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Winnweiler
Winnweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the upper course of the river Alsenz, approx. north-east of Kaiserslautern. Winnweiler is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Winnweiler. Winnweiler station is on the Alsenz Valley Railway (''Alsenztalbahn''), running between Hochspeyer and Bad Münster am Stein. The settlement in Rhenish Franconia was first mentioned in an 891 deed, from the 12th century onwards it was a possession of the Counts of Falkenstein. As a Lorraine exclave it fell to the House of Habsburg upon the marriage of Maria Theresa of Austria with Duke Francis III Stephen in 1736. It was thereafter administered as an ''Oberamt'' of Further Austria until its occupation by French troops in 1797. Geography Winnweiler is located in the Saar-Nahe-Bergland and on the edge of the Donnersberg The Donnersberg ("thunder mountain") is the highest peak of the Palatinate (german ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnweiler Station
Winnweiler station is the station of the town of Winnweiler in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Deutsche Bahn classifies it as a German railway station categories, category 6 station and it has two platforms. It is located on the Alsenz Valley Railway (''Alsenztalbahn'', Hochspeyer station, Hochspeyer–Bad Münster am Stein station, Bad Münster) and was opened on 29 October 1870 with the first section from Hochspeyer to Winnweiler. Location The station is located on the north-eastern edge of Winnweiler. There is a pedestrian level crossing at the station. In addition, a bridge crosses the station, connecting the Bundesstraße 48, B48 with the village centre. History With the opening of the Hochspeyer–Winnweiler section of the Alsenz Valley Railway on 29 October 1870, Winnweiler was connected to the railway network. For about half a year, Winnweiler was the terminus of this line. On 16 May 1871, the line was extended to Bad Münster am Stein and thus completed. Sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Münster Am Stein Station
Bad Münster am Stein station is a station at a railway junction in Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, a district of Bad Kreuznach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station building, dating from about 1910, is protected as a monument. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. The station is located in the network of the ''Rhein-Nahe-Nahverkehrsverbund'' (Rhine-Nahe local transport association, RNN) and belongs to fare zone 401. Its address is: ''Berliner Straße 20''. The station, opened in 1859, was initially a through station on the Nahe Valley Railway (''Nahetalbahn''), which was built by the Rhine-Nahe Railway Company (''Rhein-Nahe-Bahn''). In 1871, the Alsenz Valley Railway (''Alsenztalbahn'') was opened from Hochspeyer with its northern terminus in the town then called just ''Münster''. From 1904 to 1961, it was also the north-eastern terminus of the Glan Valley Railway (''Glantalbahn''), a strategic railway running to Homburg. Location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsenz Valley Railway
The Alsenz Valley Railway (german: Alsenztalbahn) is a line that runs from Hochspeyer via Winnweiler and Alsenz to Bad Munster am Stein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The line closely follows the Alsenz river from the Enkenbach district and crosses it several times. It was originally built primarily as a long-distance route, but it has lost this function since 1990 and is now exclusively used for local transport. Route Between Enkenbach and Bad Münster the line has continuous double track; only the Enkenbach–Hochspeyer section is single track. From Enkenbach the line follows the Alsenz river to Alsenz. Due to the difficult topographical conditions, the line has to cross the Alsenz river several times and has three tunnels. It runs along the edge of the Palatinate Forest to about Langmeil, where it enters the North Palatine Uplands. From Hochspeyer to the abandoned Neuhemsbach station the line is within the district of Kaiserslautern, from Münchweiler an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochspeyer Station
Hochspeyer station – originally officially ''Neuhochspeyer'' or ''Neu-Hochspeyer'' – is the station of the town of Hochspeyer in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Deutsche Bahn classifies it as belonging to category 4 and it has four platform tracks. The station is located in the network of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (Rhine-Neckar transport association, VRN) and belongs to fare zone 100. Its address is ''Bahnhofstraße 1''. It is located on the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway, which essentially consists of the Palatine Ludwig Railway (''Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn'', Ludwigshafen–Bexbach). It became a junction station on 29 October 1870, with the opening of the Alsenz Valley Railway (''Alsenztalbahn'') to Winnweiler station, Winnweiler; half a year later this line was extended to Bad Münster am Stein station, Bad Münster. The importance of this line, however, fell with the opening of Kaiserslautern–Enkenbach railway a few years later. Since December 2003, it has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
