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Staffel Station
Staffel station (also called ''Limburg-Staffel'') is a heritage-listed station in the Limburg district of Staffel in the German state of Hesse. The Limburg-Staffel–Siershahn railway branches off the Limburg–Altenkirchen railway at the station. Station building The station building was built in 1870 during the construction of the Limburg–Westerburg section of the Limburg–Altenkirchen railway (also called the Upper Westerwald Railway). The architect of the two-storey plaster building was probably Heinrich Velde. The neo-classical building is east of the tracks and originally had five parallel portals, but it was subsequently extended to the south. On the side facing the town it has a gable dormer. To the north there is a low, plastered goods shed supported by timber trusses. A signal box built in 1890 for the Limburg-Staffel–Siershahn railway (also called the Lower Westerwald Railway) can also be seen. This small building has a ground storey built of brick, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limburg An Der Lahn
Limburg an der Lahn (officially abbreviated ''Limburg a. d. Lahn'') is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Limburg lies in western Hessen between the Taunus and the Westerwald on the river Lahn. The town lies roughly centrally in a basin within the Rhenish Slate Mountains which is surrounded by the low ranges of the Taunus and Westerwald and called the Limburg Basin (''Limburger Becken''). Owing to the favourable soil and climate, the Limburg Basin stands as one of Hesse's richest agricultural regions and moreover, with its convenient Lahn crossing, it has been of great importance to transport since the Middle Ages. Within the basin, the Lahn's otherwise rather narrow lower valley broadens out noticeably, making Limburg's mean elevation only 117 m above sea level. Neighbouring communities Limburg forms, together with the town of Diez, a middle centre (in terms of Central place theory) but partially functions as an upper centre to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diez, Germany
Diez an der Lahn is a town in Germany's Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate, on the borders of Hesse. Diez is the administrative seat of the municipality of Diez. Sitting on the confluence of the Lahn and Aar rivers, the town and the area have been inhabited by humans since the Stone Age. The old town is dominated by an eleventh century castle, now a youth hostel and museum. It is the ancestral home of the House of Nassau-Dietz, which in 1815 became the Dutch Royal Family. Geography Geographical Location The center of Diez is located four miles southwest of Limburg an der Lahn and 31 miles east of Koblenz. Diez, in Rheinland-Pfalz, and the adjoining city of Limburg, in the state of Hessen, are so close that in modern times they have increasingly merged into a single urban area, although they remain historically and politically distinct. The low rolling hills around Diez form part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. The Lahn Valley serves as the boundary between the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westerburg Station
Westerburg station is a junction station on the currently closed Herborn–Montabaur railway (also called in German the ''Westerwaldquerbahn'', Cross Westerwald Railway) and the still operated Limburg–Altenkirchen railway (also called the ''Oberwesterwaldbahn'', Upper Westerwald Railway). It is in Westerburg in Westerwaldkreis, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. History The station was opened together with the corresponding section of the Upper Westerwald Railway on 1 October 1886. The entrance building of the station was not completed until 1887. The Cross Westerwald Railway went into operation from Westerburg to Herborn on 16 July 1907 and was extended to Montabaur on 1 June 1910. The station building was then in the form of an ''Inselbahnhof'' ("island station", that is surrounded by tracks). There were a number of sidings to local industrial sites. Passenger services was stopped on both sections of the Cross Westerwald Railway that connect with West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betzdorf (Sieg) Station
Betzdorf (Sieg) station is in the town of Betzdorf, Germany, Betzdorf in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the Sieg Railway (''Siegstrecke'') and is the starting point of the Betzdorf–Haiger railway to Haiger station, Haiger/Dillenburg station, Dillenburg and the to Daaden. History The construction of the station began with the construction of the Deutz–Gießen railway, Köln-Deutz–Gießen railway and the Sieg Railway, branch line from Betzdorf to Siegen on 10 January 1861. As a result of the construction of the two lines, Betzdorf became a railway junction and railway town. It had a marshalling yard to serve the surrounding iron ore mines and it grew rapidly. Its importance as a railway junction meant that the town and station suffered severe air raids during the Second World War, resulting in two thirds of the town being destroyed by bombing. In one raid, on 12 March 1945, 61 people were killed. This attack was carried out by the Eighth Air Force, US Eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegen Station
Siegen Hauptbahnhof is the main station of the town of Siegen, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in close to the modern centre of Siegen, which includes the bus station and the Sieg Carré and City Galerie shopping centres. History The station was opened on 10 January 1861 simultaneously with the opening of the branch line from Siegen to Betzdorf, Germany, Betzdorf, now part of the Sieg Railway. The Altena–Siegen section of the Ruhr–Sieg railway, Ruhr–Sieg line was opened in August 1861. Jews were deported from Siegen station from 1942 to 1944. This is recalled on a plaque on track 3. Services Today the station has six platform tracks. Track 1 (a dock platform) and track 2 are next to the main station building. The other four tracks are located on the island platform, a through platform and a terminating platform on each side of the platform. Platforms are 38 cm high and the maximum usable length of platforms varies from 118 to 344 m. The station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siershahn
