Lahn-Dill District

Lahn-Dill District is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Siegen-Wittgenstein, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen, Wetterau, Hochtaunus, Limburg-Weilburg and Westerwald.

History
In 1977 Giessen District was merged with the districts Wetzlar and Dill to the new Lahn-Dill Distict. However this big district wasn't popular, so in 1979 Giessen was split from it.

Geography
The main rivers of the district are the Lahn and the Dill, which also gave it the name. It is mountain landscape with the Westerwald in the west, the Taunus in the south, the Lahn-Dill-Bergland in the east and the Rothaargebirge of the Sauerland in the north. The highest elevation with 671 m is near Rittershausen (part of Dietzhölztal), the lowest with 135 is in the Lahn valley in Biskirchen (part of the city Leun).