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Grünberg Station
Grünberg (Oberhess) is a station in the town of Grünberg in the German state of Hesse. The stations of Lehnheim and Göbelnrod are also in Grünberg. It is located 23.2 kilometres from Gießen station on the Vogelsberg Railway (''Vogelsbergbahn''), which continues to Fulda. In the past, the Lumda Valley Railway (''Lumdatalbahn'') to Londorf and Lollar branched off here and the Butzbach–Lich railway to Butzbach via Lich and Münzenberg. History Grünberg station was opened with the first section of the Vogelsberg Railway from Giessen to Grünberg on 29 December 1869. Half a year later, the Vogelsberg Railway was extended to Alsfeld. In 1896 the Lumda Valley Railway was opened via Londorf to Lollar. Thus, Grünberg became a regional railway hub with heavy traffic. The Lumda Valley Railway was operated exclusively for regional passenger and freight traffic. From the start of the operation, most of the trains ran through Lollar to Gießen. The Londorf–Grünberg section w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grünberg, Hesse
Grünberg () is a town in the Gießen (district), district of Gießen, in Hessen, Germany. In 1980, the town hosted the 20th ''Hessentag'' state festival. Geography Grünberg is situated east of Gießen. Neighbouring communities To the north Grünberg borders the municipality Rabenau, Hessen, Rabenau and the town Homberg (Ohm) (Vogelsbergkreis), to the east the municipality Mücke (Vogelsbergkreis), to the south the town Laubach and to the west the municipality Reiskirchen. Constituent communities The town of Grünberg also consists of the nearby villages of Beltershain, Göbelnrod, Harbach, Klein-Eichen, Lardenbach, Lehnheim, Lumda, Queckborn, Reinhardshain, Stangenrod, Stockhausen, Weickartshain and Weitershain. International relations * Condom, Gers, Condom, southwestern France – since 1973 * Mrągowo, northeastern Poland – since 1993 Education * ''Theo-Koch-School'', Grünberg – integrated comprehensive school with sixth form * primary school ''Am Diebst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
