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Herbertingen–Isny Railway
The Herbertingen–Isny railway (also known in German as the ''Württembergische Allgäubahn'' or ''Württemberg-Allgäu-Bahn''—Württemberg Allgäu Railway) is a single-track railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The Leutkirch–Kißlegg section is part of an upgraded long-distance route between Munich and Lindau, which was completed in 2020. The line is operated by Deutsche Bahn’s subsidiary ''DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee'' under contract to ''Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg'' (NVBW), an agency of the government of Baden-Württemberg responsible for providing public transport. The line originally connected Herbertingen on the Danube with Isny im Allgäu, but the section from Leutkirch to Isny is closed. Originally it was 84.539 kilometres long and classified as a main line, but the section that is now closed was later reclassified as a branch line. The Kißlegg–Leutkirch section was electrified as part of the upgrading and rerouting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a total area of nearly , it is the third-largest German state by both area (behind Bavaria and Lower Saxony) and population (behind North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria). As a federated state, Baden-Württemberg is a partly-sovereign parliamentary republic. The largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Other major cities are Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Pforzheim, Reutlingen, Tübingen, and Ulm. What is now Baden-Württemberg was formerly the historical territories of Baden, Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg became a state of West Germany in April 1952 by the merger of Württemberg-Baden, South Baden, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
