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Hückelhoven-Baal Station
Hückelhoven-Baal station is in the Hückelhoven district of Baal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a German railway station categories, category 5 station. With its construction as an interchange station on two levels, it became important as a hub for passenger services, but in recent years it has lost this significance due to the closure of the adjacent section of the Jülich–Dalheim railway. Meanwhile, the passenger station has been reclassified as a halt and it was renamed as Hückelhoven-Baal in 2002. Baal freight yard still exists. History In 1852, was the Aachen–Mönchengladbach line was opened by the former Royal Division of the Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrort Railway, Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrort Railway Company and Baal station was at the 41.6 kilometre point, serving passengers and freight. This station was equipped with an entrance building, a ramp for handling freight, a small Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hückelhoven
Hückelhoven (; ) is a town in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Rur, approx. 10 km east of Heinsberg, 20 km south-west of Mönchengladbach and approximately 15 km from the border with the Netherlands. Hückelhoven owes its development from village to town to the coal mining industry; the Sophia-Jacoba colliery was opened in 1914. This colliery (the last in the Aachen coalfield) was closed in 1997. Town parts The urban area of Hückelhoven extends in a north-south direction of around 10 km from Altmyhl to Brachelen and in an east-west direction of around 6 km from Hilfarth to Baal and Ratheim to Kleingladbach. This gives it a total area of 61.27 km². The urban area is divided into the following 11 districts. * Altmyhl * Baal * Brachelen * Doveren * Hilfarth * Hückelhoven * Kleingladbach * Millich * Ratheim * Rurich * Schaufenberg History The place name Hückelhoven with its place name ending in -hoven sug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
