Discover Eschenburg

Eschenburg offers several distinct starting points for a stay: gliding history in Hirzenhain, Extra Tours through the municipality, the leisure pool in Eibelshausen, and museum exhibits in Eibelshausen and Wissenbach.

Gliding history and routes through Eschenburg

A gliding club was founded in 1923 in Hirzenhain, a district of Eschenburg. The municipality describes Hirzenhain as the world’s second-oldest cradle of gliding as a sport. For travellers interested in the history of gliding, this identifies a specific district to visit.

There are also several named hiking options: the Hirzenhainer Höhenflug, the Eschenburgpfad and the Haubergstour are Extra Tours that pass through Eschenburg. A connecting trail marked with the yellow Rothaarsteig logo also runs from Eibelshausen to Weidelbacher Höhe. This means there are three routes through the municipality designated as Extra Tours, as well as a connecting trail with a named starting point and destination.

Swimming and courses in Eibelshausen

The “Panoramablick” leisure pool in Eibelshausen has a heated outdoor pool open all year round and a swimming pool with five lanes, each 25 metres long. The courses on offer range from the Seepferdchen beginner swimming badge to aqua fitness, for all ages. If a particular course is important to your travel plans, check the current schedule in advance.

Museums and insights into everyday life

The Eschenburg Regional Museum is housed in a restored half-timbered building in Eibelshausen and has around 220 square metres of exhibition space. It regularly presents temporary public exhibitions throughout the year. The exhibits range from a bedroom, living room and kitchen from the last century to a traditional corner shop and a shoemaker’s workshop.

The switching exchange at the museum in Wissenbach offers a different glimpse of technological history: it could connect 600 calls simultaneously. The Eschenburg Local History Museum in Eibelshausen is listed as open on Sundays from 2 to 6 p.m., with visits also possible by appointment; check these details before your visit. When planning, you can weigh up hiking trails, the leisure pool and different museum themes, rather than focusing your stay on just one type of experience.

More cultural attractions in the Lahn-Dill district

The wider Lahn-Dill district also offers more for culture enthusiasts. The Lottehaus in Wetzlar commemorates Goethe’s encounter with Charlotte Buff and the summer of 1772. Two rooms on the first floor house a permanent exhibition about the origins and impact of Goethe’s first novel, “The Sorrows of Young Werther”. Wetzlar is also home to the Optics Trail, where visitors can experiment with and discover optical phenomena; it includes a walk-through kaleidoscope.

In Dillenburg, Villa Grün presents objects and detailed recreations of industrial and craft production in the Dill region across more than 20 rooms. The basement houses an elaborate, multimedia mining exhibition. The Grube Fortuna visitor mine in Solms-Oberbiel is the only anchor point in Hesse on the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The Glockenwelt Burg Greifenstein takes visitors through a thousand years of German bell history with almost 100 bells. Each of these regional examples has its own focus, from literature and optics to mining, industry and bells.

Discover more destinations: Lahnau, Ehringshausen, Dillenburg, Wetzlar, Schöffengrund, Herborn, Haiger, Hüttenberg.

For the wider travel overview: Lahn-Dill district.