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48-813: Nassau, derived from the town of Nassau on the Lahn River in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany , gained historical significance through the House of Nassau . The noble dynasty later formed the Dutch royal House of Orange-Nassau following William I's inheritance of the Principality of Orange in 1544, leading to the adoption of the name Nassau across various locations and institutions worldwide. The name traces its etymology to German nass (wet) and Au(e) ( floodplain ). Nassau may refer to: Nassau

96-800: A Prussian province ; the Dutch royal house ; the Luxembourgish ducal house ; the capital of the Bahamas ; one of the Cook Islands ; and in the US, a county in Florida and a county in New York . In German, nass means "wet" and die Au (female gender)—more often written as die Aue —can be a short form of either Flussaue ( floodplain ) or Auwald ( riparian forest ). It can also be used as

144-592: A new electronic interlocking called Untere Lahn (lower Lahn) based at Diez station. At the same time, the many low platforms were replaced by new ones with the standard height of 55 centimetres. Because of new safety regulations, a wider cross section is required for many tunnels in order to be able to lay out rescue routes next to the tracks. In 2011 and 2012, the Hollrich and the Langenau tunnels were therefore rebuilt under single-track operations. The work

192-524: A signalman. A mechanical interlocking device of the Bruchsal ;J type was installed in 1929. Later, a system operated by push buttons was used to operate the electrically-actuated Dr S2 interlocking from Siemens. Since the decommissioning of the signal box Bo during the 2015 modernisation, the dispatcher in the entrance building ( Bf ) has controlled all points and signals at the station. In preparation for Hessentag 2012, Wetzlar station

240-661: A station called Nassau (Lahn) on the Lahn Valley Railway ( Lahntalbahn ), which follows the meandering Lahn from Koblenz up to Wetzlar —via Niederlahnstein , Bad Ems , Nassau, Balduinstein , Diez , Limburg an der Lahn and Weilburg , and crosses the Rhine between Koblenz-Oberwerth and Koblenz-Horchheim. Close to Nassau are two stations of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line connecting Frankfurt and Wiesbaden to Bonn , Cologne , Düsseldorf and

288-605: A synonym for Feuchtwiese ( wet meadow ). Au(e) derives from Middle High German ouwe , which is related to the Latin aqua ("water"). In the grammatically correct form, "wet floodplain/wet riparian forest" would be nasse Au or nasse Aue , but as a place name, it exists as Nassau . Several places in the German-speaking area are named Nassau, but globally, most places and things named Nassau are ultimately and indirectly named after Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, because

336-580: A title and it is also part of the Dutch royal family (called Orange-Nassau). Its name has also spawned a multitude of other namings in the Americas , such as Nassau , the capital city of the Bahamas , and Nassau County, New York , in the United States . The name also occurs in the titles of ships , buildings , and even a type of bet used in golf . Located in Nassau, south of the river Lahn ,

384-653: Is Nassau Castle . It is the eponymous ancestral seat of the counts of Nassau and thus the joint ancestral castle of the House of Orange-Nassau —the Dutch royal house (German: Haus Oranien-Nassau )—and of the House of Luxembourg-Nassau / House of Nassau-Weilburg —the Luxembourgish grand ducal house . Also located in Nassau above the Lahn valley is the castle ruin Stein (de: Steinsche Burg ), and in Nassau-Scheuern exists Castle Heidenpütz (de: Burg Heidenpütz ), which

432-542: Is a burgstall (a castle of which less than a ruin is left). The town is also home to the Stein city castle (de: Steinsches Schloss ), the seat of the Reichsfreiherren ( Barons ) vom und zum Stein, and birthplace of the Prussian reformer and Minister Heinrich Friedrich Karl, Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein . The Imperial Baron Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein , Prussian statesman and reformer,

480-742: The Bishopric of Worms in a 915 deed. In 1348 the Emperor Charles IV granted Nassau town-privileges rights together with nearby Dausenau and Scheuern. Count Dudo-Heinrich of Laurenburg had the Nassau Castle built about 1100 and his descendants began to call themselves the Counts of Nassau . Count Adolf of Nassau served as the elected King of the Romans from 1292 until his death on 2 July 1298. The Counts of Nassau married into

528-692: The German Empire in 1871, the Lahn Valley Railway from Koblenz to Wetzlar was extended to Berlin as the Berlin–Wetzlar railway, part of the so-called Kanonenbahn ( Cannons Railway ), a strategic military railway from Berlin to Metz via Wetzlar, Koblenz and Trier . As a result, the Lahn valley line was upgraded with a second track, laid between 1875 and 1880. While the whole line was duplicated at that time, several sections between Koblenz and Limburg were rebuilt with single track after

