16 Facts About Wetzlar

Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany.

Wetzlar has a year-round temperate seasonal climate of the middle latitudes.

Iron ore extraction and smelting in and around Wetzlar has been documented as early as the Celtic La Tene period.

Name "Wetzlar" had come into being most likely by the 3rd century to the 8th century.

At some unknown time, Wetzlar was granted market rights, and thereby, the right to levy market dues.

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Wetzlar became a Free Imperial City and kept this distinction until 1803.

Wetzlar was sentenced as a warlock, a heretic and a blasphemer to a fiery death, which he suffered the next day in Wetzlar at the stake.

Besides Vienna and Regensburg Wetzlar thus gained a central function within the Holy Roman Empire and although it remained a tiny town it was regarded as one of its capitals.

In 1803 Wetzlar came under the rule of Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, the Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire and a close ally of Napoleon Bonaparte and thus lost its status as a free town.

On 1 January 1977, as part of Hesse's municipal reforms, Wetzlar was united with the neighbouring town of Gießen and fourteen outlying communities to form the city of Lahn.

Wetzlar has two large shopping centres, of those the FORUM Wetzlar is the largest in central Hesse .

Wetzlar is apart from Jena and Oberkochen a German centre for optics as well as the most important German location for the precision engineering industry.

Wetzlar offers a wide variety of educational paths students can choose from.

The campus in Wetzlar is located in a redeveloped former military barracks area.

Phantastische Bibliothek Wetzlar is one of the largest public libraries specialising in fantastic literature worldwide, it is the largest in Europe.

Arena Wetzlar is a multi-functional arena and is primarily used for pop concerts, shows and team handball and is the home arena of HSG Wetzlar .