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Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany i
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Weilburg Town
Limburg-Weilburg District
Giessen Region Region
Hesse City-State
Germany Country

Regional Level Types
Weilburg	Town
Limburg-Weilburg	District
Giessen Region	Region
Hesse	City-State
Germany	Country

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Aerial view of Weilburg mining town, ca. 1970.

Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Aerial view of Weilburg mining town, ca. 1970.

Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Aerial view of Weilburg mining town, ca. 1970.

Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Neighbouring regions:

Braunfels, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Löhnberg, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Beselich, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Weilmünster, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Weinbach, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Type:

Town

Largest Settlements:

Place	Population
Weilburg	13,798 (2015)

Mindat Locality ID:

24451

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:24451:9

GUID (UUID V4):

Other Languages:

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French:

Weilbourg, Arrondissement de Limbourg-Weilbourg, Giessen, Hesse, Allemagne

German:

Weilburg, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Deutschland

Italian:

Weilburg, Circondario di Limburg-Weilburg, Distretto governativo di Gießen, Assia, Germania

Russian:

Вайльбург, Лимбург-Вайльбург , Гиссен, Гессен, Германия

Simplified Chinese:

魏爾堡, 林堡-魏尔堡县, 吉森行政区, 黑森, 德国

Spanish:

Weilburg, Distrito de Limburg-Weilburg, Región de Gießen, Hesse, Alemania

Afrikaans:

Weilburg, Hesse, Duitsland

Arabic:

فايلبورغ, هسن, ألمانيا

Aragonese:

Weilburg, Hesse, Alemanya

Asturian:

Weilburg, Hessen, Alemaña

Basque:

Weilburg, Gießen, Hessen, Alemania

Bavarian:

Weilburg, Hessn, Deitschland

Belarusian:

Вайльбург, Лімбург-Вайльбург , Адміністрацыйная акруга Гісэн, Гесэн, Германія

Breton:

Weilburg, Hessen, Alamagn

Bulgarian:

Вайлбург, Лимбург-Вайлбург, Хесен, Германия

Catalan:

Weilburg, Regió de Gießen, Hessen, Alemanya

Cebuano:

Weilburg, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Alemanya

Chechen:

Вайльбург, Гессен, Германи

Corsican:

Weilburg, Assia, Germania

Croatian:

Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Njemačka

Czech:

Weilburg, Vládní obvod Gießen, Hesensko, Německo

Danish:

Weilburg, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland

Dutch:

Weilburg, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Duitsland

Dutch Low Saxon:

Weilburg, Hessen, Duutslaand

Egyptian Arabic:

فايلبورج, المانيا

Emilian-Romagnol:

Weilburg, Germâgna

Esperanto:

Weilburg, Distrikto Limburg-Weilburg, Distriktaro Gießen, Hesio, Germanio

Estonian:

Weilburg, Gießeni ringkond, Hessen, Saksamaa

Farsi/Persian:

وایلبورگ, لیمبرگ-وایلبورگ, گیسن, هسن, آلمان

Finnish:

Weilburg, Gießenin hallintopiiri, Hessen, Saksa

Franco-Provençal:

Weilburg, Hesse, Alemagne

Friulian:

Weilburg, Assie, Gjermanie

Galician:

Weilburg, Rexión de Gießen, Hessen, Alemaña

Greek:

Βάιλμπουργκ, Γκίσεν, Έσση, Γερμανία

Hebrew:

ויילבורג, הסן, גרמניה

Hungarian:

Weilburg, Hessen, Németország

Icelandic:

Weilburg, Hessen, Þýskaland

Ido:

Weilburg, Hesia, Germania

Indonesian:

Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Jerman

Interlingua:

Weilburg, Hessen, Germania

Interlingue:

Weilburg, Subdistrict Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germania

Irish Gaelic:

Weilburg, Hessen, An Ghearmáin

Japanese:

ヴァイルブルク, ギーセン県, ヘッセン州, ドイツ

Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):

Вайльбург, Лимбург-Вайльбург , Гессен, Германия

Kongo:

Weilburg, Hessen, Alemanyi

Korean:

바일부르크, 기센 현, 헤센주, 독일

Kurdish (Latin Script):

Weilburg, Hessen, Almanya

Kyrgyz:

Вайльбург, Гессен, Германия

Ladin:

Weilburg

Ligurian:

Weilburg, Assia, Germania

Limburgian:

Weilburg, Hesse, Duitsland

Low Saxon/Low German:

Weilburg, Regerungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Düütschland

Luxembourgish:

Weilburg, Landkrees Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezierk Gießen, Hessen, Däitschland

Malagasy:

Weilburg, Alemaina

Malay:

Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Jerman

Minangkabau:

Weilburg, Jerman

Narom:

Weilburg, Hesse, Allemangne

Neapolitan:

Weilburg, Assia, Germania

Norwegian:

Weilburg, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland

Norwegian (Nynorsk):

Weilburg, Regionen Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland

Occitan:

Weilborg, Èssa, Alemanha

Picard:

