🇩🇪 Wetzlar: Where Medieval Charm Meets Optical Precision ✨

🏰 A Town Steeped in History • Located in Hesse, Germany, capital of Lahn-Dill district (pop. ~54,000) • 1000+ years of history – From Romanesque roots to Gothic grandeur • Iconic Eisenmarkt square with its crazy steep slopes (leg day, anyone?) 🏋️ ⛪ The "Unfinished" Cathedral • Started in 12th century as Romanesque, switched to Gothic... and never completed ❌ • WWII bombing survivor – Painstakingly restored in the 1950s 💣→✨ • Riverfront ruins – Mysterious stone towers whispering medieval secrets 🏗️ 🔭 Optical Industry Powerhouse • Ernst Leitz Works – Birthplace of: Leica cameras 📷 (the 35mm revolution!) World-class microscopes & telescopes 🔬🪐 • Minox Factory – Legendary spy cameras (Bond would approve) 🫨 • Arthur Seibert Optics – Makers of magnifiers & mini-microscopes 📸 Must-See for Photo Geeks Leitz-Park – Glass-walled factory tours (watch M11s being born!) Old Town Alleyways – Half-timbered houses leaning like drunken friends 🏠🍻 Goethe’s Haunts – Where Young Werther’s heart was broken 💔 #WetzlarOptics #GermanEngineering #MedievalMeetsModern #LeicaLegacy #HiddenGermany