Bergstraße

Bergstraße is a Kreis in the south of , Germany. It is at the northern end of the Bergstraße route. Neighboring districts are , , , , the urban district , the , and the urban district of .
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  • Type: Locality with 274,000 residents
  • Description: district in Hesse, Germany
  • Also known as: Bergstraße (district)”, “DE715”, “Landkreis Bergstrasse”, and “Landkreis Bergstraße
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Starkenburg Observatory and Bismarck Tower.

Observatory
The is an astronomical observatory in , Germany. It was founded in 1970, and currently has about 150 members. The observatory was the venue for the 1997 and 2003 meetings of the European Radio Astronomy Congress.

Scenic viewpoint
is a scenic viewpoint.

Peak
is a hill in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heppenheim and Bensheim.

is a town in , along the Bergstraße, a mountain road running on the western edge of the Odenwald mountain range.

is a town in the Bergstraße district in southern Hessen, . lies on the Bergstraße and at the edge of the mountains while at the same time having an open view over the Rhine plain.

Village
is a municipality in the district of in in . is situated 6 km south of Bergstraße.

Bergstraße

Latitude
49.6669° or 49° 40′ 1″ north
Longitude
8.6672° or 8° 40′ 2″ east
Population
274,000
Elevation
252 metres (827 feet)
Open location code
8FXCMM88+QV
Geo­Names ID
2950257
Wiki­data ID
Q7917
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Western Panjabi—“Bergstraße” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: Districto de Bergstraße
  • Armenian: Բերգշտրասե
  • Belarusian: Бергштрасэ
  • Belarusian: Раён Бергштрасэ
  • Catalan: Districte de Bergstraße
  • Cebuano: Landkreis Bergstraße
  • Chinese: 贝格施特拉瑟县
  • Chuvash: Бергштрасе
  • Croatian: Bergstraße
  • Czech: Zemský okres Bergstraße
  • Danish: Landkreis Bergstraße
  • Dutch: Bergstraße
  • Dutch: Kreis Bergstraße
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Bergstraße
  • Finnish: Kreis Bergstraße
  • French: arrondissement de la Bergstraße
  • French: Arrondissement de la Bergstraße
  • Galician: Kreis Bergstraße
  • Georgian: ბერგშტრასეს რაიონი
  • German: Kreis Bergstraße
  • German: Landkreis Bergstraße
  • Hakka Chinese: Kreis Bergstraße
  • Hebrew: חבל ברגשטראסה
  • Hungarian: Bergstraße járás
  • Indonesian: Bergstraße
  • Interlingue: District Bergstraße
  • Italian: circondario della Bergstraße
  • Italian: Circondario della Bergstraße
  • Japanese: ベルクシュトラーセ郡
  • Kazakh: Бергштрасе
  • Kurdish: Bergstraße
  • Ladin: Landkreis Bergstraße
  • Low German: Kreis Bergstraße
  • Malay: Bergstraße
  • Northern Frisian: Bergstraße (Lönjkris)
  • Northern Frisian: Bergstraße
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kreis Bergstraße
  • Norwegian: Landkreis Bergstraße
  • Occitan (post 1500): Bergstraße
  • Persian: برگ‌شتراسه
  • Pfaelzisch: Kreis Bergstraße
  • Polish: Landkreis Bergstraße
  • Portuguese: Bergstrasse
  • Romanian: Districtul Bergstraße
  • Russian: Бергштрасе
  • Saterfriesisch: Bergstraße
  • Spanish: Bergstraße
  • Spanish: Distrito de Bergstraße
  • Swedish: Kreis Bergstraße
  • Turkish: Kreis Bergstraße
  • Turkish: Landkreis Bergstraße
  • Ukrainian: Бергштрасе
  • Urdu: بیرگشتراسے (ضلع)
  • Urdu: بیرگشتراسے
  • Uzbek: Bergstraße
  • Vietnamese: Bergstraße
  • Waray (Philippines): Bergstraße
  • Western Frisian: Bergstraße (Landkreis)
  • Western Frisian: Bergstraße
  • Western Panjabi: برگشٹراسے

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