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Frankenstein (Pfalz) Station
Frankenstein (Pfalz) station is the station of the town of Frankenstein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Deutsche Bahn classifies it as a category 6 station and it has two platforms. It is located on the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway, which essentially consists of the Palatine Ludwig Railway (''Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn'', Ludwigshafen–Bexbach). It was opened on 2 December 1848 with the Kaiserslautern–Frankenstein section of the Ludwig Railway. On 25 August of the following year, the gap to Neustadt was closed, so that the Ludwig Railway had reached its full length. Since December 2003 it has been a stop for services on line S1 and S2 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn. Its entrance building is a protected monument. Location The halt (''Haltepunkt'') is located on the northwestern outskirts of Frankenstein (Pfalz). Its address is ''Hauptstraße 9''. Federal highway 37 and the Hochspeyerbach run directly parallel to the railway track. A few hundred metres east of it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate
Frankenstein is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. On a hill towering over the village is Frankenstein Castle. Frankenstein (Pfalz) station Frankenstein (Pfalz) station is the station of the town of Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Frankenstein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Deutsche Bahn classifies it as a German railway station categories, category 6 station and it h ... is located on the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway. References Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Palatinate Forest Kaiserslautern (district) {{Kaiserslautern-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Duchy Of Baden
The Grand Duchy of Baden (german: Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in the southwest German Empire on the east bank of the Rhine. It existed between 1806 and 1918. It came into existence in the 12th century as the Margraviate of Baden and subsequently split into the states of Baden-Durlach and Baden-Baden, which were reunified in 1771. It then became the much-enlarged Grand Duchy of Baden after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire from 1803 to 1806 and was a sovereign country until it joined the German Empire in 1871. In 1918, it became part of the Weimar Republic as the Republic of Baden. Baden was bordered to the north by the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Grand Duchy of Hessen-Darmstadt; to the west, along most of its length, by the river Rhine, which separated Baden from the Bavarian Rhenish Palatinate and Alsace in modern France; to the south by Switzerland; and to the east by the Kingdom of Württemberg, the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Bavaria. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neustadt (Weinstraße) Hauptbahnhof
Neustadt (Weinstr) Hauptbahnhof – called Neustadt a/d. Haardt until 1935 and from 1945 until 1950 – is the central station of in the city of Neustadt in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to the Hauptbahnhof, Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn services stop at ''Neustadt (Weinstr) Böbig'' halt (''Haltepunkt''). Mußbach station and Neustadt (Weinstr) halt, opened on 19 November 2013, are also located in Neustadt. The station was opened on 11 June 1847 as the terminus of the first section of the Palatine Ludwig Railway (''Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn'') from Rheinschanze (now: Ludwigshafen am Rhein) to Bexbach; this was opened over its full length two years later and now largely forms the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway. With the opening of the Palatine Maximilian Railway (''Pfälzischen Maximiliansbahn'') to Wissembourg in 1855 and the Palatine Northern Railway (''Pfälzische Nordbahn''), built from 1865 to 1873, to Monsheim, it developed into a railway junction and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof
Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof is a through-station in the German city of Kaiserslautern and one of seven stations in the city. It is a stop on the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn and Deutsche Bahn’s Intercity-Express network and a hub for all the regional trains of the western Palatinate. On 10 June 2007, the ''Rhealys'' high-speed rail consortium established a service with a stop in Kaiserslautern, reducing travel time to Paris to two and a half hours. In 2003, the station building was renovated and it now houses among other things, a service point and several shops. The station provides step-free access to all platforms. The redesigned Kaiserslautern station forecourt includes a busy bus station, allowing a convenient transfer between bus and rail. Buses run to the University of Kaiserslautern, Betzenberg and the central bus interchanges at Schillerplatz and Rathaus, where there are connections to all bus routes. Prior to the closure of the Einsiedlerhof marshalling yard, Kaiserslautern wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homburg (Saar) Hauptbahnhof
