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3 unusual facts about Lichtenfels


Langheim Abbey

Langheim Abbey was a well-known Cistercian monastery in Klosterlangheim, part of the town of Lichtenfels in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, in the Bishopric of Bamberg.

Lichtenfels, Bavaria

Incidental rivers from the river of Main is the surrounded area Rodach,where from the northern part between Hochstadt am Main and Lichtenfels lead and it is the greatest.

Nick Proschwitz

Born in Weißenfels, Proschwitz played football as a youth for teams in Michelau, Lichtenfels and Hallstadt, before joining the youth team at Greuther Fürth.


Bamberg–Hof railway

In addition, direct hourly trains are planned from Weiden via Bayreuth and Lichtenfels to Bad Rodach.

Its expansion into a double-tracked railway followed in 1891 and the line was electrified from Bamberg to Lichtenfels and beyond that via the Franconian Forest Railway to Saalfeld on 10 May 1939.

In 2007, InterCityExpress trains working the Munich–Nuremberg–LeipzigBerlinHamburg route run hourly between Bamberg and Lichtenfels.

RegionalExpress trains on the Nuremberg–Bamberg–Lichtenfels–Sonneberg and WürzburgSchweinfurt–Bamberg– Lichtenfels–Hof/Bayreuth routes also shuttle hourly on the Bamberg–Lichtenfels section.

DB Regio Oberfranken

One exception is the through connexion of RE trains from Würzburg/Lichtenfels via Hof as Regionalbahn trains to Bad Steben.

Fourteen Holy Helpers

One of the most famous group depictions of the "Fourteen Saints" is a 1503 altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald for the monastery in Lichtenfels in Upper Franconia.

Hellflame

Hellflame Festival – The South Side of Hell, a heavy metal festival held annually in Lichtenfels, Germany

Lichtenfels station

Lichtenfels station is 31.9 km from Bamberg on the Bamberg–Hof railway and 150.9 from Eisenach on the Werra Railway at a height of 262.4 metres above sea level and is located west of the town centre and east of the Main river.


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