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Holenbrunn–Leupoldsdorf Railway
The Holenbrunn–Leupoldsdorf railway was built in two stages. First the Royal Bavarian State Railways decided on 15 August 1877 to link the town of Wunsiedel by a ''Lokalbahn'' (~local line) to the main line from Hof to Holenbrunn being opened at the same time, and which was extended in 1878 from Holenbrunn to Marktredwitz. On 8 November 1913 the branch line was also extended from Wunsiedel to Leupoldsdorf. It is suspected that the extension of the route was driven by the owner of the Hammer castle (''Hammerschloss'') at Leupoldsdorf, a certain "Rosa von Müller". When the line opened, however, she was no longer in residence at the ''Schloss''. On 28 September 1975 passenger services on the 11 km long route were withdrawn. In autumn 1981 the station building at Leupoldsdorf was demolished and on 23 May 1993 the line was closed. See also *Royal Bavarian State Railways *Bavarian branch lines *List of closed railway lines in Bavaria This is a list of closed railway lines in Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Height Above Mean Sea Level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The combination of unit of measurement and the physical quantity (height) is called "metres above mean sea level" in the metric system, while in United States customary and imperial units it would be called "feet above mean sea level". Mean sea levels are affected by climate change and other factors and change over time. For this and other reasons, recorded measurements of elevation above sea level at a reference time in history might differ from the actual elevation of a given location over sea level at a given moment. Uses Metres above sea level is the standard measurement of the elevation or altitude of: * Geographic locations such as towns, mountains and other landmarks. * The top of buildings and other structures. * Flying objects suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weiden–Oberkotzau Railway
The Weiden–Oberkotzau railway is a two-track main line railway in Bavaria, Germany. It connects with the Regensburg–Weiden railway in Weiden in der Oberpfalz and runs via Marktredwitz station, Marktredwitz to Oberkotzau station, Oberkotzau, where it joins the Bamberg–Hof railway. The line forms part of a long-distance route from Munich to Hof, Bavaria, Hof, continuing to Leipzig and Dresden. History The line was opened in several sections. The section from Weiden to Wiesau was built by the Bavarian Eastern Railway Company (''Bayerischen Ostbahnen'') as part of a connection from Regensburg to Cheb (German: Eger) and operated by it until it was nationalised in 1876. The section from Weiden via Wiesau and continuing Wiesau–Cheb railway, to Mitterteich was opened to traffic on 15 August 1864. After the opening of the link from Mitterteich to Cheb on 15 October 1865 and the opening of the Cheb–Oberkotzau railway, link from Hof to Cheb on 1 November 1865, it was possible to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holenbrunn–Selb Railway
The Holenbrunn–Selb railway was a branch line in Bavaria in southern Germany. It opened on 25 October 1894 initially just between Selb-Plößberg to Selb Untere Stadt. At Selb Untere Stadt this '' Lokalbahn'' line branched from the Cheb–Oberkotzau railway that went to Asch and Franzensbad over the border. The railway continued, as a goods line only, to the Hutschenreuther porcelain factory at Ludwigsmühle. History On 1 May 1914 the '' Lokalbahn'' was extended via Thiersheim to Holenbrunn on the Hof–Marktredwitz line. As a result, the station of ''Untere Stadt'' was closed and a new station with goods facilities were built to the north of the town and called ''Selb Stadt''. A small shed ('' Bahnbetriebswerk''), which was maintained by Bw Hof, enabled locomotives to be serviced. Today a small railway museum is housed in this shed. Numerous industrial sidings ran into the porcelain factories in the vicinity of the town that, like the Rosenthal AG, were worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holenbrunn
Holenbrunn is a village of 1000 inhabitants in the Fichtel Mountains. It is part of the town Wunsiedel in Upper Franconia in the state of Bavaria in Germany. History * First mentioned around 1500 * 1818 - neighbouring villages (Hauenreuth, Holenbrunn, Juliushammer, Wintersberg and Wintersreuth) were joined to one civil parish * 1877 – Weiden–Oberkotzau railway opened, with a station in Holenbrunn * 1978 – amalgamation with Wunsiedel due to an administration reform Economy, Infrastructure Production facilities for: * Glas (according to DIN 1249) * High-voltage insulators also: * Agriculture * Div. business enterprise * Quarry for Wunsiedel Marble Wunsiedel Marble (german: Wunsiedler Marmor) is a group of metamorphic carbonate rocks, which were, and are, mainly extracted in the German town Wunsiedel at several quarries. This Upper Franconian calcite marble occurs both in this region and beyo ... * Train station (Wunsiedel-Holenbrunn) References Wunsiedel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wunsiedel
(; Northern Bavarian: ''Wåuṉsieḏl'' or ''Wousigl'') is the seat of the Upper Franconian district of in northeast Bavaria, Germany. The town is the birthplace of poet Jean Paul. It also became known for its annual Festival and the Rudolf Hess Memorial March held there by Neo-Nazis until 2005. Geography lies in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains in the valley of the at the foot of the Plateau. History was first mentioned in 1163 as the seat of a , Adelbertus or Albert. The name probably originates from ('glades') and ('noble seat'). In 1285, Burgrave Friedrich III of Nuremberg received the fiefdom of the town from King Rudolph I of Habsburg. In 1326, was given town rights by Burgrave Friedrich IV and this was confirmed in 1328 by Emperor Louis the Bavarian. In 1430 Hans of defeated the Hussites in the Battle of , a low mountain immediately south of , and in 1652 Jobst of beat the Bohemians also on the . In the Middle Ages, was a centre of tin mining and achieve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schönbrunn (Fichtelgebirge)
