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Mannheim–Stuttgart High-speed Railway
The Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway is a 99 km long railway line in Germany, connecting the cities of Mannheim and Stuttgart. The line was officially opened on 9 May 1991, and InterCityExpress service began on 2 June. The Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway also opened at the same time. The line cost about DM 4.5 billion to build and has 15 tunnels and more than 90 bridges. Planning Planning for a new line between Mannheim and Stuttgart (the two largest cities of Baden-Württemberg) began in 1970. The railway lines that it replaced followed the terrain and followed rivers and valleys, resulting in steep gradients and sharp curves and thus not suitable for high-speed trains. The 1973 federal transport plan incorporated the following minimum requirements for mixed traffic to accommodate heavy, slow goods trains and light fast passenger trains: *maximum grade of 1.25% (occasionally 2.0%) *curves with small superelevation and minimum radii of 4,800 to 7,000 metres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 KV AC Railway Electrification
Railway electrification systems using at are used on transport railways in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway. The high voltage enables high power transmission with the lower frequency reducing the losses of the traction motors that were available at the beginning of the 20th century. Railway electrification in late 20th century tends to use AC systems which has become the preferred standard for new railway electrifications but extensions of the existing networks are not completely unlikely. In particular, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (opened on 1 June 2016) still uses 15 kV, 16.7 Hz electrification. Due to high conversion costs, it is unlikely that existing systems will be converted to despite the fact that this would reduce the weight of the on-board step-down transformers to one third that of the present devices. History The first electrified railways used series-wound DC motors, first at 600 V and then 1,500 V. Areas with 3 kV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberhausen-Rheinhausen
Oberhausen-Rheinhausen is a municipality in Northern Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, 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 External links Konvoi der Hoffnung e. V. Hilfsorganisation(aid organisation) Karlsruhe (district) {{Karlsruhedistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraichtal
Kraichtal is a town in the north-eastern part of the Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1971 by a merger of nine smaller municipalities. Geography Kraichtal is a town embedded in western Kraichgau, a hilly landscape between the Black Forest, Odenwald forest and the Neckar river. Kraichtal (literally ''Kraich Valley'') got its name from the Kraich river, which flows through Kraichtal, and then eventually into the Rhine. Neighbouring towns The following towns neighbour Kraichtal: Eppingen and Zaisenhausen, Oberderdingen, Bretten, Bruchsal, Ubstadt-Weiher and Oestringen. Districts Kraichtal consists of nine districts, each district (Stadtteil) representing one of the nine municipalities which merged to become Kraichtal in 1971: * Bahnbrücken * Gochsheim (Baden) * Landshausen * Menzingen (Baden) *Münzesheim *Neuenbürg (Baden) Neuenbürg is a town in the Enz district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Enz, 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frauenwald Viaduct
Frauenwald is a village and a former municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town of Ilmenau Ilmenau () is a town in Thuringia, central Germany. It is the largest town within the Ilm district with a population of 38,600, while the district capital is Arnstadt. Ilmenau is located approximately south of Erfurt and north of Nuremberg w .... References Former municipalities in Thuringia Ilm-Kreis {{IlmKreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruchsal Rollenberg Junction
Bruchsal Rollenberg junction is a complex flying junction at the intersection of Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway with the Heidelberg–Karlsruhe line and is located between Bruchsal and Ubstadt in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The Ubstadt connecting curve (german: Verbindungskurve Ubstadt) branches off the line from Heidelberg in the northwest at Ubstadt-Weiher junction. The Bruchsal connecting curve (''Verbindungskurve Bruchsal'') branches off the line from Bruchsal and Karlsruhe in the southwest at Bruchsal Nord junction. Location and route Bruchsal Rollenberg junction ( Deutsche Bahn abbreviation: RROL) is located at the north west portal of Rollenberg Tunnel and thus where the Upper Rhine Plain meets the Kraichgau hills. The two-track high-speed line is connected to the three tracks of the Mannheim–Heidelberg–Karlsruhe line by the two tracks of the Ubstadt connecting curve from Mannheim and Heidelberg in the north and by the single-track of Bruchsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraich Valley Railway
