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Zwingenberg (Bergstraße) Station
Zwingenberg (Bergstr) station is a station on the Main-Neckar Railway in the town of Zwingenberg, Hesse, Zwingenberg on the Bergstraße Route, Mountain Road in the German state of Hesse. It has a heritage-listed entrance building. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a German railway station categories, category 5 station. History The station was opened in 1845/46 along with the Main-Neckar Railway between Frankfurt and Heidelberg. The plans for the entrance building were probably drawn up by the Darmstadt court architect Georg Moller. Originally the station was built as a two-storey building with a roof turret. Years later, an extra storey was added. Similarly, two smaller buildings were added. The main building is built in yellow sandstone and has three floors. The division between the floors is marked by red sandstone. The windows are also framed in red sandstone. North of the building is the old walled garden of the former station master. Infrastructure The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zwingenberg, Hesse
Zwingenberg lies in the Bergstraße district in southern Hessen, Germany, south of Frankfurt and Darmstadt, and with the granting of town rights coming in 1274 it is the oldest town on the Hessen Bergstraße. Geography Location Zwingenberg lies on the western edge of the Odenwald at the foot of the Melibokus, at 517.4 m above sea level the Bergstraße's highest mountain. The municipal area's elevation varies between roughly 90 m above sea level in the outlying centre of Rodau and just under 300 m on the slope of the Melibokus. Zwingenberg's highest elevation is no one single mountain. Rather, it runs along the Melibokus's slope into the area of Auerbach, an outlying centre of Bensheim. The 100-metre marker at Zwingenberg railway station is taken to be the standard. In the west, Zwingenberg abuts the ''Hessisches Ried'', and thereby the Rhine rift. In Zwingenberg's west, towards Rodau and in Rodau itself, cropraising and meadows prevail. Only a small patc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