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576-668: The Paris –Trier–Koblenz route, continuing on the Lahn valley line to Gießen. The Dortmund –Bad Ems through coach of the Koblenz–Limburg–Frankfurt express, which had been very popular with spa guests had been discontinued. The Koblenz–Gießen express was extended several times a day via the Vogelsberg Railway to Fulda . A curiosity was the Frankfurt–Cologne express, which ran between Weilburg and Limburg on

624-701: The Ruhr . The closer station is Montabaur in Rhineland-Palatinate. The second station is Limburg Süd (Limburg South) in Hesse. The latter is the only station in Germany where only long-distance trains stop, with no connections to regional trains. In Montabaur it is possible to change trains to Limburg an der Lahn. The earliest known surviving mention of Nassau refers to the Villa Nassova estate of

672-558: The Second World War , between Niederlahnstein and Hohenrhein, between Dausenau and Nassau and between Fachingen and Balduinstein . The sections between Limburg and Koblenz, Niederlahnstein–Hohenrhein, Dausenau – Nassau and Fachingen– Balduinstein were only re-built after the Second World War. Signs of the war-time damage are still recognisable today on the tunnels as well as on the abutments and pillars of

720-696: The Taunus mountain range—more precisely in the Westlicher Hintertaunus (Western Rear Taunus). The Lahn is the natural boundary between Westerwald and Taunus. Administratively, Nassau is located in the Rhine-Lahn district ( Rhein-Lahn-Kreis ; seat: Bad Ems ) in Rhineland-Palatinate (capital: Mainz ). The city consists of two quarters: Nassau (with Elisenhütte, Obergutenau, Scheuern, Schützenhaus and Untergutenau) and Bergnassau (with Burg Nassau, Hühnerfarm, Koppelheck and Langau). Nassau has

768-580: The region of Nassau and the House of Nassau derive their names from it. Nassau is located on the lower course of the Lahn river, between the cities of Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Ems . Within Nassau's city limits, the Mühlbach (de: Mühlbach (Lahn) ) flows into the Lahn. The Lahn joins the Rhine at Lahnstein . The closest city with more than 100,000 inhabitants is Koblenz . Other close by cities are Wiesbaden , Mainz , Bonn and Frankfurt . Most of

816-791: The 1980s, and later also by class 216 locomotives. Silberling cars were only occasionally operated up to 1990. Express trains were usually formed with class V 200 locomotives and "standard carriages" ( UIC-X-Wagen ). At the end of the 1980s, the picture changed with the arrival of new class 628 DMUs, which eventually displaced many DMUs and locomotive-hauled trains. The latter services continued until December 2004, initially for many years with class 212 and 216 locomotives, which were from 1998 onwards replaced by class 215s , which were in turn replaced in December 2002 with class 218s . The trains initially consisted of standard carriages, and were later formed increasingly from Silberling carriages. With

864-606: The Established County or State within the German Confederation or the HRE Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate As location of Nassau Castle and the former Stein and Heidenpütz castles, Nassau gave its name to the wider region surrounding it as well as to a prominent aristocratic dynasty , and through it, directly or indirectly to numerous other things worldwide, including: a sovereign state ;

912-489: The Lahn Valley Railway between the stations of Limburg (Lahn) and Eschhofen at a two-level station, but they failed for cost reasons. The stations of Albshausen and Stockhausen are to be comprehensively rehabilitated in the future by means of a subsidies provided by the state of Hesse. Until the late 1970s, there were long-distance trains on the Lahn Valley Railway, including a pair of express trains to and from Trier to Westerland . Some timetables had an express train on

960-413: The Lahn Valley Railway only on workdays and only in one direction. The traffic on the Lahn Valley Railway was a mixture of locomotive-hauled trains and diesel multiple units. The locomotive-hauled trains were mainly used for commuter and school services and were mainly operated with rebuilt carriages and express train carriages of class E 30, which were hauled by diesel locomotives of class 211 up to

1008-420: The Lahn bridges, Weilburg station was renewed and given disability access in preparation for Hessentag 2005. A temporary platform erected on this occasion was subsequently removed. In September 2010, the status of Leun/Braunfels station was downgraded from Bahnhof (station) to a Haltepunkt (halt), the island station was removed and a new outside platform was built with a platform overpass. This reduced

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1056-403: The Lahn valley because it had invested massively since 1844 in the development of the Lahn as a waterway. In 1855 the company received a provisional concession for the Lahn Valley Railway and it was renamed the ( Nassauische Rhein- und Lahn Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (Nassau Rhine and Lahn Railway Company).The permanent concession for the Lahn valley line was issued on 31 March 1857. The first plan for

1104-719: The Rhine. This was originally called the Wiesbadener Eisenbahngesellschaft (Wiesbaden Railway Company). In 1853 it was renamed the Nassauische Rhein Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (Nassau Rhine Railway Company) when it received a concession to build and operate the Nassau Rhine Valley Railway between Wiesbaden and Niederlahnstein. The Nassau government initially opposed the construction of a line in

