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39-651: The population is about 21,000. Half of them live in Groß-Umstadt itself, the remainder in eight other districts which were incorporated by the Hesse State Municipal Reform Act in the 1970s: Traces of palaeolithic habitation have been identified outside the town. The settlement of Civitas Auderiensium was founded at Dieburg in AD 125 in the context of the Roman occupation of the section of

78-479: A compromise, the route as later built was chosen. It runs from Eberbach through the Odenwald via Wiebelbach-Heubach, where it branches, with one branch running to Babenhausen and Hanau Central Station ( Hauptbahnhof ) and the other branch to Reinheim and Darmstadt. This meant that traffic from the Odenwald ran to Darmstadt rather than bypassing it. The Hessian Ludwig Railway ( Hessische Ludwigsbahn ) received

117-654: A length of 3,100 m. At the top of the Mümling valley the line has its maximum grade of 1:70 and its smallest curve radius of 300 m. The railway was a tourist attraction from the beginning. It was travelled over by the Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse and his wife, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom , accompanied by the Count of Erbach-Schönberg and their guest, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ,

156-799: A result of the municipal reform in Hesse in 1974: The local transport plan for 2011-2016 includes new stations in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district and new stations in Groß-Umstadt are also being considering. Since the timetable change on 11 December 2005, the passenger services on the Odenwald Railway have been operated by the VIAS company, using two-carriage Bombardier Itino DMUs, which are owned by Fahrzeugmanagement Region Frankfurt RheinMain GmbH (fahma). The platform length of 120 metres on

195-651: A short stop and reversal in Frankfurt Central Station. Some of these trains travel in the peak with three sets coupled. The journey from Erbach to Frankfurt via Darmstadt now take about 88 minutes. When the trains run through Babenhausen there are interchanges on the Rhine-Main Railway to Darmstadt and Aschaffenburg . Since the timetable change of 2005, connections on Sundays and public holidays are no longer matched, causing longer waiting times. There are currently no freight operations on

234-615: A short time were transferred to other regions, and then by class 218 locomotives. The locomotive-hauled trains often ran as push-pull trains . Deutsche Bahn abandoned freight services in 2001. Through passenger services between Frankfurt and Stuttgart were terminated in December 2004 when Baden-Württemberg refused to support them. Passenger trains on the 56 km route between Darmstadt and Erbach took 1 hour and 17 minutes in 1982; in 2004 they took 1 hour and 10 minutes, which corresponded to an average speed of 48 km/h. Around 2005

273-586: A total length of 250 m and a maximum height of 40 m and the Haintal viaduct with a length of 173 m and two 60 m long viaducts over the Rindengrund and the kurze Tal ("short valley") are the most impressive viaducts. The line has three tunnels: the 240-metre-long Engelberg tunnel at Reinheim, the 1,205 m long tunnel near Frau-Nauses, both 8 m wide in preparation for a second track, and the Krähberg tunnel with

312-601: Is twinned with: This Hesse location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Odenwald Railway (Hesse) The Odenwald Railway ( German : Odenwaldbahn ) is a mainly single-tracked main line from Darmstadt and Hanau to Eberbach on the River Neckar , which crosses the Odenwald mountains in the German states of Hesse and Baden-Württemberg . Since 1882

351-499: Is a small town in southern Hesse , Germany . It was formerly the seat of the district ("Kreis") of Dieburg, but is now part of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg . Early mentions of Dieburg date back to the early 13th century, with various spellings of its name attested. The city's name is derived from the Middle High German words diot , meaning "people", and burg , meaning "castle". Therefore, Dieburg refers to

390-480: Is connected to the Odenwald Railway and has three train stations: Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach , Groß-Umstadt Mitte and Groß-Umstadt Klein-Umstadt. Trains running between Frankfurt / Hanau and Eberbach stop at these stations, while trains running between Darmstadt and Eberbach only stop at Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach. Dieburg Dieburg ( German pronunciation: [ˈdiːˌbʊʁk] )

429-563: Is the yearly carnival, including a carnival parade that is completely based on honorary posts. Dieburg is situated north of mountain range Odenwald in southern Hesse. The Gersprenz (47 km), tributary to the Main, flows through Dieburg. The city of Darmstadt is located 15 kilometres to the West, the city of Frankfurt on the Main is located around 40 kilometres to the North of Dieburg. Dieburg

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468-428: Is they now had all sets of points removed). In the 30 kilometres between Erbach and Eberbach there are now no junctions. The branch lines were partly closed: At times, it was even considered abandoning the mountainous line between Erbach and Eberbach completely. This did not happen, however, and the services began stopping at Kailbach and Schöllenbach stations again from 1994, after they had been closed in 1977. After

507-717: The Jagst river, but due to the stretched financial situation of the Hessian Ludwig Railway Company, this schedule could not be met. Passenger trains took two hours to run over the 56 km route between Darmstadt and Erbach in 1871. A number of additions and connections to different lines were connected to the Odenwald Railway over the years: From 1925 the Odenwald Railway was served by local services as well as three “hedgerow expresses” ( Heckeneilzug ), from Frankfurt via Hanau, Erbach and Eberbach, connecting with Stuttgart and during some timetable periods in

