Distelhausen railway station

Distelhausen railway station City of Tauberbischofsheim Coordinates 49° 35′ 54″ N, 9° 41′ 1″ O
Zip code:	97941
Area code:	09341
	View of the residential site railway station Distelhausen, 2018

Bahnstation Distelhausen is a residential place at the name-giving stop, formerly Bahnhof Distelhausen of the railway line Lauda-Wertheim in the district of Tauberbischofsheim in the Main-Tauber district in the Franconian northeast of Baden-Württemberg.^[1]

Geography

Railway station Distelhausen is located about 400 meters west of the village Distelhausen on the railway line Lauda-Wertheim on the left edge of the Tauber valley.^[1] The residential site is located on the Tauber valley cycle path and can be reached via Wolfgangstraße.^[1]

History

On the Ordnance Survey map No. 6424 “Königshofen” of 1881, the village was listed as a ward.^[2] The residential place came as part of the formerly independent municipality Distelhausen on 1 January 1975 to the city of Tauberbischofsheim.^[3]

Cultural monuments

The reception building of the former Distelhausen station is a listed building. In addition, there are other small monuments not far from the railway station, for example a wayside shrine on the road in front of the building or the nearby Wolfgang Chapel at the Distelhausen cemetery with an open-air Way of the Cross in the cemetery wall.

Web links

Commons: Distelhausen railway station– Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Distelhausen railway station on the website leo-bw.de

Individual references

↑ ^a ^b ^c LEO-BW.de Distelhausen, railway station – residential area. Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
↑ Deutsche Fotothek.In: deutschefotothek.de. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
↑ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Name, boundary and key number changes in municipalities, districts and administrative districts from 27.5.1970 to 31.12.1982. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart/Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1, p. 469.

[Bahnstation_Distelhausen-1] LEO-BW.de Distelhausen, railway station – residential area. Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

[Messtischblatt_1881-2] Deutsche Fotothek.In: deutschefotothek.de. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[3] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Name, boundary and key number changes in municipalities, districts and administrative districts from 27.5.1970 to 31.12.1982. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart/Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1, p. 469.

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