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Großenhain Cottbuser Bahnhof
Großenhain Cottbus station () was opened on 14 October 1862 by the Großenhain Branch Railway Company (''Zweig-Eisenbahngesellschaft zu Großenhain'') as the Leipzig station (''Leipziger Bahnhof''), located on the line from Priestewitz to Cottbus. History The line from Großenhain to Cottbus was opened on 20 April 1870. The 920-metre-long rail link to the Berlin station (''Großenhain Berliner Bahnhof'') was opened on 17 June 1875. Since 15 December 2002, all passenger services have operated through the Cottbus line station, and the Berlin line station has been closed as a stop for passenger services. In addition, a modern interchange for regional and city buses has been built by ''Kreisverkehrsgesellschaft Riesa-Großenhain'', the company in charge of the management of buses in the district. Description The station is equipped with two platform tracks for passenger services and two mainline tracks, for freight traffic. Between the tracks a roundhouse still existed until De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großenhain
Großenhain (; also written as Grossenhain; , ) is a Große Kreisstadt (German for major district town) in the district of Meissen, Saxony, Germany. It was originally known as Hayne. The current name simply means "big Hayne". History Großenhain was originally a Sorbs, Sorbian settlement, and remains an area where this language is spoken. It was first mentioned in 1205. It was for a time occupied by the Bohemians, by whom it was strongly fortified. It afterwards came into the possession of the margraves of Meissen, from whom it was taken in 1312 by the margraves of Brandenburg. In the middle-ages, Großenhain was one of the most powerful towns in Saxony. It suffered considerably in all the great German wars, and in 1744 was nearly destroyed by fire. The fire destroyed the church which was then replaced by the current Marienkirche, which echoes internally echoes the Frauenkirche, Dresden, Frauenkirche in nearby Dresden. On May 16, 1813, a battle took place here between the Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the List of German states by area, tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of , and the List of German states by population, sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants. The term Saxony (other), Saxony has been in use for more than a millennium. It was used for the medieval Duchy of Saxony, the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Saxony, and twice for a republic. The first Free State of Saxony was established in 1918 as a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. After World War II, it was under Soviet occupation before it became part of communist East Germany and was abolished by the government in 1952. Following German reunificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großenhain–Priestewitz Railway
The Großenhain–Priestewitz railway is a single-track electrified main line in the German state of Saxony, which was originally built by the Großenhain Branch Railway Company (''Zweig-Eisenbahngesellschaft zu Großenhain''). It runs from Großenhain Cottbuser station, Großenhain to Priestewitz station, Priestewitz and is part of the long-distance line from Cottbus to Dresden Hauptbahnhof, Dresden. The railway is also called the Celery Railway (''Selleriebahn''). History Großenhain desired a railway connection early on. Therefore, some citizens of Großenhain established a joint stock company for the construction of a branch line from Priestewitz station on the Leipzig–Dresden railway in 1861. The five kilometre-long line was opened on 14 October 1862. The management was taken over by the Leipzig-Dresden Railway Company (''Leipzig-Dresdener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', LDE) on behalf of its owner. The neighbouring Kingdom of Prussia issued a concession to the Cottbus-Große ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