1152-510: The ancient and eventful history of this town, it had a population of fewer than 5,000 inhabitants as of 2012 . The town of Nassau became the namesake of the Duchy of Nassau , the royal House of Nassau and its branch named the House of Orange-Nassau , and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau . William III of England obtained a title Nassau. The Grand Duke of Luxembourg still uses Nassau as

1200-517: The city (the districts north of the Lahn including the city center) lie in the Westerwald mountain range—the precise part of the Westerwald around Nassau is called Montabaurer Westerwald ( Montabaur Westerwald), the southernmost foothills of the mountain range. The Nassauian districts south of the Lahn including Nassau Castle on the other hand, are located in the northernmost foothills of

1248-498: The company, and built and operated the lines as the Nassauische Staatsbahn (Nassau State Railway). The Lahn Valley Railway, as it exists today was essentially conceived by the railway engineer, Moritz Hilf in 1860. It was opened in three sections and completed on 10 January 1863. The extension of the line had more than six kilometres of tunnels. The architect and royal railway and operations supervisor, Heinrich Velde

1296-399: The decline of mining in the Lahn valley there has been little freight on the line. Up to the 1990s regular freight traffic gradually came to a standstill. The Löhnberg –Wetzlar section for many years had no freight. Many goods yards and the extensive system of track that existed before the turn of the century were largely eliminated. The situation has changed since the 1980s as all trains for

1344-543: The electrification—planned in the 1970s—would be very costly. The structure gauge of the tunnels prevents the use of double-deck carriages . The option of the Cologne–Groß-Gerau high-speed railway project planned in the 1970s for an east of the Rhine railway between Limburg and Diez would have connected with the Lahn Valley Railway at a two-level station. During the planning for the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed railway , there were also considerations of connecting with

1392-519: The end of October 2009, two incidents in relation to the tilting system led to it being switched off, delaying trains by about 10 to 15 minutes. After the timetable change in December 2010, the Regional-Express trains were again operated with active tilt technology. As a result of the 2006/2007 timetable change in December 2006 and the associated cost-cutting measures in the regional transport sector, there were considerable cuts in services on

1440-405: The goal of rehabilitating the signal box and, in the longer term, preserving it as a monument of the railway history in the Lahn valley for posterity. The signal box is located at the northern exit of Balduinstein station just before the Lahn bridge. The signal box was inaugurated in 1913 and went out of service on 1 September 2003. During the active period, the signal box was constantly occupied by

1488-434: The line at the beginning and end of the day. Therefore, a supplementary service was provided by regular buses (route 282) between Limburg and Weilburg. However, the buses took much longer than the trains. On the eastern section between Wetzlar and Weilburg daily (Monday to Saturday), bus route 125 ran from Weilburg (departing at 3.56 am or 5.26 am on Saturdays) to Wetzlar, giving early connections to Gießen and Frankfurt. In

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1536-535: The line is a listed monument under the Hessian Heritage Act. The signalling of the section in Rhineland-Palatinate was modernised in 2015. The line is listed by Deutsche Bahn as timetable route number 625 and track route number 3710. After the Taunus Railway ( Taunus-Eisenbahn ) from Frankfurt was completed to Wiesbaden in 1840, a private company was founded to continue the line along

1584-470: The line of the neighbouring Counts of Arnstein ( Obernhof / Attenhausen ), founders of the monastery at Arnstein. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the town became part of the Duchy of Nassau . Nassau suffered heavily from bombings by American B-26 Marauders during World War II , all three hospitals and almost all of the inner city were completely destroyed. Despite

1632-600: The line was prepared by the Belgian railway engineer, Frans Splingard from 1849 to 1851. The first section of the line from Oberlahnstein to Bad Ems was opened on 1 July 1858, but shortly afterwards it was buried by a landslide. Since the Nassau Rhine and Lahn Railway Company lacked the will and the necessary capital for the speedy construction of the lines, the Duchy of Nassau in 1857 withdrew its concessions, nationalised

1680-481: The opposite direction, bus route 125 also ran daily (Monday to Saturday) in the evening from Wetzlar (departing at 10:27 pm) to Weilburg and on Saturdays to Stockhausen. Since the 2011/2012 timetable change on 11 December 2011, the (Fulda–Alsfeld–)Gießen–Limburg services (RB 25) has been operated by HLB. In this case, Alstom Coradia LINT  41 (class 648) sets are used and Siemens Desiro Classic (class 642) sets are operated as additional trains in

1728-549: The peak on the Weilburg–Gießen–Grünberg route. In addition, trains on the Lahn Valley Railway now stop again in Dutenhofen , which they previously passed without stopping. The RB services run mostly hourly from Monday to Friday, half-hourly in peak periods, and on the weekend services run every two hours. (plus additional peak services, two trains starting from Kaisersesch ) (plus additional peak services) Since