Weilburg, Alemanne

Piedmontese:

Weilburg, Assia, Almagna

Polish:

Weilburg, Powiat Limburg-Weilburg, Rejencja Gießen, Hesja, Niemcy

Portuguese:

Weilburg, Limburgo-Veilburgo, Gießen, Hesse, Alemanha

Romanian:

Weilburg, Districtul Limburg-Weilburg, Gießen, Hessa, Germania

Romansh:

Weilburg, Hessen, Germania

Sardinian:

Weilburg, Germania

Scots:

Weilburg, Hesse, Germany

Scottish Gaelic:

Weilburg, Hessen, A' Ghearmailt

Serbian:

Вајлбург, Хесен, Њемачка

Serbo-Croatian:

Weilburg, Hessen, Njemačka

Sicilian:

Weilburg, Hessen, Girmania

Slovak:

Weilburg, Gießen, Hesensko, Nemecko

Slovenian:

Weilburg, Hessen, Nemčija

South Azerbaijani:

وایلبورق, هسن, آلمان

Swahili:

Weilburg, Hesse, Ujerumani

Swedish:

Weilburg, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland

Tatar:

Вайльбург, Hessen, Алмания

Traditional Chinese:

魏爾堡, 希燊, 德國

Turkish:

Weilburg, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Almanya

Ukrainian:

Вайльбург, Лімбург-Вайльбург , Гіссен, Гессен, Німеччина

Uzbek (Latin Script):

Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg , Hessen, Germaniya

Venetian:

Weilburg, Gießen, Assia, Germania

Vietnamese:

Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Đức

Volapük:

Weilburg, Hesän, Deutän

Walloon:

Weilburg, Almagne

Waray:

Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Alemanya

Welsh:

Weilburg, Hessen, Yr Almaen

West Flemish:

Weilburg, Hessen, Duutsland

West Frisian:

Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg , Hessen, Dútslân

Wolof:

Weilburg, Almaañ

Zulu:

Weilburg, IJalimani

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ⓘ 'Aphrosiderite'

ⓘ Hematite

ⓘ Stilpnomelane

2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Aphrosiderite'

Formula: (Fe,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈

Locality: Gelegenheit Mine, Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe₂O₃

Locality: Gelegenheit Mine, Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

ⓘ Stilpnomelane

Formula: (K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆ · nH₂O

Locality: Friedrich Mine, Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

References:

Dana 6:659.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Hematite	4.CB.05	Fe₂O₃
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Stilpnomelane	9.EG.40	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆ · nH₂O
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Aphrosiderite'	-	(Fe,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Aphrosiderite	(Fe,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈
H	ⓘ Stilpnomelane	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆ · nH₂O
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Aphrosiderite	(Fe,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈
O	ⓘ Hematite	Fe₂O₃
O	ⓘ Stilpnomelane	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆ · nH₂O
Na	Sodium
Na	ⓘ Stilpnomelane	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆ · nH₂O
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Aphrosiderite	(Fe,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈
Mg	ⓘ Stilpnomelane	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆ · nH₂O
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Aphrosiderite	(Fe,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈
Al	ⓘ Stilpnomelane	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆ · nH₂O
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Aphrosiderite	(Fe,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈
Si	ⓘ Stilpnomelane	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆ · nH₂O
K	Potassium
K	ⓘ Stilpnomelane	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆ · nH₂O
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Stilpnomelane	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆ · nH₂O
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Aphrosiderite	(Fe,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈
Fe	ⓘ Hematite	Fe₂O₃
Fe	ⓘ Stilpnomelane	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆ · nH₂O

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences

Youngest Fossil Listed

365 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)

Oldest Fossil Listed

388 Ma (Middle Devonian)

Fossils from Region

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Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Stachyodes genus	Animalia : Porifera : Stachyoditidae : *Stachyodes*	387.7 - 382.7 Ma Devonian
Alveolites genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Alveolitidae : *Alveolites*	387.7 - 382.7 Ma Devonian
Thamnopora genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Pachyporidae : *Thamnopora*	387.7 - 382.7 Ma Devonian
Bevocastria genus	Cyanobacteria : *Bevocastria*	387.7 - 382.7 Ma Devonian
Pleuroclymenia costata species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Clymeniida : Platyclymeniidae : Pleuroclymenia : *Pleuroclymenia costata*	370.6 - 364.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian

Fossil Localities

Click to show 2 fossil localities

Germany

Hesse
- Giessen Region
  - Limburg-Weilburg
    - Weilburg
      - Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Kirschhofen near Weilburg
      - Devonian🐚 Nordflanke Scheuenberger Kopf

Other Databases

Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weilburg
Wikidata ID:	Q573599
GeoNames ID:	2812626

Localities in this Region

Germany

Hesse
- Giessen Region
  - Limburg-Weilburg
    - Weilburg
      - Friedrich Mine
      - Gelegenheit Mine

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

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Rheno-Hercynian BeltOrogenic Belt

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Lahn ValleyRiver Valley
TaunusMountain Range

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