546-630: The 1980s even corridor express ( D-Zug ) trains. These changed from electric to diesel locomotives originally in Heilbronn and later in Eberbach. The travel time between Frankfurt and Stuttgart was 3.5 hours and between Frankfurt and Erbach about 85 minutes. In the 1970s, the Odenwald Railway began large scale closures. Zeilhard, Richen, Etzen-Gesäß, Schönnen, Ebersberg and Gaimühle stations were closed and Hetzbach, Kailbach, Klein-Umstadt and Langstadt stations were rebuilt as halts ( Haltepunkten , that

585-586: The 23 km long Erbach–Hetzbach section running through the Krähberg Tunnel was opened. On 27 May, this was followed by the opening of the last section from Eberbach to Hetzbach, first for passenger traffic and five days later for freight, making the Odenwald Railway operable along its entire length. Originally, it had been planned to complete the line in 1879, coinciding with the opening of the Neckar Valley Railway from Neckargemünd to

624-591: The Frau-Nauses tunnel. The branch line between Hanau and Wiebelbach-Heubach was opened between Babenhausen and Wiebelbach-Heubach in two sections in 1870 and between Hanau and Babenhausen in 1882. The Odenwald Railway crosses the Rhine-Main Railway in Babenhausen. The Hessian Ludwig Railway received a concession from the Grand Duchy of Hesse to build the 31 km southern section of the line through

663-562: The Grand Duchy of Baden on 3 August 1875; the Baden section of the line was authorised by a treaty between the two grand duchies that had been signed on 3 August 1874. Because the line had to overcome the topography over the watershed between the Main and Neckar, many engineering structures were required between Erbach and Eberbach, including the Himbächel Viaduct and the Krähberg Tunnel, as well as gradients of 1 in 70. On 1 March 1882,

702-462: The Mümling valley. This cost the life of eleven people and was finished at the Christmas of 1870. In Darmstadt, work began on 1 February 1869 and progressed quickly towards Reinheim. The line was opened to Ober-Ramstadt on 28 December 1870, to Reinheim on 15 May 1871 and to Wiebelbach-Heubach two months later. On 23 December 1871 the section to Erbach was opened, having been delayed by a collapse in

741-598: The Odenwald Railway. Since December 2011, some services running to Darmstadt continue to Pfungstadt on the Pfungstadt Railway . The line for its whole length is listed as a historic landmark under the Hessian Monument Protection Act. Its whole length of 120 km, especially its southern part, is very scenic: between Erbach and Eberbach it runs across a mountain range with many engineering structures. The Himbächel viaduct with

780-433: The Odenwald line and train services were hauled by diesel locomotives of class 212 . At the beginning of the 1990s, class 628 diesel multiple units were increasingly operated on the line, while the remaining locomotive-hauled trains, which had been hauled by class 212 diesel locomotives, was gradually replaced by class 216 hauled trains. In the late nineties, these were replaced first by class 215 locomotives, which after

819-589: The Princely abbey of Fulda after he came to power. Thus in 1374 he mortgaged the Otzberg Castle , the town of Hering and parts of Umstadt to his nephew Ulrich IV for 23,875 guilders ( florins ) . Other parts were taken over by Electoral Palatinate , resulting in a condominium . There is physical evidence for this in two palaces: the Hanau Palace ( German : Hanauer Schloss ) which originated from

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858-649: The Second World War, class 65 steam locomotive were used on almost all trains. They were used because their technical characteristics (tensile strength) was very suitable for the Odenwald line. Passengers trains were mostly composed of three-axle carriages rebuilt from compartmentised carriages. Freight trains were often hauled by class 50 locomotives; in some cases freight traffic was carried between Hanau and Wiebelbach in railbus sets. All locomotives were based in Darmstadt. In 1970, steam operations ended on

897-525: The area. One such was undoubtedly established in Umstadt, the center of government of the Umstaedter Mark , which included the current municipalities of Otzberg , Höchst im Odenwald , Breuberg and Schaafheim as well as Umstadt itself. At that time Umstadt had the status of a market town as well as a church and the seat of a Count. The first documentary evidence of the district was in 743 under

936-476: The castle of the people, located in the centre of the medieval town. The town's centre largely consists of historical timber-framed houses from medieval times. The Dieburg Museum, located in the Fechenbach stately home, displays archeological findings. Of special interest is a Roman temple relief of Mithras and a dyer's workshop. The coat of arms of the town Dieburg shows Martin of Tours . A cultural highlight

975-423: The concession for the Odenwald Railway in the summer of 1868 and financed its construction by raising public debt of over 4 million thalers . It was constructed as a single-track main-line railway of standard gauge , crossing the Odenwald in southern Hesse and northern Baden-Württemberg . In September 1868, construction began on the 1,205 m long tunnel near Frau-Nauses between Wiebelbach and Höchst im Odenwald in

