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Cologne–Lindlar Railway
The Cologne–Lindlar railway (also formerly known as the Sülztalbahn: "Sülz Valley Railway") is a formerly 45 km long, partly disused railway line from Mülheim, Cologne, Mülheim via Bergisch Gladbach, Bensberg, Rösrath, Hoffnungsthal and Immekeppel to Lindlar in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, S-Bahn services operate on the section between Cologne and Bergisch Gladbach, which is electrified. The remaining section was never electrified and is now largely closed, although some of it is used for freight. The section between Rösrath and Hoffnungsthal is now part of the Köln-Kalk–Overath railway. History Cologne-Mülheim–Bergisch Gladbach–Bensberg section The initial plans of 1863 were to build a line from Mülheim am Rhine (now Köln-Mülheim station) to Bergisch Gladbach and on to Wipperfürth. However, on December 1, 1868 the initial section was completed by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company to Bergisch Gladbach only. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köln-Mülheim Station
Köln-Mülheim is a railway station situated at Mülheim, Cologne, Mülheim, Cologne in western Germany. It is served by several regional trains, the S6 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), S6 and S11 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), S11 lines of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and the 13 and 18 lines of Cologne Stadtbahn. History In the 19th century there were several stations in Mülheim, since all the private railway companies had separate lines and railway facilities. The stations of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (, CME) on the Cologne–Duisburg railway, line between Cologne and Duisburg and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (''Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn''-Gesellschaft, BME) on the Gruiten–Köln-Deutz railway, Gruiten–Cologne-Deutz railway) were next to each other in Buchheim-Strasse (now Wiener Platz). The station of the Rhenish Railway Company (''Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', RhE) on the Troisdorf–Mülheim-Speldorf railway was built outside the town at the site of the current Colog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Untereschbach
Overath (; ) is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Overath is located about 25 km east of Cologne, in the Bergisches Land. Despite the reclassification as a 'Stadt' (town, though the German understanding leans towards city) years ago due to surpassing the relevant population threshold, the former appellation Gemeinde (parish) seems more appropriate (particularly to the inhabitants) due to the spread-out villages it consists of. The main settlement is in the Agger valley, with others spread on the hills surrounding it. The ''kleine Heckberg'' (small Heckberg, 348 m) near Federath is the highest point of Overath, and the whole ''Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis''. Neighbouring cities are Rösrath in the West, Bergisch Gladbach in the North-West, Lindlar in the North-East, Engelskirchen in the East and Much, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid and Lohmar in the South. Subdivisions Overath is divided into 7 parts. * Brombach * Hei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalk, Cologne
Kalk ( ; ) is the Eighth borough or ''Districts of Cologne, Stadtbezirk'' of Cologne, Germany. Kalk was merged into the city of Cologne in 1910, the borough was formed in 1975. The borough of Kalk borders with Mülheim, Cologne, Mülheim to the North, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis to the East, the Cologne borough of Porz to the South and Deutz, Cologne, Deutz to the West. History Subdivisions Kalk consists of nine Stadtteile (city parts): Education The ''Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule'' is located in Kalk. ''Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule''. Retrieved on 6 April 2015. "Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule Kantstrasse 3 51103 Köln-Kalk" The ''Japanische Schule Köln e.V.'' (ケルン日本語補習授業校 ''Kerun Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), a Hoshuko, Japanese weekend school, holds its classes in the ''Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule''. It began holding classes there as of 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metre Gauge
Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and Germany in their colonies. In Europe, large metre-gauge networks remain in use in Switzerland, Spain and many European towns with urban trams, but most metre-gauge local railways in France, Germany and Belgium closed down in the mid-20th century, although some still remain. With the revival of urban rail transport, metre-gauge light metros were built in some cities. The slightly-wider gauge is used in Sofia, Bulgaria. Another similar gauge is . __TOC__ Examples of metre-gauge See also * Italian metre gauge * Narrow-gauge railways A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gaug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bensberg Bahntrasse
