Bundesstrasse 217

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	Bundesstrasse 217 in Germany
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	Basic data
Operator:	Federal Republic of Germany
Start of the street:	Hanover ; ( 52 ° 21 ′ N , 9 ° 42 ′ E )
End of street:	Hameln ; ( 52 ° 6 ′ N , 9 ° 21 ′ E )
Overall length:	40 km
State :	Lower Saxony;

The national highway 217 (abbreviation: B 217 ) is a federal highway in Germany . It begins in Hanover and ends in Hameln .

history

Emergence

Anton Heinrich du Plats published in 1780 "Situation cracks of the newly built Chausséen of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . First part “for the (today's) B 217;
Engraving by Gotthard Christoph Müller

Historic milestone with the initials of King George III. in the amount of Sedemünder

The federal road 217 originally followed the course of the Hamelner Chaussee from the royal seat of Hanover to the state fortress of Hamelin of the Electorate of Hanover . This road was due to a 1764 by King George III. The instructions issued to the Chaussee were expanded, for which he approved 12,000 thalers . The expansion of the existing street served to promote trade and commerce in the spirit of mercantilism . The road was built between 1764 and 1776 under the direction of the engineer-captain-lieutenant Anton Heinrich du Plat . After that, the traffic route, bordered by curbs, consisted of a stone base with a gravel and sand layer. Along the road there were stations with barriers at a distance of about one country mile (7.4 kilometers), which levied tolls from road users . The residents of the places on the Chaussee were obliged to do manual and tensioning services for maintenance measures until 1841 . In the 19th century, with the exploitation of stone and coal deposits in the Deister - Süntel area, freight traffic on Hamelner Chaussee increased significantly. The construction of the railway in the second half of the 19th century relieved them.

The Chaussee is considered the first art street of the later Kingdom of Hanover . Further extensions were made in 1863 for all traffic and in the 1920s with asphalt.

20th and 21st centuries

When the numbering of the trunk road network in Germany was introduced in 1932 , this road was classified as part of the then trunk road 1 (FVS 1), which was called Reichsstrasse 1 (R 1) from 1934 and led from Aachen via Hanover to Berlin . Around 1937 the course of this Reichsstraße was changed and from then on it replaced the shorter Reichsstraße 78 via Hildesheim . The well-developed country road between Hanover and Hameln was henceforth known as Reichsstraße 217 .

The Steinkrug bypass and the first parts of a Weetzen bypass were completed for Expo 2000 . The further expansion should initially be postponed after the expo, since large financial resources had been concentrated on the Hanover area for the expo. After numerous protests and with the help of the UMTS license proceeds , the Weetzen and Evestorf bypasses were completed in 2003. The bypasses made the road one kilometer longer. The heavily loaded level crossing south of Weetzen and the next south curve, which despite the speed limit repeatedly provoked accidents due to excessive speed and was therefore referred to as the death curve, were omitted .

course

The B 217 begins in Hanover-Bornum , where it branches off from the B 65 at the Tönniesberg roundabout and then heads south to the Wettbergen district . There it leaves the city of Hanover and leads southeast through Ronnenberg . The original route continued straight through the local area of Weetzens, the bypass now built leads past the village to the west. In doing so, it crosses the Hanover-Hameln-Altenbeken-Soest railway line north of the village and under the Deisterbahn (Weetzen-Haste) route southwest of it . Shortly afterwards it reaches its old route again. This leaves it again at the junction to Wennigsen-Sorsum and bypasses Evestorf to the east. It then crosses Holtensen to bypass Steinkrug to the west and continue over the Deister to Völksen . At the Kaiserrampe it is crossed for the second time by the railway line to Hameln before it cuts Springe eastwards and leads through the Deisterpforte , where the state road 421 to Bad Münder creates a cross connection to the B 442 , via which the A 2 can be reached at Lauenau. After the locality Altenhagen I , the area of the Hanover region is left and the federal highway 442 is crossed in Hachmühlen in the Hameln-Pyrmont district . Shortly after Hachmühlen it is crossed a third time by the railway line to Hameln, which from then on runs south of the road to Hameln . The area of the city of Hameln is then reached in Groß Hilligsfeld via the Hasperder Bahnhof suburb . After the Rohrsen district, it meets the B 1 in the city center , with which it runs 1.6 km together to the B 83 to the Thiewall / Erichstrasse intersection.

