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 Auerbach Castle and Bensheim station.
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 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.
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
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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: Municipality with 41,100 residents
- Also known as: “06431002” and “Stadt Bensheim”
- Category: locality
- Location: Bergstraße, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.6977° or 49° 41′ 52″ northLongitude
8.6288° or 8° 37′ 44″ eastPopulation
41,100Elevation
186 metres (610 feet)Open location code
8FXCMJXH+3GOpenStreetMap ID
node 11066409078OpenStreetMap feature
place=municipalityGeoNames ID
6557710
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