The Gersprenz Valley Railway (german: Gersprenztalbahn) is a defunct railway track in the
Gersprenz
Gersprenz is a river that starts in the Odenwald, Hesse and flows into the river Main near Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany. Including its source river Mergbach, it is long, without the Mergbach it is long.
Tributaries
The tributaries of the Ge ...
valley of the
Odenwald
The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Location
The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried'' (the northeastern section ...
that was operated until 1963 and ran from
Reichelsheim via
Fränkisch‐Crumbach,
Brensbach
Brensbach is a municipality in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
Brensbach lies in the northern Odenwald in the Gersprenz valley.
Neighbouring communities
Brensbach borders in the north on the towns of Groß-Bi ...
, and
Groß-Bieberau
Groß-Bieberau is a town in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 15 km southeast of Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the F ...
to
Reinheim
Reinheim is a town in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated southeast of Darmstadt.
International relations
Twin towns - Sister cities
Reinheim is twinned with:
* Licata, Italy (since 29.6.2001)
* Cestas, France ...
. Folklore had named the railway ''Odenwälder Lieschen'' ("Lisa of the Odenwald" in the diminutive).
Rails were dismantled from Bieberau southwards in 1964.
See also
*
Odenwaldbahn
References
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Railway lines closed in 1962
Railway lines in Hesse
1962 disestablishments in Germany