Lollar

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Lollar
Town
Coat of arms of Lollar
Coat of arms
Location of Lollar within Gießen district
StaufenbergAllendorfRabenauGrünbergLindenLich
Location of Lollar
Lollar is located in Germany
Lollar
Lollar
Lollar is located in Hesse
Lollar
Lollar
Coordinates: 50°38′59″N 08°42′16″E / 50.64972°N 8.70444°E / 50.64972; 8.70444
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionGießen
DistrictGießen
Government
 • Mayor (2022–28) Jan-Erik Dort[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total
21.39 km2 (8.26 sq mi)
Elevation
173 m (568 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
10,509
 • Density491.3/km2 (1,272/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
35457
Dialling codes06406
Vehicle registrationGI
Websitewww.lollar.de

Lollar (German pronunciation: [ˈlɔlaʁ] ⓘ) is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, in west-central Germany. It is situated on the river Lahn, 7 km north of Gießen. The biggest production site of Bosch Thermotechnology is located in Lollar.

During World War II, in February 1945, the Germans established a Dulag transit camp for British and Commonwealth prisoners of war in the town, which was liberated by American troops on March 28, 1945.[3]

The town is known for the chapel from Lollar, one of the oldest churches in Hessen. It was deconstructed in the 1970s and rebuilt in an open-air museum Hessenpark. A water feature, the Keulerbachbrunnen now stands where the church was.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen, Stand 13.04.2023" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt.
  2. ↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 525. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
  4. ↑ Sehenswürdigkeiten at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-08-07) In: Webauftritt der Stadt Lollar