Bergstraße

Bergstraße is a Kreis in the of southern , 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: County 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 Starkenburg.

Observatory
Photo: Poisend-Ivy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bensheim and Heppenheim.

Photo: Kesslerbensheim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , along the Bergstraße, a mountain road running on the western edge of the Odenwald mountain range.

Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hessen, , 60 km south of . is well known for the , which has been named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Bergstraße

Latitude
49.6586° or 49° 39′ 31″ north
Longitude
8.6323° or 8° 37′ 56″ east
Population
274,000
Elevation
252 metres (827 feet)
Open location code
8FXCMJ5J+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240048936
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
2950257
Wiki­data ID
Q7917
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Satellite Map

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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: “Landkreis 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: “מחוז 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”
  • “Landkreis Bergstraße”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Am Wamboldsbrunnen and Herrschaftlichen Amtswiesen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gerichtsstätte Am Landberg and Stadion Am Centgericht (FC Starkenburgia).

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