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river of See also:Germany, a right-See also:bank tributary of the See also:Rhine. Its source is on the Jagdberg, a See also:summit of the Rothaar Mountains, in the cellar of a See also:house (Lahnhof), at an See also:elevation of 1975 ft. It flows at first eastward and then southward to See also:Giessen, then turns See also:south-westward and with a winding course reaches the Rhine between the towns of See also:Oberlahnstein and See also:Niederlahnstein. Its valley, the See also:lower See also:part of which divides the See also:Taunus hills from the Westerwald, is often very narrow and picturesque; among the towns and sites of See also:interest on its See also:banks are See also:Marburg and Giessen with their See also:universities, See also:Wetzlar with its See also:cathedral, Runkel with its See also:castle, See also:Limburg with its cathedral, the castles of Schaumburg, Balduinstein, Laurenburg, Langenau, Burgstein and See also:Nassau, and the well-known See also:health resort of See also:Ems. The Lahn is about 135 M. See also:long; it is navigable from its mouth to Giessen, and is partly canalized. A railway follows the valley practically throughout. In 1796 there were here several en-counters between the See also:French under See also:General See also:Jourdan and the troops of the See also:archduke Johan, which resulted in the See also:retreat of the French across the Rhine.

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