Runkel [SEP] located next to body of water
Runkel
Runkel is a town on the Lahn River in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.
Geography.
Geography Location.
Runkel lies in the Lahn Valley on both sides of the river between the Westerwald and the Taunus, some eight kilometres east of Limburg.
Geography Neighbouring communities.
Runkel borders in the north on the community of Beselich and the town of Weilburg, in the east on the communities of Weinbach and Villmar and in the south and west on the town of Limburg.
Geography Constituent communities.
along with the town of Runkel, in Wied-Neuwied’s hands.
Winegrowing is known to have been practised in Runkel by 1270. In 1929, however, it was given up after the phylloxera infestation and a cold winter. In the end, the vinicultural area amounted to 35 hectares.
In 1860, the first savings and loan association ("Sparkasse") in Runkel was founded under the name "Vorschuss-Verein" (“Credit Club”). Since 1914 there has been a central water supply