Lollar
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Lollar | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lollar within Gießen district  | |
  Lollar  Lollar | |
| Coordinates: 50°38′59″N 08°42′16″E / 50.64972°N 8.70444°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Gießen |
| District | Gießen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–28) | Jan-Erik Dort[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.39 km2 (8.26 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 173 m (568 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 10,454 |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 35457 |
| Dialling codes | 06406 |
| Vehicle registration | GI |
| Website | www.lollar.de |
Lollar (German pronunciation: [ˈlɔlaʁ] ⓘ) 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]
