Idstein im Taunus: Witch Tower and Half-Timbered Old Town
Idstein lies in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis of Hessen, with about 22,800 inhabitants. The Hexenturm, a medieval tower associated with the 17th-century witch trials that took place here, is the town's most prominent landmark. The Koenig-Adolf-Platz, a sloping market square surrounded by painted half-timbered houses, forms the old town centre. The Killingerhaus, dating to 1615, is considered one of Hessen's finest examples of Renaissance timber-frame architecture with elaborate carved and painted facade panels.
Wiesbaden is about 25 kilometres south. Limburg an der Lahn lies to the northwest. The Taunus ridge rises to the east. A campus of the Hochschule Fresenius, a private university of applied sciences, operates in the old town, bringing a student population to an otherwise quiet commuter town connected to the Rhein-Main area by train.
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Idstein lies in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis of Hessen, with about 22,800 inhabitants. The Hexenturm, a medieval tower associated with the 17th-century witch trials that took place here, is the town's most prominent landmark. The Koenig-Adolf-Platz, a sloping market square surrounded by painted half-timbered houses, forms the old town centre. The Killingerhaus, dating to 1615, is considered one of Hessen's finest examples of Renaissance timber-frame architecture with elaborate carved and painted facade panels.
Wiesbaden is about 25 kilometres south. Limburg an der Lahn lies to the northwest. The Taunus ridge rises to the east. A campus of the Hochschule Fresenius, a private university of applied sciences, operates in the old town, bringing a student population to an otherwise quiet commuter town connected to the Rhein-Main area by train.
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