Dahlerau (Radevormwald)
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Dahlerau is a borough of Radevormwald, located in the Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the valley of the river Wupper and situated about 7 km by road away from Radevormwald city centre. Dahlerau was the site of a severe train disaster in 1971.
The Dahlerau train disaster was a severe railway accident that took place on May 27, 1971 in Dahlerau, a small town belonging to Radevormwald in then-West Germany, in which a freight train and a passenger train crashed into each other. 46 people perished in the accident, of whom 41 were senior year pupils of the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in Radevormwald. It was the deadliest accident in West Germany since its foundation in 1949; it was surpassed after German reunification in 1998 by the Eschede train disaster.
The Dahlerau train disaster was a severe railway accident that took place on May 27, 1971 in Dahlerau, a small town belonging to Radevormwald in then-West Germany, in which a freight train and a passenger train crashed into each other. 46 people perished in the accident, of whom 41 were senior year pupils of the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in Radevormwald. It was the deadliest accident in West Germany since its foundation in 1949; it was surpassed after German reunification in 1998 by the Eschede train disaster.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlerau
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Coordinates: 51°13'14"N 7°18'58"E
- Bermuda Dreieck Bochum 30 km
- Honsberg 3.3 km
- H2O swimming bath & sauna 3.7 km
- Wuppertalsperre 4.9 km
- Electrical Sub-station 5.1 km
- Electrical Sub-station Lennep 5.6 km
- Panzertalsperre 5.6 km
- School centre Klausen 6 km
- Jahnplatz 6.1 km
- Electrical Sub-station 7.2 km
- Electrical Sub-station 8.6 km