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Hof–Bad Steben Railway
The Hof–Bad Steben railway runs from Hof through the Franconian Forest to the Bavarian state spa town Bad Steben in southern Germany. The line was opened in two stages between 1887 and 1898. Opening and history The Hof–Bad Steben railway was built by the Royal Bavarian State Railways, the legal basis for its construction being the Bavarian ''Lokalbahn'' (literally: 'local line') law of 21 April 1884. The line was the fourth railway in Bavaria to be built under the new law. In the years that followed, three more branch lines were opened that all branched off the Hof–Bad Steben railway. Another, fourth, line to Geroldsgrün was considered in 1920, but never built. In 1994 goods services ceased on the route, but passenger trains continue to operate to the present day. On 1 March 2008 there was an accident during Hurricane Emma. On the journey from Bad Steben to Hof the engine driver ran into a tree that had fallen across the track near the Oberklingensporn halt. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With over 13 million inhabitants, it is second in population only to North Rhine-Westphalia, but due to its large size its population density is below the German average. Bavaria's main cities are Munich (its capital and largest city and also the third largest city in Germany), Nuremberg, and Augsburg. The history of Bavaria includes its earliest settlement by Iron Age Celtic tribes, followed by the conquests of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC, when the territory was incorporated into the provinces of Raetia and Noricum. It became the Duchy of Bavaria (a stem duchy) in the 6th century AD following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. It was later incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire, became an ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münchberg–Selbitz Railway
The Münchberg–Selbitz railway is a branch line in Bavaria in southern Germany. It runs from Münchberg via Helmbrechts to Selbitz. The Helmbrechts–Selbitz section has been since closed and dismantled. Passenger trains still run today between Münchberg and Helmbrechts. History The Münchberg–Helmbrechts railway was built by the Royal Bavarian State Railways and opened on 1 June 1887. Its extension to Selbitz was completed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and services began on 1 March 1924. As a result of falling numbers, passenger services were withdrawn from the Helmbrechts–Selbitz section on 30 May 1975 by the Deutsche Bahn and the line from Selbitz to Schauenstein was lifted in June 1977. Goods traffic continued to work the remaining stretch from Helmbrechts to Schauenstein until 31 March 1987 whilst the section beyond it was dismantled. Services '' Regionalbahn'' trains on the present-day timetable route no. 853 are operated by the '' Vogtlandbahn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Emma
Cyclone Emma was an extratropical cyclone that passed through several mainly Central European countries, on Saturday March 1, 2008, killing at least twelve people in Austria, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. Wind speeds reached up to in Austria and the Czech Republic. Major infrastructure disruptions and some injuries were also reported in Belgium, France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. A Lufthansa jet almost crashed attempting to land in crosswinds at Hamburg. Meteorological context On 28 February 2008, a low-pressure area formed near Newfoundland. The pressure in its center was around at the time of formation. Within a few hours, the depression had strengthened a lot, and had deepened to near the Faroe Islands. On the evening of 29 February, the warm front reaches the German coast, causing great amounts of rain. It is followed around midnight by a cold front, which was shortly followed by violent winds. Progression of the storm Germany and the Netherlands a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geroldsgrün
Geroldsgrün is a municipality in the Hof district of Bavaria, Germany. Geography Boroughs * Dürrenwaid * Dürrenwaiderhammer * Langenbachtal * Langenau * Langenbach * Lotharheil * Mühlleiten * Geroldsgrün * Geroldsreuth * Großenreuth * Hermesgrün * Hertwegsgrün * Hirschberglein * Silberstein * Steinbach * Untersteinbach The boroughs of Geroldsgrün for the most part are registered air health resorts. History The earliest mention of the town is 1323 as ''Gerhartsgrün''. Until recently Geroldsgrün always has been a bordertown between various dominions. In the past it was on the border of the Archdiocese of Bamberg to ''Grafen von Orlamünde'', later between the diocese and Margravate Bayreuth-Kulmbach and in recent times until the reunification between West and East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lokalbahn
