''Bundesstraße'' 22 (abbreviated to B 22) is a German federal highway that runs from
Würzburg
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Würzburg ...
(branching off the
B 8 near Rottendorf) in
Lower Franconia
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History
After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally ...
, through the
Upper Franconian
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cities of
Bamberg and
Bayreuth and the
Upper Palatine town of
Weiden, to
Cham
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. The highway acts as a bypass for the Upper Franconian villages of
Seybothenreuth and
Speichersdorf as well as the Upper Palatine towns of
Kemnath
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,
Erbendorf
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The following villages are incorporated into the town:
Aschenhof, Birkenreuth, Boxdorf, Eppenhof, Frodersreut ...
,
Oberviechtach and
Rötz, running past
Cham (Oberpfalz), where it joins the
B 20 and
B 85 highways.
Between Erbendorf and Cham the B 22 is part of the
Bavarian Ostmark
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Road, that was completed in 1938.
History
Origins
The Würzburg prince-bishop, Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim, was appointed as
Bishop of Würzburg
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in 1755 and also
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__TOC__ Bishops, 1007–1245
* Eberhard I 1007-1040
* Suidger von Morsleben 1040-1046 (Later Pope Clement II)
* Hartw ...
in 1757. He encouraged the construction of roads in his two dioceses and had the road between his residence cities of Würzburg and Bamberg upgraded to a long-distance country road or ''Chaussee''. The road from Bamberg to Bayreuth was also upgraded to a ''Chaussee'' on the section to Würgau.
Former routes and designations
''Reichsstraße'' 22 (Reich highway no. 22) was established in 1932, branching from
''Reichsstraße'' 15 from
Mitterteich
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Notable people
* Theobald Schrems ( ...
to
Eger
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. Later this route became part of
''Bundesstraße'' 299.
Not until 1937 was the well-constructed country road between Würzburg, Bamberg and Bayreuth incorporated into the ''
Reichsstraße'' network as ''Reichsstraße'' 22. In 1937 this ''Reichsstraße'' only went as far as Weiden. In 1938 its condition east of Bayreuth was described as dangerously poor.
The Bavarian Ostmark Road was completed in 1938. For military-strategic reasons it was built parallel to the then German-Czechoslovakian border and was the first north-south route through the
Upper Palatine Forest
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that was suitable for motor vehicles. Between Weiden and Erbendorf it replaced the previous ''Reichsstraße''.
Alterations
In 1959 a new bridge over the River
Main
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...
was built at
Stadtschwarzach for the B 22.
The section between the junction at Scheßlitz and the Bamberg crossroads was replaced by the
A 70 motorway. From there it runs on the
A 73 to the junction of Bamberg Süd. The roadbed of the old B 22 from Bamberg to Scheßlitz was downgraded and redesignated as state highway (''
Staatsstraße'') 2190.
Sources
*Thomas Gunzelmann: ''Ein erhaltener Abschnitt einer fürstbischöflich-bambergischen Chaussee bei Unterleiterbach''. In: Dietmar Absch und Günter Dippold: Dorf-Leben. Politik, Glaube und Kultur im Wandel. 1200 Jahre Unterleiterbach, S. 176–178.
*Josef Forster: ''Auf und Ab durch das Grenzland''. Bundesstraße 22 eine der schönsten Panoramastrecken in Deutschland. In: Heimatzeitung Der neue Tag vom 6. Oktober 2004 oder im oberpfalznetz.de, Netzcode: 10622925.
*Josef Forster: ''Panoramatour Ostmarkstraße''. In: Heimatkundlicher Arbeitskreis Vohenstrauß: Streifzüge 26/2004. S. 38–42.
See also
*
List of federal highways in Germany
The following is a list of the German federal highways or ''Bundesstraßen''. This does not include the autobahns.
Numbering system
The ''Bundesstraßen'' do not have a numbering system like that used for German ''autobahns'' (motorways), but th ...
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Buildings and structures in Schwandorf (district)
Buildings and structures in Cham (district)