Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof

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Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof is the most important passenger station in Heilbronn. In operation sites directory it is passed under the name of TH.

• 3.1 Railroads
• 3.2 Access

Description

The train station is about a kilometer west of the city center of Heilbronn on a half-mile wide island, which is encircled by the Neckar canal to the east from the river Neckar - bayou and in the West. Beyond the Neckar Canal to the southwest lies near Heilbronn goods station. The pretty much running east stretch of road with Bahnhofstrasse, Friedrich Ebert Bridge ( over the river Neckar - old arm ) and Kaiser road connecting the railway station and the historic center of Heilbronn to the marketplace.

Lobby

Hellmut Kasel held as the construction manager in 1958 created the main building, which was based on a preliminary draft of Emil shoe. Its canopy is exemplary of the shed roof architecture of this time. The station building is a 120 m long concrete and glass construction; on its roof a copper tape is attached. Its central part is a 40 m long, 11.5 m wide and 7.5 m high elongated hall with a glass front. The floor of the lobby is filled with Jura - plates, the walls are covered with Jurassic and travertine slabs. The ceiling is a Rabitzkonstruktion with fields of blue spray plaster.

Vertical and horizontal lines divide the entire lobby. The southeast, toward the city looking long side consists almost entirely of glass. Strips made of anodized light alloy structure the spacious glass and keep it at the same time together. During the night a band of light illuminates the shed roof over the entrance.

West Wing: Girl with fish, wall mosaic and stained glass windows

Southwest of the entrance hall was formerly the restaurant area; where the stained glass windows of Friedrich Knödler have survived to this day.

This south-west wing comprises a large open terrace on the ground floor and a restaurant upstairs. The equipment of the 50s has been preserved until today, elm and maple dress the walls here. A wall mosaic by Frederick Knödler should have been in the former cafe upstairs. In the stairway statue girl stands with fish by Hermann Koziol; through his window upstairs you can look in the lobby.

West Wing: travel by rail - Heilbronn and the world

The eastern end of the station is a three-storey administration building. The colorful metal relief from silicate paint and wrought iron is from the year 1958 by Peter Jacob Schober on the adjacent wall of the reception building: Travel by rail - Heilbronn and the world. The topic of " Federal Railroad " was motive for a mural of silicate color, a line skeleton of wrought iron was set before. There symbols for the place and on the other hand symbols for the world on the one hand used. Kilian Church, grapes and industry should stand for Heilbronn and water, railway signs, sun, guitar and bridge for the world.

Underpass: Stained glass window

The stained glass windows of the underpass were created by Valentin Saile. In the stained glass windows can be seen " Kiliansbräu ". Kiliansbräu represents an image of drinking St. Kilian midst of a coat of arms, with the coat of arms carries a big C and the inscription Kiliansbräu. Different glasses are seen.

Forecourt

Roofing of the bus stop from 1958

In the autumn of 1958 a new roof over the bus stop was built before the Heilbronn Central Station, which was designed by Heinrich Röhm. On the lower standing hall in particular the 20 m 3.40 m wide roof was long and remarkably, that is described in the literature as " sleek, aircraft -like construction ". It rested on five pillars. The roof was replaced in 1980 by a honeycomb suspended construction.

Roofing of 2001

In 2001 a new roof was built for the city tram stop Heilbronn and for bus services, which had been designed by Fritz Auer, Carlo Weber and Götz Guggenberger. This because of the light rail catenary at a height of eight meters suspended, slightly curved roof rises to the reception building to go. By covering with glass panels to historic preservation requirements could be worn over the reception building account. The roof covers an area of ​​1,100 m² on six pillars.

Renamed in 2013

In November 2013 it was decided to rename the officially unnamed station forecourt in Willy -Brandt-Platz. The official renaming took place on 18 December, 2013, to mark the 100th birthday of Willy Brandt. The stops of buses and light rail in front of the station have been called since the timetable change 2013/2014 Central Station / Willy -Brandt-Platz.

Predecessors

The first Heilbronner station of 1848 was a little further east on the banks of the Neckar right on the harbor. The track guide to this station, the station building has been preserved even as the old train station, was somewhat different: the tracks were then still south of the building, along what is now Station Road. The station forecourt was on today facing away from the street side of the building where the main entrance is located.

The change of the routing and the intensification of traffic led in 1873 to build the first Heilbronn Central Station at its present location at the north of it lying tracks. A collateral line of the tram Heilbronn joined the main train station with the Heilbronn South Station, it was replaced by the 1951 and 1960 trains running trolleybus Heilbronn. The station building of 1873 was destroyed during an air raid on Heilbronn on December 4, 1944. Today's main railway station was built on its foundations.

Predecessor of 1873

Plan of the main station from 1895

Route map and location of the station in 1903

Traffic

The station corresponds to the DB station category 2

Railroads

This course book routes affect the Heilbronn Main Station (as of December 2007):

• KBS 705: to Mannheim via Heidelberg and Eberbach ( Neckar Valley Railway )
• KBS 706: by Heidelberg Meckenheim ( Elsenztalbahn )
• KBS 710.4: Öhringen - Heilbronn - Epping - Karlsruhe ( Crailsheim -Heilbronn and Kraichgaubahn )
• KBS 710.42: Öhringen - Heilbronn - Epping ( - Karlsruhe - Achern ) ( Stadtbahn Heilbronn)
• KBS 780: Stuttgart - Heilbronn - Mosbach- Neckarelz / Würzburg ( Franks and Neckar Valley Railway )
• KBS 783: Crailsheim about Öhringen and Schwäbisch Hall ( " Hohenlohe Railway" Crailsheim -Heilbronn )

Transport links

The following lines run through the Heilbronn Main Station and the station forecourt (December 2013):