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Monsheim Station
Monsheim station is in the municipality of Monsheim in the Alzey-Worms district of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is at the junction of the Rheinhessen Railway, the Palatine Northern Railway and the Zeller Valley Railway. The station’s entrance building is protected as a monument. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. History The first Monsheim station was opened in 1864 simultaneously with the section of the Rheinhessen Railway from Worms. The importance of the station rose sharply as a result of the continuation of the construction of the Rheinhessen line via Alzey to Bingen and the connection of the Palatine Northern Railway and the Zeller Valley Railway. As a result, a new station building was built in 1885. The station stopped being a railway junction with the closure of the Palatine Northern Railway between Grünstadt and Monsheim in 1984 and the Zeller Valley Railway in 1985. However, it became a railway junction again in 1995 when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsheim
Monsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Monsheim lies in the southern Wonnegau in Rhenish Hesse on the river Pfrimm, which rises in the southern Donnersbergkreis and empties into the Rhine at Worms, which is roughly 10 km from the municipality. It is also the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Monsheim. History Prehistory The Pfrimm valley has long been settled. In the Monsheim municipal area there have been many archaeological finds. Important are the finds made in the rural area known as ''Hinkelstein''. Here, in 1866, while a field was being cleared to make way for a vineyard, a burial ground was discovered. Originally standing here was a menhir some 2 m tall, known in the local speech as the ''Hinkelstein''; this is now kept in the Monsheim Castle grounds. The discovery was investigated by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worms Central Station
Worms Hauptbahnhof is, along with ''Worms Pfeddersheim'' station, one of two operational passenger stations in the Rhenish Hesse city of Worms, Germany. The station with its pedestrian underpass is also an essential link between the eastern and the western parts of central Worms. Every day it is used by about 15,000 people. History Beginnings The history of the railway to Worm began in 1836, when the governments of France and Bavaria were planning to build a railway along the western bank of the Rhine between Basel and Cologne via Strasbourg and Mainz. Two years later, however, the plans were dropped for economic and military reasons by the other states the railway would have crossed: the Grand Duchies of Baden, Hesse and the Kingdom of Prussia. Instead, the Main-Neckar line was built on the east side of Rhine. Finally, in 1844 some citizens in Mainz and Worms took the initiative to establish a company for building a railway from Mainz to Worms. The private company constructin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horrweiler
Horrweiler is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Horrweiler lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen. History In the 12th century, Horrweiler was Salian, and then passed into Electorate of the Palatinate ownership and was annexed to the '' Amt'' of Stromberg as a subfief, with which it remained until the French Revolution. The tithes and patronage rights over the church were originally held by the Counts of Leiningen, who further conferred them upon members of the lower nobility. Owing to frequent conflicts, ever more mediation was needed. From 1518 to 1802, Saint Peter’s Monastery in Mainz held tithing rights in Horrweiler with the original right to place the local priest. In the wake of the Reformation, Saint Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gensingen
Gensingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Gensingen lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach on the river Nahe. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen. Neighbouring municipalities The municipality's neighbours are Grolsheim, Langenlonsheim, Horrweiler, Laubenheim, Welgesheim, Aspisheim, Biebelsheim, Ockenheim, Bretzenheim, Zotzenheim, Dorsheim, Sprendlingen and Bad Kreuznach-Ippesheim. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 21 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus: (as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004) Coat of arms The municipality's arms might be described thus: or, the letter G between three mullets of six sable. While the letter G could stand for Gensingen, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flörsheim-Dalsheim
Flörsheim-Dalsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality, belonging to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Monsheim, whose seat is in the like-named municipality, lies in Rhenish Hesse. Constituent communities The municipality’s ''Ortsteile'' are Nieder-Flörsheim and Dalsheim. Dalsheim was earlier known as a ''Flecken'' (“market town”), which explains the village wall’s name, ''Fleckenmauer''. History The municipality of Flörsheim-Dalsheim came into being on 7 June 1969 through the amalgamation of the municipalities of Dalsheim and Nieder-Flörsheim. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following re ... [...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] |
Grünstadt Station
Grünstadt station is a railway junction where the Palatine Northern Railway connects with the Eis Valley Railway and the disused tracks of the Leiningen Valley Railway and the Worms–Grünstadt railway. It is one of three stations in the urban area of Grünstadt in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station’s entrance building of 1873 as well as parts of the premises are protected as monuments. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a German railway station categories, category 4 station. History Grünstadt station was opened on 21 March 1873, with the northern section of the Palatine Northern Railway between Grünstadt and Monsheim station, Monsheim. In the same year operations commenced on the section from Bad Dürkheim station, Bad Dürkheim. With the opening of lines to Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Enkenbach, Worms, Germany, Worms and Altleiningen, it gained connections in five directions. Between 1967 and 1984 with the exception of the lines to Bad Durkheim and Frankent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bingen (Rhein) Stadt Station
Bingen (Rhein) Stadt station (Bingen town station) is, after Bingen Hauptbahnhof, the second largest station in the town of Bingen am Rhein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station is located on the West Rhine Railway (german: Linke Rheinstrecke) between Koblenz to Mainz. Furthermore, the station is the beginning and end of the Rheinhessen Railway to/from Worms. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. History On 17 October 1859, the Hessian Ludwig Railway (''Hessische Ludwigsbahn'') opened the West Rhine Railway, which ran between Mainz and Bingen, initially only for freight operations. The station now called ''Bingen (Rhein) Stadt'' was opened with the line as the border station of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. On the other side of the border in Prussia, the Rhenish Railway Company operated its own station, then called'' Bingerbrück'', but now called ''Bingen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof'' (Bingen (Rhine) main station). Around 1880 the station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alzey Station
Alzey station is, along with the stations Alzey Süd and Alzey West, one of three stations in the urban area of the Rhenish Hesse (german: Rheinhessen) town of Alzey in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a German railway station categories, category 3 station. History The station was built in 1871 during the construction of the Alzey–Mainz railway and the Worms–Bingen Stadt railway, Rheinhessen Railway by the Hessian Ludwig Railway (''Hessische Ludwigsbahn'', HLB). Three years later, the Donnersberg Railway was opened to Kirchheimbolanden. Most recently, the was officially opened on 28 September 1896, but it was closed after almost 100 years. The station building and the nearby freight yard were built from Flonheim sandstone. The station, as restored in the 1920s, had a waiting room for first and second class passengers and another for the third and fourth class. At noon on 19 October 1944, the station building was destroyed by an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Railway Station Categories
The approximately 5,400 railway stations in Germany that are owned and operated by the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Station&Service are divided into seven categories, denoting the service level available at the station. This categorisation influences the amount of money railway companies need to pay to DB Station&Service for using the facilities at the stations. Categories Category 1 The 21 stations in Category 1 are considered traffic hubs. They are permanently staffed and carry all sorts of railway-related facilities, as well as usually featuring a shopping mall in the station. Most of these stations are the central (commonly referred to as main) stations (''Hauptbahnhof'' or ''Hbf'') of large cities with 500,000 inhabitants and above, though some in smaller cities, such as Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, are regarded as important because they are at the junction of important railway lines. Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne, the four biggest cities in Germany, have more than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms and Neuwied. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by the countries France, Luxembourg and Belgium. Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II, from parts of the former states of Prussia (part of its Rhineland and Nassau provinces), Hesse (Rhenish Hesse) and Bavaria (its former outlying Palatinate kreis or district), by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 and shared the country's only border with the Saar Protectorate until the latter wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