Schönbrunn () is a village in the heart of the Fichtelgebirge mountains in Bavaria, Germany. Since 1975 it is part of the town Wunsiedel. It has about 1,400 inhabitants, including the village Furthammer. It was founded around 1200 as a small settlement near a castle. The oldest surviving building is the church, built around 1200. Schönbrunn has a number of small businesses and less than 10 farms. In 2007 Schönbrunn won the gold medal in a beauty contest "''Unser Dorf hat Zukunft - Unser Dorf soll schöner werden''" for villages in Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan .... External links * http://www.schoenbrunn-im-fichtelgebirge.de (in German) Wunsiedel {{Wunsiedeldistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tröstau
Tröstau is a municipality in the district of Wunsiedel in Bavaria 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 Wunsiedel (district) {{Wunsiedeldistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Bavarian State Railways
The Royal Bavarian State Railways (''Königliche Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.Bay.Sts.B.'') was the state railway company for the Kingdom of Bavaria. It was founded in 1844. The organisation grew into the second largest of the German state railways (after that of the Prussian state railways) with a railway network of 8,526 kilometres (including the Palatinate Railway or ''Pfalzbahn'') by the end of the First World War. Following the abdication of the Bavarian monarchy at the end of the First World War, the 'Royal' title was dropped and on 24 April 1920 the Bavarian State Railway (''Bayerische Staatseisenbahn''), as it was now called, was merged into the newly formed German Reich Railways Authority or Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen as the Bavarian Group Administration (''Gruppenverwaltung Bayern''). The management of the Bavarian railway network was divided into four Reichsbahn divisions: Augsburg, Munich, Nuremberg and Regensburg. The former Palatinate Railway formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sekundärbahn
Bavarian branch lines comprised nearly half the total railway network in Bavaria, a state in the southeastern Germany that was a kingdom in the days of the German Empire. The construction era for branch lines lasted from 1872, when the first route, from Siegelsdorf to Langenzenn, was opened, to 1930, when the last section of the branch from Gößweinstein to Behringersmühle went operational. History The first German railway line was opened in Bavaria in 1835. This was the '' Ludwigsbahn'' (Ludwig's Railway) from Nuremberg to Fürth which opened on 7 December 1835. This was the start of a railway building frenzy, which rapidly spread across the state. The second Bavarian railway line, from Munich to Augsburg, soon followed. The early railways were private lines, but from 184?, the Bavarian state oversaw the construction of railways, through its state-owned railway company, the Royal Bavarian State Railways. The most important routes were established first, of course, and became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bavarian Branch Lines
Bavarian branch lines comprised nearly half the total railway network in Bavaria, a state in the southeastern Germany that was a kingdom in the days of the German Empire. The construction era for branch lines lasted from 1872, when the first route, from Siegelsdorf to Langenzenn, was opened, to 1930, when the last section of the branch from Gößweinstein to Behringersmühle went operational. History The first German railway line was opened in Bavaria in 1835. This was the '' Ludwigsbahn'' (Ludwig's Railway) from Nuremberg to Fürth which opened on 7 December 1835. This was the start of a railway building frenzy, which rapidly spread across the state. The second Bavarian railway line, from Munich to Augsburg, soon followed. The early railways were private lines, but from 184?, the Bavarian state oversaw the construction of railways, through its state-owned railway company, the Royal Bavarian State Railways. The most important routes were established first, of course, and becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Closed Railway Lines In Bavaria
This is a list of closed railway lines in Bavaria. Cessation of passenger services on railway lines in Bavaria since 1950 1950s {, class="wikitable sortable" , - class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="white-space:nowrap" !Year !! style="width:80px;", Date !! Section !! Route !! style="text-align:right;", Length !! class="unsortable" , Remarks , - , 1950 , 14 May , Coburg-Görsdorf , Eisenach–Lichtenfels railway, Werra Railway (Thuringia) , 12.8 km to border , , - , 1952 , 29 May , Pressig-Rothenkirchen–Tettau (Oberfranken), Tettau , Pressig-Rothenkirchen–Tettau railway, Pressig-Rothenkirchen–Tettau , 16.80 km , , - , 1953 , 1 December , , Wolnzach Bf–Geisenfeld , 9.3 km , , - , 1954 , 3 October , Kronach, Neuses-Weißenbrunn , Neuses–Weißenbrunn railway, Neuses-Weißenbrunn , 5.0 km , , - , 1955 , 22 May , Bodenwöhr-Nittenau , Bodenwöhr–Nittenau railway, Bodenwöhr Nord–Nittenau , 10.7 km , , - , , 22 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branch Lines In Bavaria
A branch, sometimes called a ramus in botany, is a woody structural member connected to the central trunk (botany), trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs. The term ''twig'' usually refers to a wikt:terminus, terminus, while ''bough'' refers only to branches coming directly from the trunk. Due to a broad range of species of trees, branches and twigs can be found in many different shapes and sizes. While branches can be nearly vertical and horizontal, horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, the majority of trees have upwardly diagonal branches. A number of mathematical properties are associated with tree branchings; they are natural examples of fractal patterns in nature, and, as observed by Leonardo da Vinci, their cross section (geometry), cross-sectional areas closely follow the da Vinci branching rule. Terminology Because of the enormous quantity of branches in the world, there are numerous names in Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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