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Albshausen (Guxhagen)
Albshausen is a station in the north of the district of Albshausen in the town of Solms in the German state of Hesse. The station is located on the Lahn Valley Railway (''Lahntalbahn'') and only a few metres from the Lahn river. Previously, the Solmsbach Valley Railway (''Solmsbachtalbahn'') branched off to Gravenwiesbach station, Gravenwiesbach. History The station was opened on 10 January 1863 with the completion of the third section of the Lahn Valley Railway. In 1908, a ropeway conveyor with a length of 3 km was built from the nearby Fortuna iron ore mine to the station. The ore mined there was transported by rail to blast furnaces in the Ruhr area. Until 1962, the mine railway from the southern end of the Laubach iron ore mine ended at the station and the opencast ''Schlagkatz'' mine in Oberbiel used the station as a transhipment point. From 1912, the Solmsbach Valley Railway branched off at Albshausen station towards Graevenwiesbach via Brandoberndorf. There was passe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solms
Solms () is a town west of Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany with around 13,500 inhabitants. In the constituent community of Burgsolms once stood the ancestral castle of the Counts and Princes of House of Solms, Solms. Geography Location Solms lies right in the Lahn valley at the mouth of the eponymous little river Solmsbach and is nestled between the foothills of both the Taunus and Westerwald at heights from 140 to 400 m above sea level. It is about 7 km west of Wetzlar and 30 km northeast of Limburg an der Lahn. Neighbouring communities Solms borders in the north on the community of Ehringshausen and the town of Aßlar, in the east on the town of Wetzlar, in the southeast on the community of Schöffengrund, in the southwest on the town of Braunfels and in the west on the town of Leun (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis). Constituent communities The town consists of the following centres: *Albshausen * Burgsolms * Niederbiel * Oberbiel * Oberndorf Solms i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