The Kraich Valley Railway (german: Kraichtalbahn) is a branch line in southwestern Germany running from Bruchsal to Menzingen. It is now integrated as line 32 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. Route The Kraich Valley Railway runs from Bruchsal in the Kraichgau. Its name is derived from the Kraichbach stream, whose course it follows from Ubstadt to Gochsheim, as well as the town of Kraichtal, to which all the settlements on the line belong apart from Bruchsal and Ubstadt. It lies entirely within the district of Karlsruhe. Because the railway line largely follows the aforementioned river valley there are no large structures like tunnels or noteworthy bridges. History Planning and opening of the line During the time up to 1874 when the city of Bruchsal became a railway hub, the municipalities along the Kraichbach were interested in obtaining a connection to the railway. Therefore, Bruchsal sought a railway in the Kraichbach valley through the towns of Ubstadt, Unteröwisheim, Oberöwish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katzbach Railway
The Katzbach Railway (german: Katzbachbahn) is a branch line in southwestern Germany from Bruchsal to Odenheim that opened in 1896, and was extended in 1900 to Hilsbach. In 1960 services between Tiefenbach and Hilsbach were withdrawn, in 1975 the section between Odenheim Ost and Tiefenbach followed and, in 1986, the 600-metre-long section from Odenheim station to Odenheim Ost was closed. Since 1994 the line has been operated by the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG), who electrified it in 1998 and integrated it into the network of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. The line follows its namesake, the Katzbach stream, from Stettfeld to Odenheim. Together with the neighbouring Kraich Valley Railway from Bruchsal to Menzingen, with which it shares a common trackbed as far as Ubstadt Ort, it has formed a single operating unit since its inception. Route After Bruchsal station the Katzbach line runs together with the Kraich Valley Railway as a single track parallel with the Rhine Valley Railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesautobahn 5
is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection (with the A 7. The southern end is at the Swiss border near Basel. It runs through the German states of Hessen and Baden-Württemberg and connects on its southern ending to the Swiss A 2. The A5 passes by the Frankfurt Airport. History Nazi era Construction for the first section, between Frankfurt and Darmstadt was started on 23 September 1933 by Adolf Hitler. Propaganda falsely celebrated the project as "the Führer's Autobahn" and "Germany's first Autobahn," but the AVUS race track in Berlin was opened in September 1921. The first public Autobahn was the Cologne-Bonn highway which was inaugurated August 1932 (later called A 555). It was downgraded to a state highway (German: Bundesstrasse) in order to let the Nazi propaganda proclaim that the Reichsautobahn Frankfurt-Darmstadt was the first ever built in Germany. Rare sight in Europe: 4 lanes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forst Tunnel
Forst may refer to: Communities In Germany *, in the district of Aachen *Forst (Baden), in Baden-Württemberg *Forst (Lausitz), in Brandenburg * Forst (Unterfranken), part of Schonungen, Bavaria * Forst, Altenkirchen, in the district of Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate * Forst (Eifel), in the district Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate * Forst (Hunsrück), in the district Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate *Forst an der Weinstraße, in the district of Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate *Forst, Lower Saxony, a district of Bevern, known for its residents Roedelius and Moebius in the 1970s In Italy * Forst (Foresta), a frazione in the comune of Algund (Lagundo) in South Tyrol, Italy In Switzerland * Forst, Switzerland, in the Canton of Bern People * David Forst (born 1976), American baseball executive * Grete Forst (1878–1942), Austrian soprano *Rainer Forst (born 1964), German philosopher *Willi Forst (1903–1980), Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forst (Baden)
Forst is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route 2 km north of Bruchsal and shares a direct border with that city. 1988 F-16C jet fighter crash On March 31, 1988, a US Air Force F-16C The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successf ... jet fighter crashed into the town during a low-altitude exercise. After striking the roof of a house and badly damaging another, the aircraft slid down along the length of Forster Hardtstrasse, setting several houses on fire. The pilot, 24-year old Lt. Thomas Edward Doyle, and a resident, 62-year old Theo Huber, were killed. References Karlsruhe (district) {{Karlsruhedistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
