Germany, Ilstein by Edwin Kooren

About "Germany, Ilstein"

by Edwin Kooren

About the artwork

Germany, Ilstein
Ilstein is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus district in southern Hesse. It is located in the Taunus Mountains, north of the state capital Wiesbaden, and fulfils the function of a medium-sized centre according to Hessian state planning.

Idstein has had the official additional designation of university town since 18 October 2016, in reference to the local seat of the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences.

Geography
The old town lies between the two city streams, the Wolfsbach to the east and the Wörsbach to the west, on a ridge at an altitude of about 280 metres. This is closed to the north of the old town by the castle rock, behind which both streams meet. Remnants of the settlement of the same name can still be seen on the Wolfsbach, but it is abandoned. The Gassenbach estate to the south of the town goes back to an old settlement of Gassenbach; it has belonged to the Mechtildshausen estate for several years.

To the west of the town, beyond the Wörsbach valley, there is another ridge from the Hohe Kanzel (592 m) over the Roßberg (426 m) and the Rügert (402 m) to the Rosenkippel (379 m); to the south, the Galgenberg (348 m) forms another ridge up to the Dasbacher Haide. Slightly below the western elevation, Bundesautobahn 3 and the Cologne-Frankfurt railway line (in the Idstein tunnel) run along the slope.

On the other side of the Rügert lie the districts of Oberauroff and Niederauroff in the valley of the Auroffer Bach.

North of Idstein, the Wörsbachtal turns into the Goldenen Grund, fertile farmland stretching into the Lahn valley.