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unusual facts about Neuss–Viersen railway



Albert Brülls

Albert Brülls (26 March 1937, Anrath – 28 March 2004, Neuss) was a German footballer who played 25 times for his national side, including matches in both the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups.

Antoine Busnois

Busnois was at the siege of Neuss in Germany in 1475, and survived (or missed) the disastrous Battle of Nancy in 1477 at which Charles was killed and Burgundian expansion was ended forthwith and forever.

Battle of Wevelinghoven

However, the Hessians did not engage in battle, but pulled back to a pre-prepared site between Grevenbroich and Wevelinghoven, in order to cross the River Erft there and make for Neuss.

Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium

These legions probably united in mutiny with those from Vetera stationed at their summer garrison in Castrum Novasium.

Detektiv Braun

It was part of a series of German films featuring Neuß as Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

Düsseldorf-Bilk

Düsseldorf-Bilk station is now served only by the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (slow regional trains) and is connected by the lines S 8, S 11 and S 28 to Neuss, Mönchengladbach, Kaarst, Wuppertal, Hagen, Erkrath, Mettmann, Dormagen, Cologne and other parts of Düsseldorf (Central station, Düsseldorf-Gerresheim,...).

Düsseldorf-Gerresheim

They connect with Düsseldorf Central Station, Düsseldorf-Bilk, Wuppertal, Neuss, Mönchengladbach, Hagen, Kaarst, and Mettmann.

Ekkehardt Belle

Ekkehardt Belle (born 18 May 1954 in Glehn-Neuss, Germany) is a German television actor, best known for his role as David Balfour in the 1979 HTV production of Kidnapped opposite David McCallum.

Grevenbroich station

There have been plans to the replace the RB 38 service by a new Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 18 from Horrem via Bedburg to Düsseldorf, which would involve electrifying the Düren–Neuss railway through Grevenbroich station, although this plan is not currently being pursued.

Günther Förg

Förg has had solo exhibitions at Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria, Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany; Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, The Netherlands; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv; Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz; and Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin.

Jüchen

It is situated approximately 17 km southwest of Neuss and 10 km southeast of Mönchengladbach.

Kaarster See station

Kaarster See station is located in the town of Kaarst in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the remaining part of the Neuss–Viersen railway, opened by the Rhenish Railway Company on 15 November 1877.

Mattijs Visser

For the ZERO foundation he curated exhibitions with Norbert Kricke, Jean Tinguely at the Tony Cragg Foundation Wupertal, and Jef Verheyen and ZERO friends at the Langen Foundation Neuss.

Mercedes 24/100/140 PS

That included the (by now) octogenarian German President whose 1929 presidential Typ 630 featured a Pullman-Landaulet body by coachbuilders Jos.Neuss of Berlin.

Neuss

In 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars, Neuss became part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and was reorganized as a district with the municipalities of Neuss, Dormagen, Nettesheim, Nievenheim, Rommerskirchen and Zons.

In 1975 the town of Neuss and the district of Grevenbroich were joined to form the district of Rhein-Kreis Neuss with a population of 440,000 and its seat of government in Neuss.

Peter Gloystein

Peter Gloystein is also active in various cultural institutions: Chairman of the Board of the Association supporting the Cultural Project Hombroich, Neuss; General Manager of the Urban Planning Corporation Raumortlabor Hombroich gemeinnützige Stiftungs GmbH, Neuss; Chairman of the Friends Association of the Teatro La Fenice, Berlin and Member of the Board of the Friends Association of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf/Duisburg.

Regiobahn GmbH

On 1 January 1998 Regiobahn took over the lines from Neuss to Kaarst and from Düsseldorf-Gerresheim to Mettmann from Deutsche Bahn.

At Neuss, Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof and Düsseldorf-Gerresheim there are connections to the lines S1, S6, S5/S8, S11 and S68 (in peak hours), which runs into the direction of Solingen, Dortmund, Essen, Cologne, Mönchengladbach, Hagen, Bergisch Gladbach and Düsseldorf International Airport.

Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus

The growth was rapid, and in quick succession houses were opened at Bonn, Derendorf, Düsseldorf, Neuss, Cologne, Coblenz, Landstuhl, Luxembourg, Stolberg, and Vienna.

Veleda

The Roman garrison at Novaesium (now Neuss) surrendered without a fight, as did the one at Castra Vetera (near modern Xanten in Niederrhein, Germany).

Wolf Biermann

A performance in April 1965 in Frankfurt am Main on Wolfgang Neuss' cabaret program was recorded and released as an LP titled Wolf Biermann (Ost) zu Gast bei Wolfgang Neuss (West).


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