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The Kurt-van-der-Burg Bridge connects Dietkirchen with the opposite bank of the Lahn River and is an important crossing for pedestrians and cyclists. It offers a beautiful view of the Basilica of St. Lubentius, which sits majestically on the rock above the Lahn.

Construction Arch bridge Total length 22 m Width 4.40 m Longest span 8.40 m Height 6.25 m Completion around 1150

The bridge is dedicated to Saint Wendelin, who is venerated in Catholic regions as the patron saint of shepherds, peasants, farmers, day laborers, and farm workers. Wendelin is also considered a helper in times of need against the plague. It is likely in this context that the Saint Wendelin wayside shrine near the bridge was built before 1496. The bridge was built over a ford that was an important traffic junction in the Middle Ages. Here, the Via Regia from Cologne to Frankfurt am Main and the road from Siegen to Mainz met. These roads then crossed the Lahn River on the old Lahn Bridge in Limburg. The road from Koblenz to Wetzlar also crossed the Elbbach River here.

The St. Wendelin Bridge is a small bridge over the Elbbach stream, dating back to the second half of the 12th century. It is located in Niederhadamar, part of the town of Hadamar in the Limburg-Weilburg district of Hesse. It is probably the oldest stone bridge in Hesse.

Beautiful narrow single-lane old bridge for the time when it was used by ox carts... the surface is a witness to this.

This is the entrance to the Elbbach seen from Limburg. As a precaution, get off your bike for 5 m.

No Lahn marble was used in the current Lahn Bridge in Dehrn. The bridge, built between 1948 and 1950, is a concrete structure that replaced the steel bridge blown up during World War II. Lahn marble—as typical and significant as it is for the region—was not used in this bridge. Unlike, for example, the famous Marble Bridge in Villmar, which was specifically built as a showcase for Lahn marble, the building goals in Dehrn were more functional and pragmatic.

Hadamar has a very dark chapter in its history during the Nazi era. As part of the T4 program, probably more than 15,000 people were placed in psychiatric hospitals. The victims were transported there on so-called gray buses, whose windows were painted over with gray paint, and were usually murdered immediately.