Würzburg Central Station - Würzburg, Bayern, Germany
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N 49° 48.078 E 009° 56.136
32U E 567326 N 5516959
Clock on the front of a railway station completed in the early 1960's to replace an 1860's station destroyed in World War II.
Waymark Code: WMHFCP
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 07/04/2013
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The clock is located on the front of the railway station and is visible from quite some distance. The clock is mounted on two of the concrete pillars that front the glass facade of the building. Looking at the clock one see through it to the glass wall behind the clock. The numbers are yellow hashes. There are two hands, the hour and minute hands, which are the same yellow color as the number hashes.
About the station:
Würzburg Central Station is a major station in northern Bavarian with a number of key rail lines passing through the city. The current station is a 1950's Modern style station with concrete pillar front. Following the war the decision was made to build an entirely new station for the city. In 1952 construction began, but it wasn't until 1961 that it was completed. There is a great hall, ticket center, shops and baggage room. Over the years it has been modernized and now has five raised platforms reached by underground tunnels. In the plaza in front of the station is the St Kilian fountain which was a gift from Prince Regent Luitpold to his native city in 1895.
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