Extension standard

B 217 in four-lane expansion with a view of the Deisterpforte

Hanover Tönniesbergkreisel - AS Weetzen / Ost: 4 lanes
AS Weetzen / Ost - AS Steinkrug: 3 lanes, 2 + 1 alternating. 4 lanes for a short time within the Holtensen thoroughfare.
AS Steinkrug - AS Hameln-Hottenbergsfeld: 4 lanes (with the exception of an undeveloped section of around 500 m in length at Altenhagen I, which has only 2 lanes).
AS Hameln-Hottenbergsfeld - Hameln Basbergstraße: 2 lanes
Hameln Basbergstraße - Hameln Berliner Platz: 2 + 2 spatially separated lanes
Hameln Berliner Platz - Hameln Deisterallee: 2 lanes into town, 1 lane out of town
Hameln Deisterallee - Hameln Thiewall (city center): 4 lanes

The B 217 has been circumnavigating all localities outside Hanover and Hameln since the end of 2003 with the exception of Ronnenberg, Holtensen, Altenhagen I, Hachmühlen and Groß Hilligsfeld and is level with the in the section AS Weetzen / Ost - AS Springe / West and at the AS Hameln-Hottenbergsfeld low-ranking road network.

In the sections Ronnenberg - AS Weetzen / Ost, AS Steinkrug - junction Bad Münder and Altenhagen I - AS Hameln Hottenbergsfeld, the road is provided with a central barrier, but has no hard shoulder. In the Völksen area, a design with a continuous, closed base was initially chosen, which prevented water drainage. After numerous accidents in the rain with several fatalities, a public discussion was needed before the Hanover division of the State Office for Road Construction and Transport ordered the base to be interrupted in places. A central barrier should be built between Hasperde and Hameln-Hottenbergsfeld by 2006. The roadway between Hameln-Rohrsen and Altenhagen was rehabilitated by the spring of 2013, and due to defects in the execution, parts of it were promptly renewed again afterwards. In the course of this work, the central barrier between Groß Hilligsfeld and Hameln-Hottenbergsfeld was also installed. AS Hasperde was redesigned and expanded.

Between the AS Kaiserrampe and the junction to Bad Münder, Dahle, a complete renovation was carried out by October 2010. The junctions in Springe received acceleration and deceleration lanes, a completely new carriageway structure and a central guardrail.

Planning

Plans from the 1960s to expand the B 217 to the A 35 have been postponed until further notice due to financial reasons and local rejection.

The following expansion is planned:

Hameln bypass (together with the B 1 , for this purpose the B 217 will branch off in the future towards Hameln-Afferde)

literature

Franz Rudolf Zankl : Map of the total length and section map of the first half mile of the highway from Hanover to Hameln. Colored copper engravings by Müller after du Plat. 1780 , in: Hanover Archive . Supplementary edition , sheet EH 81

Web links

Commons : Bundesstrasse 217 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Ulrich Manthey: Der Chausseebau in: Industrial history of the Deister-Süntel-area (= Hallermunter writings. Vol. 1). Museum in the Burghof, Springe 1996
↑ Continental Auto-Karte Deutschland 1: 1,500,000 (1934)

[1] Ulrich Manthey: Der Chausseebau in: Industrial history of the Deister-Süntel-area (= Hallermunter writings. Vol. 1). Museum in the Burghof, Springe 1996

[2] Continental Auto-Karte Deutschland 1: 1,500,000 (1934)