Bensheim

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bensheim station and Auerbach Castle.

Bensheim station

Railway station

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Bensheim station is in the town of Bensheim on the Main-Neckar Railway, connecting Frankfurt and Heidelberg, in the German state of Hesse. The station is also the beginning and end of the single-track non-electrified Worms–Bensheim line.

Auerbach Castle

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Auerbach Castle is one of several fortresses along the Bergstrasse in southern Hesse, Germany. The castle was originally built by King Charlemagne and rebuilt by Count Diether IV of the Katzenelnbogen dynasty in the second quarter of the 13th century.

Bensheim-Auerbach station

Railway station

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Bensheim-Auerbach station is a station on the Main-Neckar Railway in the Bensheim district of Auerbach on the Mountain Road in the German state of Hesse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heppenheim and Lorsch.

Heppenheim

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

Lorsch

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Lorsch is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hessen, Germany, 60 km south of Frankfurt. Lorsch is well known for the Lorsch Abbey, which has been named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Bensheim

Type: Locality with 41,100 residents
Also known as: “06431002” and “Stadt Bensheim”
Location: Bergstraße, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

49.6867° or 49° 41′ 12″ north

Longitude

8.6284° or 8° 37′ 42″ east

Population

41,100

Elevation

186 metres (610 feet)

Open location code

8FXCMJPH+M8

GeoNames ID

6557710

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