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Saasen Station
Saasen (german: Bahnhof Saasen) is a station in Saasen, Hesse, Germany. Rail services The station is served daily by hourly Regionalbahn (RB 45) services on the Limburg (Lahn)–Weilburg–Wetzlar–Gießen– Alsfeld (Oberhess)–Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. History ... route. In the peak, additional Regionalbahn services run on the Gießen–Grünberg–Mücke route. References Railway stations in Hesse Buildings and structures in Giessen (district) {{Hesse-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saasen
Saasen (; ) is a village in the municipality of Reiskirchen in Central Hesse, Germany. It includes the hamlets of Bollnbach, Veitsberg and Wirberg, a former castle. The village is located on the River Wieseck, east of the main town of Reiskirchen, in the Busecker Tal region (the valley of the River Buseck), and a few hundred metres from the Bundesstraße 49 arterial road. Saasen station is on the Vogelsberg Railway. Saasen has a population of about 1100. The settlement was first mentioned in a document in the year 1111. The name of the village has changed over the centuries: * in Sahsun (1111/1137) * fon den Sassen (1249) * de Sahsen (1251) * de Sasen (1279) * von den Sayssin (1379) Division of the town The village consists of 9 hamlets or settlements: * Saasen centre (Mittelstadt) * New housing estate * Old village (Altstadt) * Western village * Eastern village * Wirberg * Stromberg * Veitsberg * Bollnbach The village square The village square in Saasen is surrounded by ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gießen Station
Gießen railway station (german: Bahnhof Gießen) is the main railway station in Gießen, Hesse, Germany. The station is a Category 2 station is used by 20,000 passengers daily. The station was opened on 25 August 1850 and is located on the Main-Weser Railway (Kassel – Frankfurt (Main)) and Dill railway (Siegen – Gießen). The current station reception building was built between 1904 and 1911. The main original station building is a historic landmark and has been protected. Outside the station is a bus station and a taxi rank . Parking garages are located nearby. History The first Gießen station was a temporary station built in 1850 on the Main-Weser Railway at Oswaldsgarten. This temporary arrangement was replaced in 1853/54 with a new station further south at the present site with an appropriate station building. This was built in a neoclassical style with a symmetrical E-shaped plan. Between 1869 and 1871, the Upper Hessian Railway Company (''Oberhessische Eisenbahn-Ges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsfeld Station
Alsfeld station is in the town of Alsfeld in the German state of Hesse. It is at line-km 60.3 of the Vogelsberg Railway (''Vogelsbergbahn'') and line-km 0.0 of the Niederaula–Alsfeld railway, which was closed in 1988. The entrance building, which was built in 1914/15 at Bahnhofstraße 14, is a protected monument. History In 1868, the Second Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Hesse decided to build the ''Oberhessischen Eisenbahn'' ("Upper Hessian Railway", now called the Vogelsberg Railway) from Gießen via Alsfeld to Fulda. The official opening of the station took place on 29 July 1870 with the opening of the Grünberg–Alsfeld section. The station was the terminus of the trains from Giessen until 30 October, when the next section was opened to Lauterbach. The Vogelsberg Railway was completed on 31 July 1871, so that the cities of Giessen and Fulda were now accessible by rail. When the Niederaula–Alsfeld railway (''Gründchenbahn'' or Gründchen Railway) was added, the old en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mücke (Hess) Station
Mücke is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Mücke lies from 200 to 350 m above sea level in the northwest foothills of the Vogelsberg Mountains on the upper reaches of the river Ohm, a tributary to the Lahn Neighbouring communities Mücke borders in the north on the town of Homberg, in the northeast on the community of Gemünden, in the east on the community of Feldatal and the town of Ulrichstein, in the south on the town of Laubach (Gießen district), and in the west on the town of Ulrichstein and the community of Grünberg (Gießen district). Constituent communities The community came into being, like many other communities through Hesse's municipal reforms, with the amalgamation of twelve formerly independent communities. These are listed here: *Atzenhain *Bernsfeld *Flensungen *Groß-Eichen *Höckersdorf *Ilsdorf *Merlau (including Kirschgarten) *Nieder-Ohmen (including Windhain) *Ober-Ohmen *Ruppertenrod *Sellnrod (including S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grünberg (Oberhess) Station