A ''Lokalbahn'' or ''Localbahn'' ("local line", plural: -en) is a secondary railway line worked by local trains serving rural areas, typically in Austria and the south German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. ''Lokalbahnen'' appeared at the end of the 19th century before the use of cars became widespread. Development Because the construction and operation of main line railways was not always covered by their income, simpler solutions were sought. As early as 1865 the engineering conference of the Union of German Railway Administrations (''Verein Deutscher Eisenbahnverwaltungen'') had set out the principles for secondary lines. These were enshrined in law in 1878 with the Railway Act for German Railways of Secondary Importance (''Bahnordnung für deutsche Eisenbahnen untergeordneter Bedeutung''). Bavaria By the 1880s, the Bavarian main line network was largely completed and attention now turned to its expansion into the hinterland. On 21 April 1884 the first Bavarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Bavarian State Railways
The Royal Bavarian State Railways (''Königliche Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.Bay.Sts.B.'') was the state railway company for the Kingdom of Bavaria. It was founded in 1844. The organisation grew into the second largest of the German state railways (after that of the Prussian state railways) with a railway network of 8,526 kilometres (including the Palatinate Railway or ''Pfalzbahn'') by the end of the First World War. Following the abdication of the Bavarian monarchy at the end of the First World War, the 'Royal' title was dropped and on 24 April 1920 the Bavarian State Railway (''Bayerische Staatseisenbahn''), as it was now called, was merged into the newly formed German Reich Railways Authority or Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen as the Bavarian Group Administration (''Gruppenverwaltung Bayern''). The management of the Bavarian railway network was divided into four Reichsbahn divisions: Augsburg, Munich, Nuremberg and Regensburg. The former Palatinate Railway formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franconian Forest
View to Döbraberg The Franconian Forest at www.britannica.com. Accessed on 1 Apr 11. (german: Frankenwald , ), is a mid-altitude in Northern , . It is located in the district of (''Oberfranken'') and forms the geological connection between the |
Triptis–Marxgrün Railway
The Triptis–Marxgrün railway is a branch line in Germany that runs through the states of Thuringia and Bavaria, and which was originally built and operated by the Prussian state railways. It ran from Triptis via Ziegenrück, Bad Lobenstein and Blankenstein to Naila, Marxgrün. The only section still in service today is the stretch of line between Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Ebersdorf-Friesau and Blankenstein. The Thuringian section is also called the ''Oberlandbahn'' ("Oberland railway"); the Bavarian section the ''Höllentalbahn'' ("Hell Valley Railway"). History Planning and construction The legal basis for the construction of the Höllental Railway was a state treaty between the German states of Kingdom of Bavaria, Bavaria, Reuss Junior Line and Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia of 30 January 1897. From 1908 there was a through route from Bavaria to Saalfeld/Saale, Saalfeld via the Sormitztalbahn, Hockeroda–Unterlemnitz railway. Opening dates: * Triptis–Ziegenrück: 17 December 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blankenstein
Blankenstein is a village and a former municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Rosenthal am Rennsteig Rosenthal am Rennsteig is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. It was created with effect from 1 January 2019 by the merger of the former municipalities of Birkenhügel, Blankenberg, Blankenstein, Harra, Neund .... References Former municipalities in Thuringia Saale-Orla-Kreis Principality of Reuss-Gera {{SaaleOrla-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marxgrün Station
The old Marxgrün station was located on the Hof–Bad Steben railway which was opened in 1887. It was the terminus on that line until 1898. From 1901 it became the junction for the Triptis–Marxgrün railway, railway line through the Höllen valley to Gera and, later, also Saalfeld/Saale, Saalfeld. With the end of the Second World War the Höllen Valley railway (''Höllentalbahn (Bavaria), Höllentalbahn'') losts its pan-regional significance and it was completely closed in the early 1980s. Today a halt has been built (Haltepunkt Marxgrün) on the site of the former station which is part of the Regionalbahn from Hof, Germany, Hof to Bad Steben. The village of Naila, Marxgrün has been a district of the town of Naila since 1978. History On 1 June 1887 this ''Lokalbahn'' (a type of Bavarian branch line) route in the eastern part of the Franconian Forest was opened by the Royal Bavarian State Railways (''Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.Bay.Sts.B.''). Railway s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naila Station
Naila station is a railway station in the municipality of Naila, located in the Hof district in Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References {{reflist, 30em Railway stations in Bavaria Buildings and structures in Hof (district) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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