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Amstetten (Württemberg) Station
Amstetten (Württemberg) station (officially Amstetten (Württ)) is located at line-kilometre 67.0 on the Fils Valley Railway (''Filstalbahn'') in Amstetten in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is at the top of the Geislinger Steige ("Geislingen climb"). The Amstetten–Gerstetten Local Railway (''Lokalbahn Amstetten–Gerstetten'') and the narrow gauge railway to Oppingen start here. No scheduled passenger services now run on either line. Deutsche Bahn treats the whole station as having three precincts for operational purposes. ''Amstetten (Württ) Lokalbahnhof'' ("station of the Local Railway") is operated as a section of the station, while ''Amstetten (Württ) (Schmalspurbahn)'' (“narrow gauge railway”) is operated as a separate station. The town that developed around the railway station has over the decades become the largest settlement of the municipality of Amstetten. History Planning and construction The Württemberg railway Commis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amstetten (Württemberg)
Amstetten () is a municipality in Alb-Donau-Kreis, 20 kilometers north-west of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Municipality arrangement Amstetten includes the districts Bräunisheim, Hofstett-Emerbuch, Reutti, Schalkstetten and Stubersheim. The place Amstetten itself is divided into the old Amstetten-Dorf and the newly created after the railway construction Amstetten Station. History Traces of a Roman road station at the top of the Geislinger Steige demonstrate the important traffic geographical position. In Amstetten no traces of an early medieval settlement were found. However, finds from the districts Schalkstetten, Bräunisheim and Stubersheim show a settlement at least since the Merovingian dynasty. The first mention of Amstetten dates back to 1275 in the Liber decimationis, the tenth book of the Bishopric of Constance. In the late Middle Ages, the region was mainly dominated by the House of Helfenstein. However, they had to mortgage their possession in the late 14th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plochingen Station
Plochingen station is the only station in the town of Plochingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the most important railway junction of the Esslingen district. It is located 22.8 kilometres from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof on the Fils Valley Railway and at the beginning of the Neckar-Alb Railway. History In the planning of the Fils Valley Railway (german: Filstalbahn) from Stuttgart to Ulm the chief engineer Michael Knoll foresaw a station southeast of Plochingen. At that time, approximately 1,900 people lived in the market town and its vineyards. On 14 December 1846, the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen) officially opened the Esslingen–Plochingen line. The completion of the next section to Süßen took place on 11 October 1847. The first station building, which no longer exists, was a two-storey sandstone building. In 1852, a second track was completed on the Fils Valley line from Cannstatt to Plochingen. On 20 Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB (German Federal Railway) was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) on 7 September 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). The DB remained the state railway of West Germany until after German reunification, when it was merged with the former East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) to form Deutsche Bahn, which came into existence on 1 January 1994. Background After World War II, each of the military governments of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany were ''de facto'' in charge of the German railways in their respective territories. On 10 October 1946, the railways in the British and American occupation zones formed the ''Deutsche Reichsbahn im Vereinigten Wirtschaftsgebiet'' (German Imperial Railway in the united economic area), while on 25 June 1947, the provinces under French occupation formed the Südwestdeutsche Eisenbahn. With the formation of the FRG these succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenz Railway , a 16th-century German theologian
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Brenz may refer to: *Brenz (river), a river in southern Germany *Brenz an der Brenz, a village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany *Brenz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany *Johannes Brenz Johann (Johannes) Brenz (24 June 1499 – 11 September 1570) was a German Lutheran theologian and the Protestant Reformer of the Duchy of Württemberg. Early advocacy of the Reformation Brenz was born in the then Imperial City of Weil der S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbrechtingen
Herbrechtingen () is a town in the Heidenheim (district), district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the river Brenz (river), Brenz, 7 km south of Heidenheim an der Brenz, Heidenheim, and 28 km northeast of Ulm. Twin towns – sister cities Herbrechtingen is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: * Mošnov, Czech Republic (1977) * Karavukovo, Serbia (1984) * Horná Štubňa, Slovakia (1986) * Biatorbágy, Hungary (1989) References Heidenheim (district) Württemberg {{Heidenheim-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerstetten
