Lollar

This article is about a town in Germany. For people with the surname, see Lollar (surname). For the US Dollar deposit valuation in Lebanese banks, see Lollar (Lebanon).
Lollar
Town
Coat of arms of Lollar
Coat of arms
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
 • Total
21.90 km2 (8.46 sq mi)
Elevation
173 m (568 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
10,454
 • 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

  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


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