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Warburg–Sarnau Railway
The Warburg–Sarnau railway is a 100.9 kilometre-long, single-track, partially disused secondary railway line in North Rhine-Westphalia and North Hesse. The middle section, Korbach–Frankenberg, Hesse, Frankenberg, is called the ''Untere Edertalbahn'' (Lower Eder Valley Railway) or the ''Nationalparkbahn'' (National Park railway) and the southern section, Frankenberg–Sarnau(–Marburg), is called the ''Burgwaldbahn'' (Burgwald railway). The line between Warburg and Volkmarsen, which is known as the ''Twistetalbahn'' (Twiste Valley Railway), has been dismantled. Since the reactivation of the section between Korbach Süd and Frankenberg on 11 September 2015 there has been continuous rail traffic from Marburg to Brilon Stadt (from Korbach via the Wabern–Brilon Wald railway). Route The line initially runs in a double loop through Warburg down into the Diemel valley and then runs upstream along the Twiste (Diemel), Twiste via Bad Arolsen towards Korbach, where it crosses t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesse
Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major historic cities are Darmstadt and Kassel. With an area of 21,114.73 square kilometers and a population of over six million, it ranks seventh and fifth, respectively, among the sixteen German states. Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Germany's second-largest metropolitan area (after Rhine-Ruhr), is mainly located in Hesse. As a cultural region, Hesse also includes the area known as Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen) in the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Etymology The German name , like the names of other German regions ( "Swabia", "Franconia", "Bavaria", "Saxony"), derives from the dative plural form of the name of the inhabitants or German tribes, eponymous tribe, the Hessians (, singular ). The geographical name represents a short equivalent o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
