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Weilburg
Weilburg with approximately 14,000 residents is the third biggest town in the district Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany. The old town, built on and around a rocky hill almost encircled by the Lahn river, contains a castle of the 16th century, formerly the residence of the dukes of Nassau-Weilburg, and later of the grand dukes of Luxemburg.
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