Gerstetten is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It consists of the following villages: * Gerstetten (population: 7,534) * Dettingen (population: 2,042, incorporation 1972) * Gussenstadt (population: 1,533, incorporation 1971) * Heldenfingen (population: 1,052, incorporation 1971) * Heuchlingen (population: 924, incorporation 1974) * Heuchstetten (population: 137) * and Sontbergen (population: 56, incorporation 1974). The total population of the municipality is 12,009 (population figures as of September 2004). Politics The current mayor is Roland Polaschek. Twin towns Gerstetten has two twin towns: Cébazat, a small town near Clermont-Ferrand in France and Pilisvörösvár (German: Werischwar) in Hungary, about 20 km from Budapest. * Cébazat (near Clermont-Ferrand), France (Auvergne) since June 27, 1992 * Pilisvörösvár, Hungary since May 5, 1996 Notable people *1578 Andreas Josua Ulsheimer, † ???, born in Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rollbock
''Rollbocks'', sometimes called transporter trailers, are narrow gauge railway trucks or bogies that allow a standard gauge wagon to 'piggyback' on a narrow-gauge line. The Vevey system enables a coupled train of standard gauge wagons to be automatically loaded or rolled onto Rollbocks, so that the train can then continue through a change of gauge. The system uses a pair of narrow gauge (750 or 1,000 mm) rails laid in a pit that is built in the middle of a standard gauge track, which is elevated by about 30 cm. It allows the ''Rollbock'' bogies to sit underneath the standard gauge tracks and as the ''Rollbock'' train is pulled out of the ''Rollbock'' siding each bogie picks up one axle of a standard gauge wagon as it rises out of the ''Rollbock'' pit. Thus two ''Rollböcke'' are needed for a twin-axle wagon. They were a development of the transporter wagon (''Rollwagen''), designed to keep cost and weight down by avoiding the need for a complete wagon. History The ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metre-gauge Railway
Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, large metre-gauge networks remain in use in Switzerland, Spain and many European towns with urban trams, but most metre-gauge local railways in France, Germany and Belgium closed down in the mid-20th century, although many still remain. With the revival of urban rail transport, metre-gauge light metros were established in some cities, and in other cities, metre gauge was replaced by standard gauge. The slightly-wider gauge is used in Sofia. Examples of metre-gauge See also * Italian metre gauge * Narrow-gauge railways A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
The Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft ("Württemberg Railway Company") or WEG is a transport company in southwest Germany that operates railway lines and services. It is owned by Transdev Germany, itself a subsidiary of the Transdev group. Historically, WEG also operated bus services in the area of its rail services, and WEG branded buses still operate in these areas. However, since 2008 these services have been operated by Omnibus-Verkehr Ruoff GmbH, another subsidiary of Veolia Verkehr GmbH. Lines WEG provides passenger train services on the following railway lines: * : '' Schönbuchbahn'' between Dettenhausen and Böblingen * : '' Strohgäubahn'' between Weissach and Korntal * : '' Wieslauftalbahn'' between Rudersberg- Oberndorf and Schorndorf * : '' Tälesbahn'' between Neuffen and Nürtingen WEG owns and maintains the infrastructure of the ''Strohgäubahn'' and the ''Tälesbahn'', whilst on the ''Schönbuchbahn'' and ''Wieslauftalbahn'' it maintains the infra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beimerstetten
Beimerstetten () is a municipality in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References Alb-Donau-Kreis Württemberg {{AlbDonau-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westerstetten
Westerstetten (Swabian German, Swabian: ''Weschdrschdett'') is a village in the district of Alb-Donau (district), Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Westerstetten is situated in the Lone (river), Lone valley (''Lonetal'') in the Swabian Jura roughly north of Ulm. Neighbouring villages The neighbouring villages are, to the east, Holzkirch and Breitingen; to the south, Beimerstetten; to the southwest, Dornstadt; and to the northwest, Lonsee. Structure Villages incorporated to Westerstetten are Birkhof, Hinterdenkental and Vorderdenkental. History Early history The Lone valley with its caves was a popular settlement area in the Stone Age. Westerstetten itself however has no caves, and there have been no significant finds of this period. Roman period Since 75 AD a Ancient Rome, Roman road connected the Ad Lunam castle in Lonsee-Urspring with Heidenheim an der Brenz, Aquilea at Heidenheim. As part of the Alb Limes, this road marked for some time the extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonsee
Lonsee is a town in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The population of Lonsee in 2019 is 5010; the town consists of 7 villages – Ettlenschieß, Halzhausen, Lonsee, Luizhausen, Radelstetten, Sinabronn, and Urspring. The village has a town hall, two railway stations on the Fils Valley Railway, and two schools. Various clubs and groups provide for an active social life. Lonsee was first mentioned in the year 888, but the remains of a Roman fort in nearby Urspring tell of an even older history. Lonsee has been twinned with the English town of Kingskerswell Kingskerswell (formerly Kings Carswell, or Kings Kerswell) is a village and civil parish within Teignbridge local government district in the south of Devon, England. The village grew up where an ancient track took the narrowest point across a m ... since 1989. References Alb-Donau-Kreis Württemberg {{AlbDonau-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
