Opel-Rennbahn
mini|Part of the Nordkurve 2025 The Opel-Rennbahn 'Opel Racetrack' is a former race track built by the Adam Opel AG in 1919. It was located in a forest about two kilometers south of Rüsselsheim am Main at the Schönauer Hof and was Germany's first purpose build racing track.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wuester Forst bei Rüsselsheim and GPR Klinikum.
Wuester Forst bei Rüsselsheim
Nature reserve
Photo: Tigerstreifenbaby, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wuester Forst bei Rüsselsheim is a nature reserve.
See an der Merschheimer Lache bei Trebur
Nature reserve
Photo: Uli Hoecker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
See an der Merschheimer Lache bei Trebur is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wicker and Nackenheim.
Wicker
Village
Photo: Brühl, Public domain.
Wicker is a village, which is situated 7 km north of Opel-Rennbahn.
Nackenheim
Village
Photo: Paddy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nackenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – and a winegrowing centre in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Nackenheim is situated 7 km southwest of Opel-Rennbahn.
Mainz-Laubenheim
Village
Mainz-Laubenheim is a southern quarter of Mainz and is located south of the A60 autobahn and west of the B9 highway on the banks of the Rhine. Mainz-Laubenheim is situated 8 km west of Opel-Rennbahn.
Opel-Rennbahn
- Type: Locality
- Description: race track
- Categories: race track, test track, and historic site
- Location: Rüsselsheim, Groß-Gerau, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.96524° or 49° 57′ 55″ northLongitude
8.41665° or 8° 25′ eastOpen location code
8FXCXC88+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 5891818741OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q2025264
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In Other Languages
“Opel-Rennbahn” goes by many names.
- German: “Opel Rennbahn”
- German: “Opel-Rennbahn”
- German: “Opelbahn”
- German: “Opelrennbahn”
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Notable Places Nearby
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