lines are the princely branches of Solms-Braunfels, Solms-Hohensolms-Lich with their seat in Lich and Solms-Baruth, furthermore the Counts of Solms-Laubach with their seat in Laubach, Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim with their seat in Assenheim, Solms-Sonnewalde and Solms-Wildenfels. The Burgsolms castle at Solms, ancestral seat of the family since around 1100, was destroyed in 1384 by a coalition of nearby towns under the leadership of Wetzlar, forcing count John to move to Greifenstein castle. After a short while being part of the Duchy of Nassau, Solms passed to Prussia in 1815. As part of Hesse's municipal reforms, the communities of Albshausen and Oberbiel voluntarily merged on 1 July 1971 to form Bielhausen, while Burgsolms and Oberndorf did the same to form Solms. By state law, these two new communities were amalgamated with Niederbiel on 1 January 1977 to make the new greater community of Solms, which in 1978 was granted town rights. A new residential area has been being built on the western edge of Oberbiel since the 1990s. Sightseeing Kloster Altenberg (Altenberg Monastery) - Burial place of the blessed Gertrud von Altenberg (1227-1297), Saint Elisabeth's daughter Grube Fortuna (Oberbiel) - Visitors' Mine including a light and mine railway museum (Iron ore was mined here until 1983.)Stone Bench (Oberbiel Forest) - A secluded place, that may have originally served as a hunting post Jewish Cemetery (Burgsolms) - Tombstones from 1705 to 1939Gallows of Solms (Forest between Burgsolms/Oberndorf and Albshausen) - Memorial against death penalty: Erected in stone in 1750, the gallows has never been used for an execution.Schäferburg ("Shepherd's castle", Niederbiel) - Log cabin and barbecue area on the edge of the forest (Westerwald side) overlooking the city and the Lahn valley'' Former Hunting Lodge Dr. Roth, later a children's home (Albshausen) - A kind of counterpart to Niederbiel's "Schäferburg" on the Taunus side (built around 1920) Old Station Braunfels-Oberndorf (Oberndorf) - Representative building on the disused Solmsbach-valley-route to Brandoberndorf Images References External links Grube Fortuna homepage 1258 disestablishments in Europe States and territories established in 1129 Youth councils Lahn-Dill-Kreis