Reichsbahndirektion Nürnberg (RBD Nürnberg) was a
Deutsche Reichsbahn railway division within the
Bavarian Group Administration The Bavarian Group Administration or ''Gruppenverwaltung Bayern'' was a largely autonomous railway administration within the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German Imperial Railways) between the two world wars. It was formed on 1 April 1920 from the former Ba ...
in southern
Germany, with its headquarters at
Nuremberg (German: ''Nürnberg''),
Bavaria.
The area covered by this
division included the Bavarian provinces of
Middle and
Lower Franconia (including the territory of the former ''
Reichsbahndirektion
In Germany and Austria, the running of railway services for a railway administration or the regional network of a large railway company was devolved to railway divisions, variously known as ''Eisenbahndirektionen (ED), Bundesbahndirektionen (BD)'' ...
'' of
Würzburg) as well as the fringes of
Upper Palatinate and
Bavarian Swabia
Swabia (german: Schwaben, ) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany.
Governance
The county of Swabia is located in southwest Bavaria. It was annexed by Bavaria in 1803, is part of the historic region of Swabia and was ...
.
Important railway routes within this division were:
*
Aschaffenburg –
Würzburg –
Nuremberg –
Neumarkt (Oberpfalz) – (
Regensburg
Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...
)
* (
Halle Halle may refer to:
Places Germany
* Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt
** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt
** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany
** Hall ...
/
Leipzig) –
Ludwigsstadt
Ludwigsstadt is a town in the district of Kronach, in the Upper Franconian region of Bavaria, Germany.
Geography
It is situated in the valley of the Loquitz River, a tributary of the Saale, in the Thuringian-Franconian Highlands of the Thurin ...
–
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...
–
Nuremberg – (
Treuchtlingen) – (
Augsburg/
Ingolstadt –
Munich)
*
Würzburg –
Ansbach – (Treuchtlingen) – (Augsburg/Ingolstadt – Munich)
* (
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits in ...
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Ritschenhausen
Ritschenhausen is a municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe af ...
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Schweinfurt – Würzburg – (
Heilbronn
Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state.
From the late Mid ...
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Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
)
External links
Map of RBD Nürnberg
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reichsbahndirektion Nurnberg
History of rail transport in Bavaria
Rail transport in Nuremberg
Nürnberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ci ...