Homburg (Saar) Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the town of Homburg in the German state of Saarland. It is a through station with four platforms and seven platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a station of category 3. It is located at the junction of the Homburg–Neunkirchen line and the Mannheim–Saarbrücken line (Palatine Ludwig Railway). It has been the western terminus of line S1 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn since 2006. Location The station divides the town into two halves, separating Homburg-Mitte and Homburg-Erbach. It is about 700 metres away from the town centre. In front of the station area is the central bus station (''ZOB''), from which both regional and local buses operate. History On 1 July 1848, the line between Kaiserslautern and Homburg was opened. Nine years later, on 7 May 1857, the Blies Valley Railway was opened to Zweibrücken. The Homburg–Rohrbach line, now part of the mainline between Mannheim and Saarbrücken, opened to traff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homburg (Saar)
Homburg (; french: Hombourg, pfl, Humborch) is a town in Saarland, Germany and the administrative seat of the Saarpfalz district. With a population of 43,029 inhabitants (2022), it is the third largest town in the state. The city offers over 30,000 workplaces. The medical department of the University of Saarland is situated here. The city is also home to the Karlsberg beer brewery. Major employers include Robert Bosch GmbH, Schaeffler Group and Michelin. Geography Homburg is located in the northern part of the Saarpfalz district, bordering Rhineland-Palatinate. It is 16 km from Neunkirchen and 36 km from Saarbrücken. The city districts are situated in the Blies valley or on its tributaries Erbach, Lambsbach and Schwarzbach. Homburg is composed of Homburg center and nine city districts: Beeden, Bruchhof-Sanddorf, Einöd, Erbach, Jägersburg, Kirrberg, Reiskirchen, Schwarzenbach and Wörschweiler. Einöd includes: Einöd, Ingweiler and Schwarzenacker; J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig I Of Bavaria
en, Louis Charles Augustus , image = Joseph Karl Stieler - King Ludwig I in his Coronation Robes - WGA21796.jpg , caption = Portrait by Joseph Stieler, 1825 , succession=King of Bavaria , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = Maximilian I Joseph , successor = Maximilian II , birth_name = , birth_date = , birth_place =Strasbourg, Kingdom of France , death_date = , death_place =Nice, Second French Empire , spouse =Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen , issue =Maximilian II of Bavaria Mathilde Caroline, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by RhineOtto of GreecePrincess TheodelindeLuitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria Adelgunde, Duchess of Modena Archduchess Hildegard of Austria Princess Alexandra Prince Adalbert , house =Wittelsbach , father =Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria , mother =Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt , religion =Roman Catholicism , burial_place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Camille Von Denis
Paul Camille Denis, later von Denis, (28 June 1796 – 3 September 1872) was an engineer, railway pioneer and participant in the Hambach Festival, the German political protest of 1832. Denis was born at Château des Saales in Montier-en-Der, in the Département of Haute-Marne, France. He grew up as a child of the Mainz city councillor, Peter Denis, and attended the Lyceum Louis le Grand in Paris. In 1814 and 1815 he studied at the École Polytechnique in Paris. After the conclusion of his studies he returned to the Palatinate to his father who had since settled at Neustadt. Initially employed as a trainee by the Bavarian state - to which the Palatinate then belonged - from 3 March 1816 he worked as a construction overseer (''Baukondukteur'') in Germersheim. In 1822 he became an engineering inspector at Speyer and, in 1826, was promoted to engineer, first class, at Zweibrücken. Here he came into close contact with the democratic opposition organised by Friedrich Schüler, Joha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochspeyer
Hochspeyer is a municipality in the Kaiserslautern (district), district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate forest (Pfälzer Wald), approx. 10 km east of Kaiserslautern. Hochspeyer was the seat of the former Hochspeyer (Verbandsgemeinde), Verbandsgemeinde Hochspeyer ("collective municipality"). History Hochspeyer's history is closely related to the Cistercians, Cistercian Abbey of Otterberg, to which the ''Münchhof'' belonged since 1195. In 1801 the region Palatinate (region), Palatinate became part of the French Mont-Tonnerre, Département Mont-Tonnerre, and in 1815 it became part of the Bavarian Kingdom. After World War II Palatinate (region), Palatinate (and with it Hochspeyer) was incorporated in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Education Hochspeyer has the ''Münchhofschule'' (a primary and secondary school) as well as three Kindergartens. Economy Trade, minor industry and farming shape the small local econ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bexbach
Bexbach () is a town in the Saarpfalz district, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Blies, approximatively 6 km east of Neunkirchen, and 25 km northeast of Saarbrücken. The Saarländisches Bergbaumuseum (Saarland Mining Museum) is located in the town. Sons and daughters of the town * Edwin Hügel (1919-1988), politician (FDP), minister of economy, transport and agriculture in Cabinet Zeyer II (1982-1983) * Gerd Dudenhöffer (born 1949), comedian and author International relations Bexbach is twinned with: * Edenkoben Edenkoben () is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies approximately halfway between Landau and Neustadt an der Weinstraße. Edenkoben is one of the towns situated along the German Wine R ..., Germany, since 1936 * Goshen, United States, since 1979 * Pornichet, France, since 1985 References External links http://www.bexbach.de Saarpfalz-Kreis Palatinate (region)< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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