Lahntal

The municipality of Lahntal (German pronunciation: [ˈlaːntaːl], lit. 'Lahn Valley') is found in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in northwest Middle Hesse, Germany.

Lahntal lies on the upper Lahn about 83 km north of Frankfurt am Main and about 7 km northwest of Marburg. In the north, it borders on the town of Wetter, in the east on the municipality of Cölbe, in the south on Marburg, and in the west on the municipality of Dautphetal.

West of the municipality rises the 498 m-high Rimberg.

As of December 31 2022, Lahntal has a population of 7,102 of which 49.6% are male ad 50.4% are female. 91.5% of the total population are Germans (49.3% male and 50.7% female) and 8.5% are "not Germans" (52.4% male and 47.6% female)

Population of each village (as of 30 June 2022)

(last municipal election: 14 March 2021)

Lahntal's civic coat of arms might be described thus: In gules an inescutcheon showing the shield of the Teutonic Knights (in argent a cross sable), laid over a fess wavy argent; behind the inescutcheon tilted dexter and turned sinister an abbess's staff Or with velum argent; spangled with seven trefoils, three above the fess and four below.

The coat of arms was adopted as part of the municipal reform in Hesse, and the wavy fess represents the municipality's namesake river. The clovers represent the seven constituent municipalities within Lahntal's bounds; moreover, the abbess's staff stands for Caldern, where there was once a convent, and the Teutonic Knights' shield stands for Goßfelden, which lies south of the river Lahn.