Ludwigsstadt is a town in the district of Kronach , in the Upper Franconian region of Bavaria , Germany .
6-751: It is situated in the valley of the Loquitz River, a tributary of the Saale , in the Thuringian-Franconian Highlands of the Thuringian Slate Mountains and the Franconian Forest mountain ranges. Located 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of Kronach , the Bavarian border with the state of Thuringia runs about 3 km (1.9 mi) north of the town centre, with Thuringian Saalfeld in
12-730: A distance of c. 18 km (11 mi) down the Loquitz. Ludwigsstadt is the only municipality of the State of Bavaria located north of the Rennsteig ridge. It is the second-northernmost town in Bavaria, behind Fladungen . The settlement in the Landgraviate of Thuringia was first mentioned in a 1269 deed as Ludwichsdorf , probably named after a local Vogt official of the Counts of Weimar - Orlamünde . In 1427
18-705: The Bavarian Ludwig South-North Railway near Lichtenfels with the Thuringian Saal Railway at Saalfeld . It soon evolved to one of the most important north–south railway connections in Germany, linking the Prussian capital Berlin with Nuremberg and Munich . Between 1945 and 1990 Ludwigsstadt station served as West German checkpoint for crossing the inner German border by rail with its counterpart at Probstzella station . The border crossing
24-708: The Imperial Franconian Circle , finally purchased Ludwigsstadt. When his descendant Margrave Charles Alexander resigned in 1791, he sold his possessions to his Hohenzollern relatives in the Kingdom of Prussia . In the course of the German Mediatisation in 1803, Ludwigsstadt fell to the Electorate of Bavaria . In 1885 Ludwigsstadt achieved access to the Franconian Forest Railway line, connecting
30-611: The area around historic Lauenstein Castle was acquired by the Hohenzollern Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg , who added it as a northern exclave to his Franconian Principality of Kulmbach . Ludwigsstadt received town privileges in 1490, which it again lost in 1525, as the citizens joined a rebellion against the landlords during the German Peasants' War . In 1622 Margrave Christian of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , colonel of
36-558: Was open for trains travelling from West to East Germany or West Berlin . The traffic was subject to the interzonal traffic regulations, that regarding trains between West Germany and West Berlin followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972) . After German Reunification , the railway was restored and since 2000 is part of the Intercity Express (ICE) network with hourly trains linking Berlin and Munich. As
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