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Lollar

Coordinates: 50°38′59″N 08°42′16″E / 50.64972°N 8.70444°E / 50.64972; 8.70444
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Lollar
Coat of arms of Lollar
Location of Lollar within Gießen district
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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
 • Total21.90 km2 (8.46 sq mi)
Elevation
173 m (568 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total10,454
 • Density480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
35457
Dialling codes06406
Vehicle registrationGI
Websitewww.lollar.de

Lollar 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

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  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. ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
  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. ^ Archived (Date missing) at lollar.de (Error: unknown archive URL) In: Webauftritt der Stadt Lollar