Mountain route is the name itself of the road drawing at the west edge of the Odenwaldes as well as the landscape in its closer environment.

In addition after the mountain route the southhessian circle mountain route, hessian mountain route and (dependent) the range mountain route of Baden of the Weinbaugebietes bathing are designated (independent) the Weinbaugebiet.

Road

The mountain route runs almost exactly in north south direction at the transition of the Rhine level to the west edge of the Odenwaldes. For the naming the road guidance at the foot of the mountains was decisive, since the level was too damp at earlier time for the plant of a road. Their process corresponds to a large extent to the today's federal highway B 3. It begins in Darmstadt (darmstadt Eberstadt) and divides behind the local exit west of Eberstadt into "„the old person mountain route "“and somewhat far "„new mountain route "“running. With ferrule mountain again both branches unite.

In Weinheim again a new mountain route of the old branches and runs west the old route up to the local entrance Heidelberg glove home, where both routes unite again. The further process beyond the Neckars from Heidelberg to pointing hole is designated usually also still than mountain route, although the landschaftliche and climatic characteristic is less strongly pronounced in this section.

The mountain route pulls three districts and two circle-free cities through: Darmstadt, district darmstadt the castle, circle mountain route, Heidelberg and the Rhine-Neckar-region. The northern section ranks among Hessen, the southern to bathing. The national border lies between Heppenheim and Laudenbach.

The mountain route was already used in Roman time as trade route. The name is occupied since the year 1165 ("„bergstrasen "“). The name strata montana (as if form of "„mountain route latinisierte ") originates in contrast to this not from the Romans, but from the time of the human. From earlier time are the names strata publica (795), platea montium (819) and montana platea (1002) delivers.

The road guidance in detail changed in the course of the centuries partially easily.

In Heppenheim in the year 1955 with channel work remainders of the old Roman paving race were discovered and umgebettet into the Ferdinand Feuerbach plant (corner Karl route/Karl Marx road), where they can be visited today (surface approx. 20 m

Localities along the mountain route

The mountain route runs by following cities and municipalities (from north to south):

• Darmstadt
  • Darmstadt
  • Darmstadt Eberstadt
• Darmstadt the castle
  • Large Umstadt
• Seeheim Jugenheim (old person mountain route)
  • Malchen
  • Sea-home
  • Jugenheim
• Alsbach (old person mountain route)
  • When brook
• Bickenbach (mountain route) (new mountain route)
• Ferrule mountain (mountain route)
• Bensheim
  • Bensheim Auerbach
  • Bensheim
• Heppenheim (mountain route)
• Laudenbach (mountain route)
• Hemsbach (mountain route)
• Weinheim
  • Weinheim Sulzbach
  • Weinheim
  • Weinheim
  • Weinheim high Saxonia
• Deer mountain at the mountain route
  • Large Saxonia
  • Leutershausen
• Crying home
• Dossenheim
• Heidelberg
  • Heidelberg glove home
  • Heidelberg new home

• Neckar

• • Heidelberg
  • Heidelberg tubing brook

• Glues (bathe)
• Nut hole
• Pointing hole

Landscape

After the mountain route also the landscape is designated in their direct environment. It is characterised by a particularly mild and sunny climate (approx. 1500 sun hours annually) and the earliest beginning of spring of Germany. Meeting with favorable soil conditions (fruitful loess) makes the mountain route one of the richest fruit gardens of Germany with viticulture, fruit, almonds, Edelkastanien and The mountain route for its almond trees, which prosper here and flower in March already, is famous. In addition, other mediterrane plants such as figs and oil trees grow here.

Emperor Joseph II. (1765-1790) is to have proclaimed therefore, when he made stop on the return journey of Frankfurt at the mountain route: "“Here Germany begins, Italy to become"”.

The mountain route is highly developed and industrialized as part of the densely populated area Rhine Main Neckar. Besides the tourism has a meaning. The most important objects of interest beside the landscape are Heidelberg with lock and old part of town, art nouveau center Darmstadt with and artist colony, the chain of the castles at the edge of the Odenwaldes (castle Franconia stone, Alsbacher lock, Auerbacher lock, strong castle over Heppenheim, guard castle and wind-hit a corner over Weinheim, jet castle over crying home) as well as the pictorial historic town centres in many cities and municipalities, above all (with exception of the Stadtmauern) nearly completely received the old part of town of Heppenheim with magnificent city hall, market place, "„cathedral of the mountain route "“and numerous medieval framework constructions; furthermore the historic town centres of ferrule mountain, Bensheim and Weinheim. An outstanding object of interest in direct proximity of the mountain route is out karolingischer time the coming gate-resounds gone down monastery the Lorsch, which ranks among the world cultural heritage.

Settling history

The area was already early settled. The numerous excavation finds hand back floating binding and Schnurkeramiker (approx. 2500 to 1500 before Christ) into the time the agriculture and cattle breeding. In Roman time settling was continued to advance and differently large so-called villae rusticae, was put on, which represented the dominating restaurant units of the mountain edge of the mountain route between 120 to 260 after Christ. The most important excavation of a mansion rustica at the mountain route is in deer mountain. Here in the years 1984 to 1987 the complete sketch of a complex equipped Roman bath was excavated as well as main building with multipart room program and a Zierteich. At the Hemsberg between Bensheim and Heppenheim remainders of a Roman mansion were likewise discovered. Durable urban settlements did not develop however in the Roman time at the mountain route yet, probably however in the closer environment (shop castle and Worms). On the other hand the mountain route was already early a center since that of the 5." Century penetrating Franconia, from their time the first documentary mentions of nearly all cities and municipalities at the mountain route originate (the oldest for Heppenheim and Weinheim in the document from 17 July 755).

Related links

• http://www.bergstrasse.de
• http://www.kreis-bergstrasse.de
• http://www.ferienstrasse-bergstrasse.de
• http://www.bergstraesser-wein.de
• http://www.geo-naturpark.de

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