales Automuseum – The Loh Collection (11 km), Freudenberg Alter Flecken (34 km), Limburg Cathedral (42 km), Saalburg Roman Fort (56 km).
Are there any good drives near Dillenburg?
The nearest famous roads are Schottenring, Mosel Valley Wine Route and Moselle Valley Road (B53).
Where is Dillenburg?
Dillenburg is in Hesse, Germany, about 6 km from Haiger.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 22,974
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Hesse
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 50.7411, 8.2870
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Dillenburg
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
Freudenberg Alter Flecken
From the Kurpark steps, Freudenberg's Alter Flecken, rows of near-identical black-and-white half-timbered gables rebuilt after a 1666 fire: lines up into one of Germany's most graphic photographs.
34 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
Limburg Cathedral
A seven-towered orange-and-white Romanesque cathedral perches dramatically on a rock above the Lahn River old town.
42 km · about 50 min drive
ancient ruins
Saalburg Roman Fort
A fully reconstructed Roman fort on the Limes frontier in the Taunus hills brings legionary life vividly back to view.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Dillenburg
- 65 kmSchottenringA German road circuit in the Vogelsberg hills that hosted motorcycle Grands Prix in the 1950s, notorious for its narrow, tree-lined public roads. Still used for historic events and drivable in between.
- 72 kmNerobergA wooded hill above Wiesbaden reached by a water-powered funicular, crowned by a gold-domed Russian Orthodox church.
- 76 kmUpper Middle Rhine ValleyA UNESCO-listed 65-km stretch of the Rhine between Koblenz and Bingen, lined with over 40 castles, vineyards, and historic towns.
- 76 kmDrachenfelsA dragon-legend hilltop ruin in the Siebengebirge offers Rhine panoramas that inspired Byron and generations of romantics.
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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