Grünberg or Gruenberg (German for ''green mountain'') may refer to: Places * Grünberg, Hesse, a town in Hesse * Grünberg (St. Bernhard-Frauenhofen), a part of Sankt Bernhard-Frauenhofen, Austria * Grünberg, the German name for Zielona Góra, Poland * Grünberg, a part of Leopoldshagen, Mecklenburg, Western Pomerania * Grünberg, a part of Ottendorf-Okrilla, Saxony * Gruenberg, South Australia is now part of Moculta, east of the Barossa Valley Other uses * Grünberg (surname) * Grünberg aerial tramway, in Gmunden, Austria See also * Greenberg * Grinberg Grinberg is a surname and Yiddish variant of Grünberg, literally "green mountain" in German. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Greenberg (cinematographer) (born 1939), Polish cinematographer * Alexander Grinberg, Soviet photographer * ..., Grynberg * Grünburg {{DEFAULTSORT:Grunberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eschhofen Station
Eschhofen station lies on the Lahn Valley Railway (german: Lahntalbahn) in the town of Limburg an der Lahn in the German state of Hesse. In addition, just east of the station, the Main-Lahn Railway (''Main-Lahn-Bahn'') branches off to Frankfurt. The station was opened in 1863. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. History Eschhofen station was opened on 10 January 1863 with the inauguration of the Lahn Valley Railway. The first section of the Main-Lahn Railway was opened to traffic between Eschhofen and Niederselters on 1 February 1875 and the rest of the line was completed to Frankfurt on 15 October 1877. The current station building was probably built in 1896 and is classified as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act. Infrastructure The station is only served by regional services. It has three platform tracks. Track 1 (the “home” platform, next to the station building) is used for trains running towards Limburg and Koblenz. Track 2 and track 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulda Station
Fulda station is an important transport hub of the German railway network in the east Hessian city of Fulda. It is used by about 20,000 travellers each day. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station. It is a stop for Intercity-Express, Intercity services and regional services. The original station was opened as part of the Frankfurt–Bebra railway in 1866. This was destroyed during the Second World War and rebuilt after the war. The station was adapted in the 1980s for the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway. Connecting lines Fulda is situated on the North-South line (''Nord-Süd-Strecke'') and the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed line and is an important interchange point between local and long distance traffic. The term 'North-South line' refers to the Bebra-Fulda line north of Fulda, Kinzig Valley Railway and Fulda-Main Railway in the south. The Vogelsberg Railway connects to the hills of the Vogelsberg in the west, and the Fulda–Gersfeld Railway ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsfeld (Oberhess) Station
Alsfeld station is in the town of Alsfeld in the German state of Hesse. It is at line-km 60.3 of the Vogelsberg Railway (''Vogelsbergbahn'') and line-km 0.0 of the Niederaula–Alsfeld railway, which was closed in 1988. The entrance building, which was built in 1914/15 at Bahnhofstraße 14, is a protected monument. History In 1868, the Second Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Hesse decided to build the ''Oberhessischen Eisenbahn'' ("Upper Hessian Railway", now called the Vogelsberg Railway) from Gießen station, Gießen via Alsfeld to Fulda station, Fulda. The official opening of the station took place on 29 July 1870 with the opening of the Grünberg station, Grünberg–Alsfeld section. The station was the terminus of the trains from Giessen until 30 October, when the next section was opened to Lauterbach (Hess) Nord station, Lauterbach. The Vogelsberg Railway was completed on 31 July 1871, so that the cities of Giessen and Fulda were now accessible by rail. When the Niederaula–A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
