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24-604: The Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH ( BOB ) is a private railway company based in Holzkirchen, Germany , and owned by Transdev Germany (formerly known as Veolia Verkehr ). Since June 2020 its services are operated under the brand Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB) of its sister company. BOB Trains connect Munich with the alpine hamlets of Bayrischzell , Lenggries , and the spa town of Tegernsee . The routes are not electrified and are serviced with diesel-hydraulic and diesel-mechanic DMUs . The three BOB lines run on part of what
48-736: A serious railway accident occurred near the town when two passenger trains collided, causing 11 fatalities. The town of Bad Aibling, with about 18,000 inhabitants, is at 498 m (1,634 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 41.55 km (16 sq mi). Bad Aibling consists of the neighborhoods ( Stadtteile ) of Abel, Adlfurt, Bad Aibling Mitte, Berbling , Ellmosen , Fachendorf, Gröben, Harthausen , Haslach, Heimathsberg, Heinrichsdorf, Holzhausen, Köckbrunn, Markfeld, Mietraching, Mitterham, Moos, Natternberg, Thalacker, Thürham , Unterheufeld, Weg, Westen, Westerham, Willing , and Zell. In Bad Aibling there are several large spa hotels and rehabilitation hospitals that rely on peat pulp as
72-563: A basic treatment. Additionally, in 2007 the new thermae were opened. Several companies in the pharmaceutical industry , textile manufacturing , electrical engineering , plastics manufacturing , and dairy processing are located in Bad Aibling. The Echelon Open Air & Indoor Festival is an electro -, techno and house -festival that has taken place in Bad Aibling annually in August since 2009. With about 25,000 visitors in 2015 it
96-444: A head-on collision near Bad Aibling . Several people were killed and approximately 100 were injured. BOB Lines are serviced at hourly/bi-hourly intervals, and with extra trains during rush hour. However, since December 2004 every other train/direction has had an increased journey time of 12 to 14 minutes, which contradicts the basic idea of a clock-face schedule . BOB connections are not only highly used during weekdays, but also on
120-613: A single train back to München Hauptbahnhof. Between Holzkirchen and Munich BOB Trains run under the Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund tariff system. The Bayerische Oberland Bahn GmbH is a member of the "Tarifverband der Bundeseigenen und Nichtbundeseigenen Eisenbahnen in Deutschland" (TBNE: Tariff Association of federally and non-federally owned railways in Germany ). BOB was founded on 31 March 1998 and began service
144-580: Is a market town in Bavaria , Germany . With a population of over 16,000 (2008) it is the largest town in the Miesbach district . Holzkirchen is located on the Alpenvorland in the county of Miesbach. Holzkirchen was established as a Markt in the 13th century. Holzkirchen was the location of one of the main transmitting stations for Radio Free Europe . Transmissions started in 1951 and provided
168-400: Is a spa town and former district seat in Bavaria on the river Mangfall , located some 56 km (35 mi) southeast of Munich . It features a luxury health resort with a peat pulp bath and mineral spa . Bad Aibling and its surroundings were settled by Celtic tribes from about 500 BC until 15 BC. After Roman occupation, it was finally settled by Bavarii tribes in
192-535: Is used in cooperation with the NSA , which provides the BND with search terms (such as email addresses), which then forwards the results back to the NSA. The Thermae opened in 2007, complementing the traditional peat pulp baths with mineral water ( Desiderius-Quelle ). In the same year, the historical Ludwigsbad spa hotel, the nucleus of Bad Aibling's health resort business, burned down due to arson. On 9 February 2016,
216-428: Is well known as a location for pharmaceutical research and production. The European center of Sandoz and HEXAL are located in the industrial zone. The traffic hub Holzkirchen has with the railway line Munich–Holzkirchen and the railway line Munich East–Deisenhofen a good connection to Munich (including an S-Bahn connection (S3), which departs every 20 minutes). The Railway Line Holzkirchen–Lenggries (German) and
240-646: The Meridian brand name. On June 8, 2015, Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH was awarded the contract by the Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS) to operate the so-called E-Net Mittelsachsen from June 2016 to December 2030. The "Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn" brand of the sister company Transdev Regio Ost, based in Leipzig , is used for this purpose. Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH acts as the operating railway company in this contract. The vehicles used, of
264-633: The Royal Yugoslav Army was set up on the grounds of the town's airbase. The camp was first operated by UNRRA , and later by the IRO . From 1948 onwards, the area was home to the IRO Children's Village , a DP camp for unaccompanied children and youth belonging to more than 20 nationalities. Over 2,300 inhabitants passed through this facility (the largest of its kind in the US Zone ) before it
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#1732782882939288-634: The 5th century AD. In 804 Bad Aibling was mentioned for the first time as "Epininga". In mediaeval times, it was an administrative centre in the lordship of the Counts of Falkenstein . In 1166 it was mentioned in the Codex diplomaticus Falkensteinensis as "Aibilingen". After the obliteration of the Neuburg-Falkenstein dynasty, it became part of the realm of the Wittelsbach family. In 1845
