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Nassau is a town located in the German Land (State) of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies in the Lahn River valley between the cities of Bad Ems and Limburg an der Lahn. Nassau is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Nassau. The town is on the German-Dutch holiday road, the Orange Route. As of 2002, it had a population of 5,209. [edit] History
Nassau was first mentioned as the Villa Nassova estate of the Bishopric of Worms in a 915 deed. It received town privileges rights together with nearby Dausenau and Scheuern in 1348 by Emperor Charles IV. Count Dudo-Heinrich of Laurenburg had the Burg Nassau built about 1100 and his descendants began to call themselves the Counts of Nassau. Count Adolf of Nassau was elected King of the Romans from 1292 until his death on 2 July, 1298. The Counts of Nassau married also into the line of the neighbouring Counts of Arnstein (Obernhof/Attenhausen), founders of the monastery at Arnstein. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the town became part of the Duchy of Nassau. Nassau suffered heavily from bombings by American B-26 Marauders during World War II. It was rebuilt after the war by architect Gerhard Rauch. Despite the ancient and eventful history of this town, it currently has only slightly over 5,000 inhabitants. The town of Nassau is the original namesake of the Duchy of Nassau, the royal House of Orange-Nassau, and the Prussian province of Hessen Nassau. Its name has also spawned a multitude of other places in the Americas, such as Nassau, the capital city of the Bahamas, and Nassau County, New York, in the United States. The name has also been used for ships, buildings, and even a type of bet used in golf. [edit] Research Tips
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