Wendelstein Rack Railway

cog railway in Bavaria, Germany
Place railway_line Q896156
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Wendelstein Rack Railway

Summary

Wendelstein Rack Railway is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wendelstein Rack Railway is located in Brannenburg[3].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway is in the country of Germany[4].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's route map is recorded as Wendelsteinbahn Karte.png[5].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's image is recorded as Wendelsteinbahn.jpg[6].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's image is recorded as Wendelsteinbahn 05.jpg[7].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[8].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's instance of is recorded as rack railway[9].
  • Wendelstein is named after Wendelstein Rack Railway[10].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 245412123[11].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's GND ID is recorded as 4606355-9[12].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's Commons category is recorded as Wendelsteinbahn[13].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's has part is recorded as Wendelstein station[14].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's terminus is recorded as lower station of the Wendelsteinbahn furniclar[15].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's terminus is recorded as Wendelstein station[16].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.7131545203244, 'lon': 12.0536427700594}[17].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gjc1_j[18].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Mangfall Mountains[19].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's parent organization or unit is recorded as Lechwerke[20].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's significant event is recorded as start of construction[21].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's official website is recorded as https://www.wendelsteinbahn.de/[22].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's type of electrification is recorded as 1500 V DC railway electrification[23].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's track gauge is recorded as 1000 mm track gauge[24].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's heritage designation is recorded as architectural heritage monument in Bavaria[25].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's legal form is recorded as Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung[26].
  • Wendelstein Rack Railway's date of official opening is recorded as +1912-05-25T00:00:00Z[27].

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Geography

Wendelstein Rack Railway is in the country of Germany[4]. It is located in Brannenburg[3].

Physical Characteristics

Wendelstein Rack Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+7.66'}[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway line[8] and rack railway[9]. Wendelstein Rack Railway's heritage designation is recorded as architectural heritage monument in Bavaria[25].

History and Context

Wendelstein is named after Wendelstein Rack Railway[10].

Why It Matters

Wendelstein Rack Railway ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

References

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  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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