Bergisch Gladbach () is a city in the Cologne/Bonn Region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (district). Geography Bergisch Gladbach is east of the Rhine and about 10 km east of Cologne. City structure The urban area of Bergisch Gladbach is not divided into city districts (''Stadtbezirke'') with their own district representation. For statistical purposes, there are six statistical districts (''statistische Bezirke''), which are numbered consecutively and are divided into several districts ('' :de: Stadtteile'') with their own names. These are mainly name of former smaller settlements from which today's urban area developed, or new development areas whose names have been memorized over time for better orientation. Bensberg was an independent town until 1975. Before 1975, Schildgen belonged to the municipality of Odenthal. *Statistical District 1: Schildgen (11), Katterbach (12), Nussbaum (13), Paffrath (14), Hand (15) *Statistical D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company
The Bergisch-Markisch Railway Company (, BME), also referred to as the Berg-Mark Railway Company or, more rarely, as the Bergisch-Markische Railway Company, was a German railway company that together with the Cologne-Minden Railway (''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', ''CME'') and the Rhenish Railway Company (''Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', ''RhE'') was one of the three (nominally) private railway companies that in the mid-19th century built the first railways in the Ruhr and large parts of today's North Rhine-Westphalia. Its name refers to Bergisches Land and the County of Mark. History Foundation The Bergisch-Markisch Railway Company was founded on 18 October 1843 in Elberfeld (today a city district of Wuppertal). Since the Cologne-Minden Railway Company had decided to build its route via Duisburg rather than through the valley of the Wupper river, the Bergisch-Markisch Railway Company (, BME) determined to build its own line through the Wupper valley, to creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wipperfürth
310px, Map of the city 250px, Town hall Wipperfürth () is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 40 km north-east of Cologne, and the oldest town in the Bergischen Land. History The eldest documentary mention dates from 1131. In the Siegburger Mirakelbuch the place is already designated Oppidum(=town). Manner of writing of the first naming: "Weperevorthe". Wipperfürth received town rights between 1217 and 1222. Since 1283 the administration of the town was governed by count Adolf V. von Berg. Already in 1275 king Rudolf von Habsburg allowed the count to move his mint from Wildberg to Wipperfürth. Here, Pfennige were stamped according to Cologne model. In 1328, with the privilege of king Louis the Bavarian the first coinage of Groschen in Germany began in Wipperfürth. Since the 14th century the town was a member of the Hanse. Businesspeople of the town traveled to Stockholm, Dorpat, Malmö, Novgorod, Reval and Lübeck. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn () is a polycentric S-bahn network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This includes most of the Ruhr (and cities such as Dortmund, Duisburg and Essen), the Berg cities of Wuppertal and Solingen and parts of the Rhineland (with cities such as Cologne and Düsseldorf). The easternmost city within the S-Bahn Rhine-Ruhr network is Unna, the westernmost city served is Mönchengladbach. The S-Bahn operates in the areas of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg tariff associations, touching areas of the Aachener Verkehrsverbund (AVV) at Düren and Westfalentarif at Unna. The network was established in 1967 with a line connecting Ratingen Ost to Düsseldorf-Garath. The system consists of 16 lines. With a system length of , it is the second-largest S-Bahn network in Germany, behind ''S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland''. Most of them are operated by DB Regio NRW, while line S28 is op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergisch Gladbach
Bergisch Gladbach () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in the Cologne/Bonn Region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (district). Geography Bergisch Gladbach is east of the Rhine and about 10 km east of Cologne. City structure The urban area of Bergisch Gladbach is not divided into city districts (''Stadtbezirke'') with their own district representation. For statistical purposes, there are six statistical districts (''statistische Bezirke''), which are numbered consecutively and are divided into several districts ('':de: Stadtteile'') with their own names. These are mainly name of former smaller settlements from which today's urban area developed, or new development areas whose names have been memorized over time for better orientation. Bensberg was an independent town until 1975. Before 1975, Schildgen belonged to the municipality of Odenthal. *Statistical District 1: Schildgen (11), Katterbach (12), Nussbaum (13), Paff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mülheim, Cologne
Mülheim ( ; ) is a borough (''Districts of Cologne, Stadtbezirk'') of Cologne in Germany and a formerly independent town (''Mülheim am Rhein''). Mülheim is located on the right bank of the Rhine opposite the old town of Cologne. The district borders Leverkusen to the north, Bergisch Gladbach to the east, the Cologne districts of Kalk, Cologne, Kalk and Innenstadt, Cologne, Innenstadt to the south. The river Rhine lies west of Mülheim, on the other riverbank lies the Cologne borough of Nippes, Cologne, Nippes. The district is ethnically diverse, with a significant German Turks, Turkish population. History The place was first mentioned (as ''Mulenheym'') in 1098 and became a town in 1322; it belonged to the County of Berg. In April 1914, Mülheim was incorporated into Cologne. Subdivisions Mülheim consists of nine ''Stadtteile'' (city parts): Transportation Mülheim is served by numerous railway stations and highway. Train stations include Köln-Mülheim statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
