Bundesstraße 8
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| Bundesstraße 8 | |
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| Length: | 800 km (500 mi) |
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| Northwest end: | Emmerich am Rhein |
| Southeast end: | Passau |
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| States: | North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Bavaria |
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- "Via Publica" redirects here. For the type of Roman road of this name, see via publica.
The Bundesstraße 8 (translates from German Federal road, abbreviated as B 8) is a road in southwestern Germany of great historical importance. It has existed since the 9th century, known then as Via Publica, and until recent times was a key trade route linking the towns of Brussels, Duisburg, Cologne, Frankfurt, Würzburg, Nuremberg, Regensburg and Passau. Today it has been replaced as a main route by the A3 motorway which runs parallel to it.
History
The Via Publica (later known as the Poststraße or Handelsstraße) was first mentioned in 839 in a diploma of Louis the Pious. In the Middle Ages it joined the commercial cities of Cologne, Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Regensburg. The Steinerne Brücke bridge in Regensburg (1135-46), the Innbrücke bridge in Passau (1143), the Lahnbrücke bridge in Limburg (completed 1341) and the main bridges in Würzburg (1133), Frankfurt (before 1222) and Kitzingen (before 1300) are among the oldest stone bridges in central Europe and testify to the historical importance of this road.
In 1615 the general postmaster Lamoral von Taxis was tasked by emperor Matthias with setting up a postal route between Brussels and Prague, via Frankfurt and Nuremburg. To achieve this the Via Publica was extended to Poststraße. The present day Bundesstraße 8 is largely identical to the Via Publica. The medieval trade route largely used dry level roads rather than the vallies, which were swampy and impassible after rain. Part of the Via Publcia was referred to as the Mauspfad.
Route / Junctions
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(NL) | border crossing |
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Elten | |
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Emmerich am Rhein  | |
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Rees  | |
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Wesel    | |
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(1) | Dinslaken-West  |
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Duisburg-Huckingen  | |
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Düsseldorf-Wittlaer | |
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Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth | |
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Düsseldorf-Lohausen | |
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(30) | Düsseldorf-Stockum  |
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Düsseldorf-Derendorf  / | |
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(23) | Düsseldorf-Bilk   |
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Düsseldorf-Benrath  | |
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(23) | Düsseldorf-Garath |
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Langenfeld  | |
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(2) | Langenfeld-Reusrath  |
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Opladen  | |
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(22) | Opladen  |
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Leverkusen-Wiesdorf | |
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Leverkusen  | |
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Cologne     | |
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(31) | Gremberghoven |
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(36) | Lind |
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Siegburg  | |
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(7) | Hennef (Sieg)-Ost  |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | ||
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Altenkirchen (Westerwald)   | |
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Höchstenbach  | |
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Hahn am See  | |
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Wallmerod | |
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Limburg an der Lahn  /  | |
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 | Tunnel Schiede Tunnel 240 m | |
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(43) | Limburg-Süd |
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Bad Camberg | |
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Waldems-Esch  | |
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Königstein   | |
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Kraftfahrstraße | |
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Kelkheim | |
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Bad Soden | |
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Sulzbach | |
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(16) | Frankfurt-Höchst  |
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(18) | Eschborner 3-way interchange  |
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(3) | Westkreuz Frankfurt  |
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(5) | Katharinenkreisel (formerly Opelrondell)  |
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(-) | Frankfurt-Messe |
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(21) | Frankfurt-Miquelallee |
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Frankfurt am Main  | |
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(14) | Frankfurt-Ost  |
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(33) | Maintal-Bischofsheim |
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(36) | Hanau-Nord  |
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(37) | Erlensee interchange |
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Hanau-Lamboy | |
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Hanau  | |
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Hanau | |
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Hanau-Wolfgang  | |
| Bayern | ||
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Kahl | |
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Karlstein | |
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(45b) | Kleinostheim  |
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Kleinostheim | |
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(58) | Aschaffenburg-West |
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Mainaschaff | |
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Kraftfahrstraße | |
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Mainaschaff-Ost/Aschaffenburg-Strietwald | |
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Aschaffenburg  | |
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(65) | Marktheidenfeld |
| Main | |
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Marktheidenfeld | |
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(67) | Helmstadt  |
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Würzburg    | |
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bei Rottendorf 3-way interchange  | |
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(72) | Rottendorf |
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Biebelried-West | |
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(103) | Kitzingen  |
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Kitzingen | |
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Enzlar  | |
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Barred to lorry traffic | |
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Open to lorry traffic | |
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Neustadt/Aisch local diversion  | |
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Kraftfahrstraße | |
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Langenzenn/Wilhermsdorf | |
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Langenzenn-Burggrafenhof | |
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Langenzenn-Horbach (entry  / exit  ) | |
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Seukendorf | |
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with southwest tangent, 3-way interchange  branches off | |
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Fürth–Burgfarrnbach local diversion | |
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Fürth West | |
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end of motor road | |
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Fürth | |
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(38) | Nuremberg/Fürth  |
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Maximilianstraße  | |
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Nürnberg    | |
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Münchener Straße | |
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(45) | Nuremberg-Zollhaus |
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(48) | Nuremberg/Feucht |
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Feucht local diversion | |
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Schwarzenbruck | |
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Pfeifferhütte | |
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Oberferrieden local diversion | |
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Postbauer-Heng | |
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Neumarkt-Pölling local diversion | |
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Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz local diversion  | |
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Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz | |
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Deining | |
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Batzhausen local diversion | |
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Seubersdorf | |
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Daßwang | |
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Hemau local diversion | |
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Nittendorf | |
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(97) | Nittendorf |
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(39) | Regensburg-Pfaffenstein  |
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Regensburg   | |
 | Nibelungen Bridge Regensburg | |
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(103) | Rosenhof |
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Pfatter local diversion | |
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Rain local diversion | |
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Straubing local diversion | |
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Aiterhofen local diversion  | |
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Straßkirchen local diversion | |
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(22) | Plattling-West  |
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Barred to lorry traffic | |
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Plattling | |
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Open to lorry traffic | |
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Osterhofen local diversion | |
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Vilshofen an der Donau | |
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Passau   | |
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(A) | border crossing |
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| continues towards Linz | ||
See also
- Transport in Germany
- List of federal highways in Germany (in English)
- List of federal highways in Germany (in German)
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