1776-457: The short turnaround times in the terminal stations and to reduce delays. Until the change of the timetable in 2006/2007, a Vectus railcar operated as an RB service between Limburg and Gießen. After the 2006/2007 timetable change, there were separate Vectus DMU services between Limburg and Gießen: from Monday to Friday in the evening two Regionalbahn train pairs were operated by Vectus between Limburg and Giessen; several services also operated at

1824-488: The station’s staffing requirements. At the same time the platform lighting was replaced at the stations of Solms , Leun/Braunfels and Stockhausen (Lahn) . The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mechanische Stellwerke e. V. (“working community for mechanical signal boxes”) was founded on 21 February 2010 in Limburg to prevent the demolition of the historical and protective signal box Bo . The working community has set itself

1872-598: The transport of clay mined in the Westerwald and bound for Italy have since the closure of the Brexbach Valley Railway between Engers and Siershahn travelled via Limburg. Loaded clay wagons from the Westerwald are assembled into unit trains in Limburg. These trains then run over the Main-Lahn line to Frankfurt, Mannheim and Basel , mainly continuing to Domodossola in northern Italy. Therefore, Limburg station still has an extensive goods yard. Clay

1920-489: The use of the class 215 and 218 sets, the locomotive-hauled trains were finally converted to push-pull operations, which until then had been used very rarely in the Lahn valley. Except for commuter and school services, the passenger trains were predominantly operated with railcars and DMUs. For a long time, the Lahn Valley Railway was a focus for the operation of accumulator railcars of classes ETA 176 and ETA 150 sets with up to four cars. The Uerdingen railbus

1968-749: The weekend. These trips were used to transport the Vectus vehicles to the DB Regio carriage-washing facility in Giessen. These trips have not operated since the takeover of the Limburg–Giessen section by the HLB in December 2011. Since the timetable change in December 2008, Regional-Express services have been provided by class 612 DMUs with active tilting technology, which allowed travel times between Limburg and Gießen to be shortened by about eleven minutes. Since

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2016-572: The year 1831. Lahntal railway The Lahntal railway or Lahn Valley Railway (German: Lahntalbahn ) is a railway line between Niederlahnstein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate to Wetzlar in Hesse , partly following the Lahn valley ( Lahntal ). Its western terminus was originally in Oberlahnstein . Trains now mostly operate between Koblenz and Gießen . The line

2064-604: Was also used in various versions. However, from 1987, these vehicles were quickly replaced by new class 628 diesel locomotives, which also displaced some of the locomotive-hauled trains. This would not change until December 2004. The operation of class 611 sets equipped with tilting on a continuous Regional-Express service commenced for a few months from about 1997. Due to technical difficulties, these multiple units had to be withdrawn from circulation and reworked several times. They were replaced by trains hauled by class 216 locomotives, some with locomotives at both ends to keep

2112-604: Was born in Nassau on October 25, 1757. Here he wrote his famous Nassauer Memorandum of 1807. Stein descended from an ancient aristocratic dynasty, who had been residents of Nassau since the 12th century. The family estate lies in the centre of the town, called the Steinische Hof , which today is still in the possession of the descendants of the reformer, the Counts von Kanitz. He died in Cappenberg, district of Selm in

2160-446: Was carried out under traffic with the tracks being switched within the tunnels. The curving track is unsuitable for higher speeds. The Lahn Valley Railway is one of the few main routes in Germany largely not electrified, except for the short Eschhofen – Limburg (Lahn) section, part of the electrified Main-Lahn Railway , connecting Frankfurt Hbf and Limburg. Since many of the 18 tunnels and several overpassing bridges are too low,

2208-478: Was fundamentally renewed. Since the end of the works, the trains of the Lahn Valley Railways have operated from new, modernised platforms. In 2015, the signal technology on the Rhineland-Palatinate side (Diez–Niederlahnstein section) was modernised; the old mechanical and relay interlockings were taken out of operation, including signals and level crossings, on 24 August 2015 and replaced by

2256-638: Was opened by the Nassau Rhine and Lahn Railway Company and the Nassau State Railway between 1858 and 1863 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany . The railway follows the largely winding course of the valley of the Lahn river . It is only a few metres above the river’s surface and is characterised by numerous bridges and tunnels. It is therefore extremely scenic. As the line has never been fundamentally modernised, its numerous engineering structures, semaphore signals and accompanying telegraph lines have been preserved. The Hessian section of

2304-634: Was responsible for the buildings, particularly the railway stations, the station master’s houses and the tunnel portals. With the end of the Duchy as an independent state as a result of the Austro-Prussian War , the Nassau State Railway was absorbed by the Prussian State Railways . Subsequently, a direct connection was opened to Niederlahnstein on the main line on 15 May 1879. Following the establishment of

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