Siershahn is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. History Clay finds from La Tène times have been unearthed here. In 1211, Siershahn had its first documentary mention as ''Sigarshagen''. Politics The municipal council is made up of 21 council members, with the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009. Allocation of seats in the municipal council: Economy and infrastructure Siershahn's biggest firm, and the one richest in tradition is Cera Tech (formerly Keramchemie), still employing most of the villagers. Nearby, during the Second World War, was a prison camp. Siershahn has several bypass roads so that heavy vehicles do not drive through the community as they once did. Transport The nearest Autobahn interchange is Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 2 km away. Siershahn was once an important ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montabaur Station
Montabaur station is a station at the 89.1 kilometre point of the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed railway and on the Limburg–Siershahn railway (Lower Westerwald Railway) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station, which is served by regional and long-distance passenger services and freight traffic, is on the outskirts of the town of Montabaur. It is aligned parallel with Autobahn 3 (A3), which runs immediately to the north. The construction costs amounted to €23.6 million. Station infrastructure The new line runs through the area of the station on a roughly 15 metre-high embankment. The station's tracks are divided into an area for high-speed line operations (with the German operating points code of FMT) and an area serving regional operations on the Lower Westerwald Railway (operating points abbreviation FMTN). There is only an indirect connection between the two parts: the eastern catch point from the northern Intercity-Express (ICE) platform track (4), has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Au (Sieg) Station
Au (Sieg) station is a railway junction in the town of Au in the municipality of Windeck, which is in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies on the Sieg Railway to Siegen, where the Engers–Au railway branches off to Altenkirchen, where it connects with the Upper Westerwald Railway (''Oberwesterwaldbahn''). Despite the town’s small population, the junction station is important for commuters from the districts of Altenkirchen, Neuwied and Westerwaldkreis for its connections towards Siegen, Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf and Aachen. History Au station was opened in August 1860 as part of the Deutz–Gießen railway by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft''). The Engers–Au railway (''Oberwesterwaldbahn'', Upper Westerwald Railway) to Altenkirchen was opened in May 1887, connecting to Engers. Thus, it became a railway junction with an enlarged track layout. Since 2 June 1991, Au station has been the terminus of Cologne S- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Altenkirchen () is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the district of Altenkirchen. It is located approximately 40 km east of Bonn and 50 km north of Koblenz. Altenkirchen is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld. Population development Geography * Lahrer Herrlichkeit, a landscape region in the collective municipality of Flammersfeld Notable people * Dirk Adorf (born 1969), race car driver * Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (born 1975), politician (SPD) * Dittmar Hahn (born 1943), former judge of the Federal Administrative Court * Claus Koch (born 1953), jazz musician * Ernst Lindemann (1894–1941), an officer of the Imperial Navy and later the Navy commander of the battleship '' Bismarck '' * Hermann Heinrich Traut (born 1866), librarian * Marie Gülich (born 1994), WNBA player. Other personalities The following figures are not native Altenkirchen people, but have worked or lived in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dornburg, Hesse
Dornburg is a municipality in the Westerwald in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Neighbouring communities Dornburg borders in the north and west on communities in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, with the other neighbours all lying in Limburg-Weilburg. Among them is the town of Hadamar, historically the seat of a county. Constituent communities Dornburg’s ''Ortsteile'' are Frickhofen (administrative seat; celebrates its 1,200-year jubilee in 2009), Langendernbach, Dorndorf (state-recognized health resort), Thalheim and Wilsenroth (state-recognized air spa) History The “Dornburg”, which gave the community its name after its forerunner communities were amalgamated in 1974, is a roughly 396-m-high elevation upon which are found the remains of a ringwall site from La Tène times (5th to 1st century BC). Within it lay a Celtic settlement rather like a town. On the Blasiusberg was a worship place. The Christian chapel built there later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elz, Hesse
Elz is a municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in western Hesse, Germany, on the boundary with Rhineland-Palatinate. Geography Location Elz lies at an elevation of 110 to 291 m north of the Lahn in the Limburg Basin with the municipal area reaching into the heights on its western edge and thereby into the area of the Lower Westerwald (''Elzer Wald''). From north to south the municipal area is crossed by the flat-bottomed Elbbach valley, whose resident stream rises in the High Westerwald and flows south from Elz, emptying into the Lahn. Geology The Elbbach's broad lower reaches follow a tectonically created fault (''Elzer Graben'') which stretches northwards into the community of Dornburg. The Devonian bedrock here is, especially west of the Elbbach, overlain with thick sedimentary fill from the Tertiary (clays, sands, gravels) of which especially the quartz sand has afforded the region some economic importance. Overlying these in turn are layers of Ice Age loess de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
