18-610: The Kaiserbrücke (English: Emperor Bridge ), today officially the Nordbrücke ( Northern Bridge ), is a railway span on the Mainz rail bypass across the Rhine at the north end of Mainz in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany . Built between 1901 and 1904, it was named for the German Emperor Wilhelm II , who officially opened it on 1 May 1904. It formed an important part of
36-716: A rail bypass. While this required a complex route involving bridges, it avoided the need for freight traffic to run through Mainz Hauptbahnhof. The line entered operation on 2 May 1904. The 15.1 km long line begins in Mainz-Mombach station . It crosses the Rhine on the Emperor Bridge , which was built for the line, reaching an area that is now in the city of Wiesbaden and crosses the Taunus Railway south of Wiesbaden Ost station . There are grade separated entrances and exits towards Wiesbaden and Koblenz . The line runs in
54-474: A through coach to Moscow ). In addition, passenger trains are diverted over the section during unscheduled disruptions on other lines and as a result of construction projects. South of Kostheim junction the line is used by scheduled trains S-Bahn line S 9 operated by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund . Revivalism (architecture) Architectural revivalism is the use of elements that echo
72-690: A wide arc around Mainz-Kastel . In Mainz-Kostheim it crosses the Taunus Railway again; at Kostheim junction it is possible to transfer to the line to Frankfurt. Then it reaches the Kostheim Bridge over the Main , crosses the Rhine-Main Railway and runs in a wide arc into Mainz-Bischofsheim station . From there it is possible to continue via the Main Railway to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (and formerly to
90-558: The German railway system, as well as being an important logistical link for war transports (which were closely tied to railway infrastructure). The bridge was destroyed in 1945 by retreating German troops. To forestall a second Remagen , the Germans by 19 March had blown all Rhine bridges from Ludwigshafen northward. It was later reopened in 1955 as the Nordbrücke (Northern Bridge), with parts of
108-713: The Kaiser Bridge, were destroyed or damaged during the Second World War and rebuilt after the war in highly simplified forms. Monuments that will be evaluated under the Hessian Heritage Act include: The northern section of the line, north of Kostheim junction, was and is used almost exclusively for freight traffic. Scheduled passenger trains occasionally run on this section of line, such as the Jan Kiepura , which runs between Amsterdam and Warsaw via Frankfurt, (with
126-474: The bypass, avoiding conflict with regional passenger services. This Mainz bypass runs over a series of bridges. The historic bridges on the bypass were crossings over infrastructure and rivers. These structures on a large scale had a revivalist design, while numerous details were in the Art Nouveau style, such as the bridge railings. Part of this original design has been preserved, while other parts, especially
144-487: The credo of universal Classicism, two new, and often contradictory, attitudes on historical styles existed in the early 19th century. Pluralism promoted the simultaneous use of the expanded range of style, while Revivalism held that a single historical model was appropriate for modern architecture. Associations between styles and building types appeared, for example: Egyptian for prisons, Gothic for churches, or Renaissance Revival for banks and exchanges. These choices were
162-483: The dawn of civilisation, but the notion that architecture can bear the stamp of national character is a modern idea, that appeared in the historical and philosophical writing of the 18th century and was given political currency in the wake of the French Revolution . As the map of Europe was repeatedly changing, architecture was used to grant the aura of a glorious past to even the most recent of nations. In addition to
180-463: The first to promote Gothic as a powerful expression of national character, and in turn use it as a symbol of national identity in territories still divided. Johann Gottfried Herder posed the question 'Why should we always imitate foreigners, as if we were Greeks or Romans?'. Modern-day revival styles are frequently placed under the heading of New Classical architecture . Revivalism is not to be confused with complementary architecture , which looks to
198-462: The former Igelstein junction to the East Rhine Railway has been under construction since early 2011 under the “seaport hinterland transport emergency program” ( Sofortprogramms Seehafenhinterlandverkehr ). According to the tender, this involves a 1,200 m long single-track connection, including two ground frames. The curve allows all freight trains through the district of Mainz-Kastel to run via
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#1732877234639216-432: The late 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable revival styles include Neoclassical architecture (a revival of Classical architecture ), and Gothic Revival (a revival of Gothic architecture ). Revivalism is related to historicism . Western architecture of the 19th century, including Victorian architecture , is an example of Revivalism. The idea that architecture might represent the glory of kingdoms can be traced to
234-613: The now demolished Frankfurt main freight yard) and the Rhine-Main Railway to Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof . The construction of the bypass allows the operation of trains from Frankfurt and Mainz-Bischofsheim freight yard over the Mainz–Ludwigshafen line towards Worms , without reversal in Mainz Hauptbahnhof. This route, however, is rarely used due to the need to run through Mainz Tunnel. A single-track connecting curve from
252-555: The result of other associations: the pharaohs with death and eternity , the Middle Ages with Christianity, or the Medici family with the rise of banking and modern commerce. Whether their choice was Classical , medieval, or Renaissance, all Revivalists shared the strategy of advocating a particular style based on national history, one of the great enterprises of historians from the mid-18th to early 19th centuries. Only one historic period
270-472: The style of a previous architectural era that have or had fallen into disuse or abeyance between their heyday and period of revival. Revivalism, in a narrower sense, refers to the period of and movement within Western architectural history during which a succession of antecedent and reminiscent styles were taken to by architects, roughly from the mid-18th century, and which was itself succeeded by Modernism around
288-534: The surviving foundations and sculptures adorning it incorporated into the new much less grand structure. The neo-roman gate castles were not rebuilt. The former arched trusses were also replaced with box trusses. Mainz rail bypass The Mainz bypass railway ( German : Umgehungsbahn Mainz ) is a bypass around the Mainz Hauptbahnhof node primarily used for freight in the German states of Hesse and Rhineland Palatinate . Even after Mainz Hauptbahnhof
306-595: Was claimed to be the only one capable of providing models grounded in national traditions, institutions, or values. Issues of style became matters of state. The most well-known Revivalist style is the Gothic Revival one, that appeared in the mid-18th century in the houses of a number of wealthy antiquarians in England, a notable example being the Strawberry Hill House . German Romantic writers and architects were
324-679: Was moved to its present location in 1884, it soon became a bottleneck for traffic again. This was mainly due to the need to use the Mainz Tunnel, which only had two tracks. In 1900, the Prussian-Hessian Railway Company ( Königlich Preußische und Großherzoglich Hessischen Staatseisenbahnen or K.P.u.G.H.St.E.), supported by the governments of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Hesse , decided to solve this problem by building
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