Bundesstraße 6
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The Bundesstraße 6 runs from the North Sea coast in a southeasterly direction through the states of Lower Saxony
, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt
and Saxony
to the Polish
border.
and Schweidnitz to Breslau and from there via Oels
as far as the old Polish border near Groß Wartenberg.
Between Leipzig
and Görlitz
the B 6 largely follows (apart from the ring roads around Meißen, Dresden and Bischofswerda) the historic course of the Via Regia
.
In the days of East Germany the section on GDR territory was known as the F 6 (Fernverkehrsstraße 6 or "trunk road"). In this road lay inside the town area of Dresden the headquarters of VEB Tabakkontor Dresden, a tobacco firm, nowadays known as Yenidze
. This led to the urban myth that the road had given its name to the cigarette brand, f6
.
As a result of the opening of the A 27 motorway
between Cuxhaven and Bremen-Nord (formerly Bremen-Burglesum) in the mid- to late-1970s the B 6 was replaced by the A 27. Until that point the B 6 had linked the two cities of Bremen
and Bremerhaven
in the state of Bremen and also connected them to Cuxhaven.
The old route in Cuxhaven from the start (Poststraße/Deichstraße crossroads), apart from the Rohdestraße as far as the branch to the motorway slip road at Altenwalde junction ws renamed the B 73
. The rest of the route to Bremen, with the exception of a short section in Bremerhaven, was downgraded to Landesstraße
135.
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...
and Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
to the Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
border.
History
The former Reichsstraße 6 ran from Görlitz via HirschbergJelenia Góra
----Jelenia Góra is a city in Lower Silesia, south-western Poland. The name of the city means "deer mountain" in Polish, Czech and German. It is close to the Krkonoše mountain range running along the Polish-Czech border – ski resorts such as Karpacz and Szklarska Poręba can be found...
and Schweidnitz to Breslau and from there via Oels
Olesnica
Oleśnica is a town in the Trzebnickie Hills in southwestern Poland with 36,951 inhabitants . It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship...
as far as the old Polish border near Groß Wartenberg.
Between Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
and Görlitz
Görlitz
Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...
the B 6 largely follows (apart from the ring roads around Meißen, Dresden and Bischofswerda) the historic course of the Via Regia
Via Regia
Via Regia, i.e. "Royal Highway", denotes a mediæval historic road. The term, in the usual sense, means not just a specific road, rather a type of road. It was legally associated with the king and remained under his special protection and guarantee of public peace.There were many such roads in the...
.
In the days of East Germany the section on GDR territory was known as the F 6 (Fernverkehrsstraße 6 or "trunk road"). In this road lay inside the town area of Dresden the headquarters of VEB Tabakkontor Dresden, a tobacco firm, nowadays known as Yenidze
Yenidze
Yenidze is the name of a former cigarette factory building in Dresden, Germany. It was built between 1907 and 1909 and is used today as an office building...
. This led to the urban myth that the road had given its name to the cigarette brand, f6
F6 (cigarette)
"f6" is a brand of cigarette produced in Dresden, Germany, under the authority of the Philip Morris International.f6 enjoyed as of 2007 a 20% market share in the new states of Germany....
.
As a result of the opening of the A 27 motorway
Bundesautobahn 27
branches off the A 7 at Autobahndreieck Walsrode to the northwest, crossing A 1 at the Bremer Kreuz and continuing eastwards of Bremen, toward Cuxhaven....
between Cuxhaven and Bremen-Nord (formerly Bremen-Burglesum) in the mid- to late-1970s the B 6 was replaced by the A 27. Until that point the B 6 had linked the two cities of Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
and Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...
in the state of Bremen and also connected them to Cuxhaven.
The old route in Cuxhaven from the start (Poststraße/Deichstraße crossroads), apart from the Rohdestraße as far as the branch to the motorway slip road at Altenwalde junction ws renamed the B 73
Bundesstraße 73
The Bundesstraße 73 or B73 is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southeasterly direction from Cuxhaven to Hamburg. It runs partially beside the Bundesautobahn 26....
. The rest of the route to Bremen, with the exception of a short section in Bremerhaven, was downgraded to Landesstraße
Landesstraße
Landesstraßen are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are roads that cross the boundary of a rural or urban district...
135.
See also
- List of federal roads in Germany
- B 6n - new four-lane B6 roadBundesstraße 6nThe Bundesstraße 6n is a German federal road which was originally planned to be the A 36 motorway and is still currently under construction.It is intended to have four lanes running from the A 395 near Vienenburg through Wernigerode, Blankenburg, Quedlinburg, Aschersleben over the A 14 to...