The Turmberg (German: "Tower Hill") is a hill (elevation: 256 m) located in Durlach , a suburb of Karlsruhe in Germany . It is home to a castle ruin.
3-491: The Turmberg can be reached by the Turmbergbahn , a funicular railway. The original railway used water to counterbalance the rail cars, but now it is run on electricity. 48°59′48.40″N 8°29′07.70″E / 48.9967778°N 8.4854722°E / 48.9967778; 8.4854722 This Karlsruhe location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Turmbergbahn The Turmbergbahn
6-783: Is a funicular railway in Karlsruhe in Germany . It is the oldest operating funicular in Germany. From Karlsruhe's former center Durlach , the line climbs the Turmberg , which on a clear day provides a lookout point with views of the Rhine Valley, the Palatinate forest and the adjacent parts of Alsace . The line first opened in 1888 by the Turmbergbahn Durlach AG , and its original form used
9-504: The water ballast system of propulsion, similar to that still used by the Nerobergbahn in Wiesbaden . Operation of the funicular was interrupted twice during World War II , once near the beginning, and again from 1945 to 1946. The line was comprehensively rebuilt in 1966, and the water ballast drive was replaced by a conventional electric drive. In 2019, it was decided to extend the tracks of
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