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Kassel Kulturbahnhof
Kassel Hauptbahnhof is a Deutsche Bahn railway station in the city of Kassel, in the German state of Hesse. Situated in the central borough of Mitte, it is the city's second important railway station after the opening of Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe in 1991; and so it is the only ''Hauptbahnhof'' that is not the main station of its city. History Early history Construction of the station building, projected by Gottlob Engelhard, started in a period between 1851 and 1856. The style of the original building, bombed during World War II, was romantic neoclassical. The reconstruction, started in 1952, was completed in 1960 by the architect Friedrich Bätjer with the style of 1950s maintaining some original elements. Recent history When the Deutsche Bundesbahn began constructing the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway, Kassel originally was not supposed to have a station on the line at all. When it was decided to connect the city, Kassel posed a unique problem, Kassel was a terminal sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Station Types In Germany
The railways in Germany use several abbreviations to differentiate between various types of stations, stops, railway facilities and other places of rail service. Places with a set of points * – ' (railway station), defined as a place where trains may start, terminate, stop, overtake, meet or change directions, and that has at least one set of points. It can be additionally named after its purpose: ** – ', the main or central station of a town or city. Also the only abbreviation commonly found on station timetables and signs. ** – ' (passenger station), usually used to differentiate in places that have several types of stations, but only one passenger station. ** – ' ( long distance station) ** – ' (freight station) ** – ', a station only for operational tasks like train overtakes. ** – ' ( marshalling yard) ** – ' (transshipment station) ** – ', a station serving a power plant. ** – ' ( mail station) * – ' (part of a station), used when a station con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottlob Engelhard
Gottlob is a family name, which may refer to: * Georg Gottlob, Austrian computer scientist Gottlob is a given name, which may refer to: * Gottlob Berger (1896–1975), senior German Nazi official * Gottlob Burmann (1737–1805), German Romantic poet and lipogrammatist * Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), German philosopher, logician and mathematician * Gottlob Frick (1906–1994), German operatic bass * Gottlob E. Weiss (1820–1900), American politician Gottlob as a middle name may refer to: * Christian August Gottlob Eberhard (1769–1845), German writer * Christian Gottlob Heine (1729–1812), German classical scholar and archaeologist * Johann Gottlob Lehmann (other) ** Johann Gottlob Lehmann (classicist) (1782–1837) German expert in classical studies and noted director of the Gymnasium at Luckau, Germany ** Johann Gottlob Lehmann (scientist) (1719–1767) German mineralogist and geologist * Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost (1715–1794), German doctor and theologian who firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick William Northern Railway
Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick II, Duke of Austria (1219–1246), last Duke of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty * Frederick the Fair (Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg), 1286–1330), Duke of Austria and King of the Romans Baden * Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826–1907), Grand Duke of Baden * Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928), Grand Duke of Baden Bohemia * Frederick, Duke of Bohemia (died 1189), Duke of Olomouc and Bohemia Britain * Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707–1751), eldest son of King George II of Great Britain Brandenburg/Prussia * Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371–1440), also known as Frederick VI, Burgrave of Nuremberg * Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413–1470), Margrave of Brandenburg * Frederick William, Elector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straßenbahn Kassel
The Kassel tramway network is a transport network, network of tramways, forming part of the public transport system in Kassel, a city in the north of the States of Germany, federal state of Hesse, Germany. , the Kassel tram network is made up of seven regular tramlines. Opened in 1877 as a steam tramway from Wilhelmshöhe the Königsplatz (Royal Square), the network has been operated since 1897 by Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG), and is integrated in the Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund (NVV). The track gauge is . There existed also a narrow gauge network to the Hercules monument (Kassel), Hercules monument. The network was extended gradually into the surrounding area, partly as conventional tramways, and partly as a tram-train ''Kassel RegioTram, RegioTram'' network. History In the summer of 1870 a horse-drawn omnibus line opened as part of an industrial exhibition from 1 June to 5 October 1870. The growth of the city made it attractive to operate a steam tram which was op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