1014-530: The first moated palace at the town's NE corner, and the Palatinate Palace ( German : Pfälzer Schloss ) at the opposite corner. Between these were the mansions of the burghers of the town, including the seat of the Wambolts of Umstadt, which soon eclipsed the palaces of both lords of the town. In 1504 the town was conquered by Landgrave Wilhelm II of Hesse , who occupied it until the ownership of

1053-441: The fleet to 26 sets. The following Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund services are operated: Since the timetable change on 11 December 2005, direct services are able to run from the Odenwald Railway on the new rail link north of Darmstadt to Frankfurt. This service is operated hourly from Erbach to Frankfurt, via Frankfurt Central Station , Offenbach Central Station , Hanau Central Station and then on to Erbach (and vice versa), with

1092-502: The following 450 years until the first documentary evidence of the town is unclear. Alemannic and later Frankish tombs point to a settlement in the area of the town. The siting of the church in the core area of the former villa indicates an uninterrupted settlement, or at least to awareness of the previous settlement. After the conquest of Alemannic territory by the Franks, they established royal fortifications in order to secure control of

1131-455: The joint dominion of the town, which was the 2nd most important town of the district of Dieburg which was founded at that time. From 1857 the town adopted the name of Gross-Umstadt to distinguish it from Klein-Umstadt and Wenigumstadt. Many factories were established in the town after it obtained a railway connection. In the election of 1933, 60% of the inhabitants voted for the Nazis, and in 1938

1170-473: The line restricts services to a maximum of three sets coupled together. However, the originally tendered 22 sets are not enough to provide sufficient capacity on all services. So as a result of bottlenecks especially during peak hours, passenger growth on the new direct services has been low. Therefore, in 2007, four more Itino sets were ordered. These were approved for service in February 2010 and have increased

1209-544: The name of "Autmundisstat", which signified "Autmund's town" (possibly Edmund's). Another possible origin of the name is " ad montes " (near the mountains). In 766 Princely Abbey of Fulda acquired the ownership of the Umstaedter Mark , and by 985 it owned three churches, mills and vineyards here. By 1263 or earlier, Umstadt had obtained town privileges as well as a town wall . Konrad IV of Hanau incurred substantial debts in connection with his election as Prince Abbot of Fulda in 1373. He attempted to recoup these debts from

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1248-510: The province of Germania Superior on the right bank of the Rhine . The foundation was followed by an orderly settlement and Romanisation of the district, and a market for agricultural produce was established. The main building of a Roman villa rustica has been excavated under the current town church. This villa remained until the collapse of the Alemanni around AD 300. The town's history over

1287-579: The route has been operated throughout as a standard gauge line and since 2005 has been worked by diesel multiples owned by the VIAS private railway company. The line is timetable no. KBS 641. To distinguish it from the Odenwald Railway in Baden from Heidelberg to Würzburg it is also known as the Hessian Odenwald Railway ( Hessische Odenwaldbahn ) and occasionally as the Mümling Railway ( Mümlingbahn ), because it follows

1326-592: The town was clarified by the Diet of Worms in 1521. This resulted in another condominium, this time between Hesse and the Palatinate. As compensation Hanau received 12,000 guilders and several nearby villages, viz. Harpertshausen, Kleestadt, Langstadt and Schlierbach. Under this common ownership the town developed until shortly before the Thirty Years' War ; the still extant town hall was built from 1596. During

1365-426: The town's synagogue was desecrated. After WW2 the town's population grew to about 22,500 following several expansions to its boundaries. There is now a substantial Portuguese community. (December 31) Each year on the second weekend of September there is a "Winzerfest" (a wine festival) which attracts tens of thousands of people. Groß-Umstadt has schools for students of all ages and a general hospital. The city

1404-578: The trains were improved with new platforms. In Darmstadt Nord , a new track connection was built allowing a direct journey to Frankfurt over the Main-Neckar Railway and a new station was opened at the new campus of the Technical University of Darmstadt , called Darmstadt TU-Lichtwiese . In the course of modernisation at the timetable change of December 2005, some station names were changed to reflect changes in place names as

1443-641: The valley of the same name from Beerfelden Hetzbach to Höchst im Odenwald . During the 1860s there were many years of controversy over the route. Darmstadt, the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) supported a route through the Gersprenz valley through Reinheim , Brensbach , Hollerbach and the Kinzig and the Mümling valleys. Frankfurt instead supported route through Dieburg . As

1482-636: The war the town was protected by its strong fortifications, preventing major destruction, but nevertheless there was great suffering, not least during the plague in 1634–36. The town was briefly occupied and laid waste by a force of 600 dragoons under the Marquis of Barbistere in December 1688 during the War of the Palatine Succession . In 1802 the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt took over

1521-407: Was the infrastructure of the Odenwald Railway was upgraded at considerable cost. The line speed was increased in some places from 90 to 120 km/h and the predominant semaphore signals were replaced by colour light signals controlled from a central control panel at Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach station. At several stations ( Darmstadt Ost , Ober-Ramstadt, Reinheim, Wiebelsbach, Groß-Umstadt) access to

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