Dillenburg in 1575, showing the old castle at the top of the hill and the St. Johanniskirche below itView of the hill above the Dill, with the Wilhelmsturm
Castle Dillenburg, in the provincial town of Dillenburg in Hesse-Nassau, is situated on a hill (elevation 958 feet) above the Dill river, 25 miles northwest from Gießen on the Giessen-Troisdorf railway line.
The main building of the old castle was deconstructed in 1760 after suffering fire from cannon damage in the Seven Years' War. Today the hill above the town still has the ruins of the 17th-century fortifications of the old schloss Dillenburg, but nothing at all remains of the original fortifications, which were mostly wood. It was founded by Count Henry the Rich of Nassau, about the year 1240, and later became the birthplace of Prince William of Orange in 1533. Due to the effects of the Protestant reformation, in the town below is the (since 1530) Evangelical church but formerly Johanniskirche from 1491, with the vault of the princes of Nassau-Dillenburg.
CastleDillenburg, in the provincial town of Dillenburg in Hesse-Nassau, is situated on a hill (elevation 958 feet) above the Dill river, 25 miles northwest...
Dillenburg, officially Oranienstadt Dillenburg, is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district...
themselves in The Netherlands. Ottonian Nassau Fortresses DillenburgCastle Herborn Castle The counts of Nassau in Beilstein were involved mostly in local/regional...
with her, which led to a pregnancy. Jan Rubens was imprisoned in DillenburgCastle and was at risk of being sentenced to death for his offence. The illegitimate...
Delft in 1584. William was born on 24 April 1533 at DillenburgCastle in the County of Nassau-Dillenburg, in the Holy Roman Empire (now in Hesse, German Federal...
Until the first half of 17th century, the castle was owned by Counts von Nassau-Dillenburg. In 1637, the castle became the property of the House of Metternich...
After the death of her second husband in 1559 she remained living at Dillenburgcastle, now belonging to her second son John, who died in 1580. Her entire...
Nassau-Dillenburg. The boundary line was essentially the Lahn, with Otto receiving the northern part of the county with the cities of Siegen, Dillenburg, Herborn...
splendid events. Soon after the wedding, William set up his own court at DillenburgCastle. In 1516, following the death of his father Count John V of Nassau-Siegen...
John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, son of William "the Rich" of Nassau en Juliana of Stolberg. She married on 6 June 1559 at DillenburgCastle. They had thirteen...
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