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Former Erbach–Fehl-Ritzhausen Railway Line

Former Erbach–Fehl-Ritzhausen Railway Line

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Former Erbach–Fehl-Ritzhausen Railway Line

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Location: Großseifen, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Best Mountain Bike Rides to Former Erbach–Fehl-Ritzhausen Railway Line

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1. Chimes at Dreisbach Forest – Waterfall on the Nister loop from Lautzenbrücken

44.8km

03:19

520m

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2. Secker Weiher – Ailertchen Airfield loop from Seck

38.2km

02:43

430m

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3. Basaltpark Bad Marienberg – View of the Siebengebirge loop from Hellenhahn-Schellenberg

31.4km

02:22

400m

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Horst (habe fertig)

July 16, 2018

The county town of Marienberg the remote Oberwesterwaldkreises had until the 1880s, no nearby train station. Only with the opening of the second section of the railway line Limburg-Altenkirchen was located near the county town, a rail connection. The section from Fehl -Ritzhausen to Marienberg was opened together with the Westerwaldquerbahn. [5]
Viaduct on the Nister
The rest of the track was a bit harder to set up. Due to unsuitable terrain near Erbach, the route could not just be led east of the Nister, but had to be built on the western slope of the river. In addition to the crossing of the railway line Limburg-Altenkirchen was a elfbogiges about 300 m long and about 40 m high concrete viaduct, then the largest of the German Empire, built in just six months construction period on the Nister. On August 31, 1911, the railway line was opened.
In 1957 the viaduct on the Nister was extensively renovated. [3] [2]
The traffic was quite active, in 1963 on weekdays ten train pairs, to each a train Erbach-Marienberg and Fehl-Ritzhausen- Marienberg, on Sundays run wrong train pairs. Railbuses were used.
On 26 September 1971, the passenger traffic was set on the entire route and the freight traffic between Marienberg and Fehl-Ritzhausen. On 1 July 1996, the remaining section, which until the end of 1994 [5] - although only sporadically - was still operated in freight traffic, shut down.
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Biggix

July 27, 2022

If you didn't know, you wouldn't guess that this beautiful path (not paved or paved) used to be a railway line. It's a good thing that the path was preserved and now serves as a cycling/hiking path.

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Thomas Wölferlingen

April 25, 2021

nice to drive, great for young and old

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Distance 2.44 km

Uphill 20 m

Downhill 20 m

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Location: Großseifen, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Former Erbach–Fehl-Ritzhausen Railway Line

1. Chimes at Dreisbach Forest – Waterfall on the Nister loop from Lautzenbrücken

2. Secker Weiher – Ailertchen Airfield loop from Seck

3. Basaltpark Bad Marienberg – View of the Siebengebirge loop from Hellenhahn-Schellenberg

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