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Wuppertal's most famous landmark, the world's only suspended monorail, follows the course of the river for a few kilometres through the city centre. It opened in 1901. Like the suspended monorail, the city's dance company Tanztheater Pina Bausch has also established a global reputation, while the Stadthalle on the Johannisberg mountain is one ...
8. Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden. 130. Parks. The Waldfrieden Sculpture Park is located on a wooded slope between the center of Wuppertal in Elberfeld and the district of Barmen. The sculptor Tony Cragg opened the park in 2008 as a location where contemporary sculpture could be encountered in the open.
Wuppertal has a well-developed public transport network. The most important line is the world-famous. Wuppertaler Schwebebahn ( Wuppertal Suspension Railway ), ☏ +49 180 6 504030. Daily 05:00-23:00. An attraction in itself, the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is the world's oldest monorail system, dating back to 1901.
May 8, 2010 · The Schwebebahn Wuppertal (pronounced “Woopertall”) is the most important public transport system in Wuppertal. Mounted on a 13.3-kilometer long, 7- to 13-meter tall iron bridge, the monorail ...
This Wuppertal sight was the world’s oldest suspension line monorail. Service began for the Eugen Langen Monorail Suspension Railway, more often known as Schwebebahn or just “the monorail,” in 1901 after just a year of construction. You can travel the entire distance — 13.3 km (8.3 miles) — in just about a half an hour.
Over a distance of 13.3 kilometres, the suspension railway runs through the Wupper Valley, of which a good ten kilometres of track run above the river. The full return journey takes around an hour, and covers 20 stations. Some of these suspension railway stations have retained their Art Nouveau architecture, being replaced in the course of the ...
Die Stadt Wuppertal entstand erst im Jahr 1929, als sie, abgesehen von einer kleineren Gebietsreform 1975, ihre heutige Form erhielt. [34] Die damals zu Wuppertal vereinten Städte und Gemeinden besitzen eine lange eigene Geschichte, die detailliert in den jeweiligen Artikeln zu den Vorgängerkommunen aufgeführt wird.