312-498: The aging Talent and Integral type railcars were gradually replaced by brand new diesel vehicles of the type "Alstom Coradia LINT54". With the timetable change for 2020/2021, Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH received six additional vehicles of this type for the Oberland, financed by BEG, enabling service enhancements and additional connections to meet the increasing passenger volume. On 9 February 2016, two Stadler FLIRTs were involved in
336-475: The connection towards Schliersee are operated once an hour by the Bayerischen Oberlandbahn (BOB) and give direct connections to Tegernsee, Lenggries und Bayrischzell. On the railway line called Mangfallbahn to Rosenheim, services have been operated once an hour since December 2013 by the company called 'Meridian', which is a subsidiary of Transdev Germany (before Meridian, the railway line
360-469: The first treatments with peat pulp were offered by the physician Desiderius Beck . Bad Aibling received the title "Bad" (spa or springs) in 1895. In the year 1933, Bad Aibling officially became a town. After the Second World War , Bad Aibling was the site of POW Discharge Center #26, where German POWs were released from captivity to civilian status. In 1946, a DP camp housing former members of
384-487: The last DMU heads off towards the southeast to Tegernsee . The Tegernsee Line makes use of the tracks owned by the Tegernsee-Bahn , a private rail infrastructure provider. The separate DMUs travel from München Hauptbahnhof to Holzkirchen or Schaftlach as a single train. They then split up and travel on to their individual destinations. On the return trip to Munich, the individual units are connected again and run as
408-481: The people of Eastern Europe with news from Western Europe. The transmitters had a strength of up to 135 Kilowatts and was upgraded to 150 Kilowatts in 1967. The relay transmitters were decommissioned in 1990. Final decommissioning of the Holzkirchen array was in 2004. There were claims that the high-powered transmissions caused illnesses locally . There were also claims that it was so strong that locals could hear
432-474: The radio programmes through their faucets . Subsequent to the relocation of RFE studios from Munich to Prague, the medium wave transmitter was shut down in 2001, following which the short wave transmissions continued on reduced power. The final transmissions were made in 2005, after which the transmission equipment was packed up to be sent to the Philippines and the masts were scrapped. Nowadays Holzkirchen
456-618: The same year. The company was launched to create more competition on the rail systems of southern Bavaria . In the early days of service BOB trains were often plagued by technical problems with the new/untested Integral train set. These initial problems have since been resolved and BOB is now considered very reliable. Since the beginning of July 2004 BOB has added three Bombardier Talent Train-sets to cover rush hour service. BOB also operates on some DB electric lines using FLIRT3 electric multiple units from Stadler Rail . Between December 2013 and June 2020 these services were operated under
480-649: The type Alstom Coradia Continental, and the workshop in Chemnitz are owned by VMS, and the personnel are provided by Transdev Mitteldeutschland GmbH. On February 9, 2016, two Meridian trains of Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH, carrying around 150 passengers, collided head-on on the Mangfalltalbahn between Bad Aibling and Kolbermoor. In the rail accident, the most severe in Bavaria since 1975, 12 people lost their lives. 85 were injured, 24 of them seriously. In 2020,
504-739: The weekend by tourist and locals planning excursions to the Bavarian Alps, with walking, bike riding and skiing being favorite activities. Either a Bayern Ticket from Deutsche Bahn or a BOB weekend pass may be purchased for up to five passengers at a significantly discounted fare. Bus connections are available in Lenggries and Tegernsee to Karwendel , Achensee , Rofan and the Ski slopes on Wendelstein Sudelfeld [ de ] , and Brauneck . Holzkirchen (Oberbayern) Holzkirchen
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#1732782882939528-718: Was closed in late 1951. Later, the area evolved into a major centre for intelligence organizations and secret services. In 2005 the American Bad Aibling ECHELON station ( Field Station 81 ) closed after several decades of operation. After the departure of the NSA , parts of the station have been used by the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), with NSA employees moving to the Mangfall barracks. The radomes are still used intensively. The station
552-751: Was operated by the DB Regio AG) via Bad Aibling. Mondays to Fridays Meridian operates nine services, which connect Rosenheim and Munich Central Station via Holzkirchen. The following routes of the Oberbayernbus and the MVV Buses stop at the station or at the Zentraler Omnibus-Bahnhof (ZOB). This Miesbach district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bad Aibling Bad Aibling ( German: [ˈba:t ˌʔaɪ̯blɪŋ] )
576-536: Was the Bayerischen Maximiliansbahn as a combined train set from München Hauptbahnhof via the southern ring to Holzkirchen. In Holzkirchen, one of the DMUs splits off of the train, heading off to the east, running through Miesbach and Schliersee to Bayrischzell . The two remaining DMU continue on to Schaftlach where they separate again, with one DMU going to Lenggries via Bad Tölz , while
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