Fernthal
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Fernthal
Municipality Neustadt (Wied)
Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 37 ″ N , 7 ° 27 ′ 11 ″ E
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| Height : | 339 m above sea level NN | |
| Residents : | 503 | |
| Postal code : | 53577 | |
| Area code : | 02683 | |
Location of Fernthal in Rhineland-Palatinate |
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Fernthal is part of the Neustadt (Wied) local community , Asbach community in the Neuwied district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate . With currently around 500 inhabitants, it is the second largest district of the municipality after the core town of Neustadt, which is about 4 kilometers to the north.
geography
Fernthal is located in the Rhine-Westerwald nature park and right on the border with the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district , the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is geographically 8 kilometers away. The district town of Neuwied can be reached in 26 kilometers via the L255, the nearest major city Bonn via the Autobahn 3 in 38 kilometers.
Culture and sights
In Fernthal there is the Catholic Chapel of St. Maria Mater Dolorosa , built between 1911 and 1912 , a five-axis romanised quarry stone hall in which Holy Mass is still regularly held.
Economy and Infrastructure
Federal motorway 3
The place is located along the federal motorway 3 and has the Neustadt (Wied) junction , which is located between the Bad Honnef / Linz and Neuwied junction . In addition, the serviced Fernthal West service station can be reached via the A3 , which contains a Serways branch and, with Burger King, also a fast food restaurant . As part of a pilot project , the Starbucks coffee chain is also represented here, with the first branch directly on the A3 and one of currently three on German motorways.
Remote control tunnel
The Fernthal tunnel , part of the high-speed line Cologne – Rhine / Main, was named after the town of Fernthal . It was built between 1999 and 2001 and went into operation in April 2002. A structural challenge was the crossing under a garbage dump through the 1555 meter long tunnel. In March 2000, the railway tunnel served as a backdrop for the TV series The Clown during construction .
Business
Numerous manufacturing and service companies are located in the town's industrial area in particular. This includes , for example, M + C Schiffer , a manufacturer of toothbrushes which, among other things, launched the internationally known Dr. Best introduced.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the local community Neustadt (Wied)
- ↑ Report on Starbucks on German Autobahns
- ↑ Veronica Wong: SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare: Dr Best Flex Toothbrush, In: Susan Bridgewater, Peter Doyle, Chartered Institute of Marketing (Ed.): Innovation in marketing, pp. 30-42, 1998, ISBN 0750641215