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6 unusual facts about Gronau


Bombings of Heilbronn in World War II

The ensuing fires were too much for the local brigade to handle; help had to be called from places such as Gronau, Lauffen am Neckar, Untereisesheim, Schwaigern and Weinsberg, among others.

Bundesstraße 54

The Bundesstraße 54 or B54 is a German federal highway running in a north–south direction from the Dutch border near Gronau to the Hessian state capital Wiesbaden.

Gronau

Gronau is the name of two German cities

Gronausaurus

The skeleton was discovered in Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1912 by paleontologist Theodor Wegner (the namesake of the species), but it was originally identified as that of Brancasaurus brancai, a plesiosaur that had been named in 1910 from fossils in the same locality.

Lamme Valley Railway

The extension of the line between Bad Salzdetfurth and Bodenburg and to Gronau was opened on 7 November 1901.

Winfried Berkemeier

Winfried Berkemeier (born 22 January 1953 in Gronau (Westf.)) is a former German footballer.


Lamme Valley Railway

On 1 January 1982, the line was closed completely between Harbarnsen and Lamspringe, on 31 May 1987 between Bodenburg and Harbarnsen, and on 29 May 1994 between Lamspringe and Bad Gandersheim and between Gronau and Elze.

Ulrich III, Lord of Hanau

He also acquired a one-sixth share of the distrirts of Münzenberg and Assenheim and a share of Gronau.


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