What is Weilburg?
{{Infobox German location |Art = Stadt |image_photo = Weilburg Luftbild 058.jpg |image_caption = Aerial view of Weilburg |Wappen = DEU Weilburg COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|29|N|8|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Lageplan = Weilburg in LM.svg |Lageplanbeschreibung = |Bundesland = Hesse |Regierungsbezirk = [[Giessen (region)|Giessen]] |Landkreis = [[Limburg-Weilburg]] |Höhe = 152 |Fläche = 57.45 |Einwohner = 13624 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 06533017 |PLZ = 35781 |Vorwahl = 06471 |Kfz = LM, WEL |Website = [http://www.weilburg.de/ www.weilburg.de] |Bürgermeister = Johannes Hanisch |Partei = CDU }} '''Weilburg''' is an [[Germany|German]] town of the [[Limburg-Weilburg]] district in the west of [[Hesse]]. == History == Weilburg got mentioned in a history book back in 906 by a person named Abbot Regino of Prüm. It was like a strong place called Wilineburch. After six years, King Conrad I decided to build a church and a monastery there because his dad got killed in a battle nearby in 906, and he was buried in that place. In 912, they started a monastery called St. Walpurgis-Chorherrenstift. They put it on high ground, so the monastery could control the Lahn River and important roads like the Hohe Straße (High Road) from [[Frankfurt]] to [[Cologne]] and the Via Publica from [[Flanders]] to [[Bohemia]]. These roads were close to the monastery. == References == {{reflist}} {{Commonscat}} {{europe-stub}}