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Beienheim–Schotten Railway
The Beienheim–Schotten railway is a railway in the Horloff and the Nidda (river), Nidda valleys in the Wetteraukreis in the German state of Hesse. Its western section is also called the ''Horlofftalbahn'' (Horloff Valley Railway). It was built as two different sections, which were connected with each other in Nidda station as well as to the Gießen–Gelnhausen railway, which was opened in 1870: * the section branching from the Friedberg–Mücke railway from Friedberg (Hessen) station, Friedberg in Beienheim station (this section of line is also known as the Horloff Valley Railway) and running to Nidda; this was opened in 1897 and is still in operation, and * the section from Nidda to Schotten, which was in operation from 1888 to 1959. Since both parts of the line reached Nidda station from the north, trains had to reverse there to continue their journey. Route Beienheim–Nidda The line starts in Beienheim station (in Reichelsheim (Wetterau), Reichelsheim), where it branc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Darmstadt and Kassel. With an area of 21,114.73 square kilometers and a population of just over six million, it ranks seventh and fifth, respectively, among the sixteen German states. Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Germany's second-largest metropolitan area (after Rhine-Ruhr), is mainly located in Hesse. As a cultural region, Hesse also includes the area known as Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen) in the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Name The German name '':wikt:Hessen#German, Hessen'', like the names of other German regions (''Schwaben'' "Swabia", ''Franken'' "Franconia", ''Bayern'' "Bavaria", ''Sachsen'' "Saxony"), derives from the dative plural form of the name of the inhabitants or German tribes, eponymous tribe, the Hes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
