Vennbahn

former railway line in Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg
Place abandoned_railway Q678572
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Vennbahn

Summary

Vennbahn is an abandoned railway[1]. Vennbahn ranks in the top 2% of abandoned_railway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vennbahn is located in North Rhine-Westphalia[3].
  • Vennbahn is in the country of Belgium[4].
  • Vennbahn is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Vennbahn is in the country of Luxembourg[6].
  • Vennbahn's route map is recorded as Vennbahn.png[7].
  • Vennbahn's image is recorded as Vennquerbahn bridge buetgenbach.jpg[8].
  • Vennbahn's instance of is recorded as abandoned railway[9].
  • Vennbahn's owned by is recorded as Infrabel[10].
  • Vennbahn's operator is recorded as NMBS/SNCB[11].
  • High Fens is named after Vennbahn[12].
  • Vennbahn's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 240031915[13].
  • Vennbahn's GND ID is recorded as 4300062-9[14].
  • Vennbahn's locator map image is recorded as Vennbahn.png[15].
  • Vennbahn's Commons category is recorded as Vennbahn[16].
  • Vennbahn's has part is recorded as Q24023493[17].
  • Vennbahn's terminus is recorded as Aachen-Rothe Erde station[18].
  • Vennbahn's terminus is recorded as Troisvierges railway station[19].
  • Vennbahn's terminus location is recorded as Aachen[20].
  • Vennbahn's terminus location is recorded as Troisvierges[21].
  • Vennbahn's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.424, 'lon': 6.221}[22].
  • Vennbahn's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pr7y4[23].
  • Vennbahn's located in/on physical feature is recorded as High Fens – Eifel Nature Park[24].
  • Vennbahn's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vennbahn[25].
  • Vennbahn's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[26].
  • Vennbahn's date of official opening is recorded as +1885-00-00T00:00:00Z[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Belgium[4], a sovereign state[28], in Belgium[29], founded in 1830[30]; Germany[5], a sovereign state[31], in Germany[32], founded in 1949[33]; and Luxembourg[6], a sovereign state[34], in Luxembourg[35], founded in 1815[36]. Vennbahn is located in North Rhine-Westphalia[3].

Physical Characteristics

Vennbahn's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+122'}[37].

Designation and Status

Vennbahn's instance of is recorded as abandoned railway[9].

History and Context

Vennbahn's owned by is recorded as Infrabel[10]. High Fens is named after Vennbahn[12].

Why It Matters

Vennbahn ranks in the top 2% of abandoned_railway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[2] Vennbahn has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Vennbahn is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [37] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vennbahn_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Vennbahn}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vennbahn}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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