Former Westig railroad station

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Westig station is located on the former Iserlohn - Menden line. The Letmathe - Iserlohn line, which was completed in 1864, was extended eight years later via Hemer to Menden and connected to the newly built Hönnetal line around 1900. During this time, the increase in traffic made it necessary to rebuild almost all the stations on the Iserlohn - Menden line. These were built in the country house style of the time - a mixture of the traditional slate half-timbered construction with Art Nouveau elements, which was typical of the secondary stations on the mountain lines of the Wilhelmine era.

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Former Westig railroad station

Hauptstr. 22

58675 Hemer

Telephone: 02372-551372

d.naumann@hemer.de

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Westig station, the only one of these stations to have survived unchanged, is a half-timbered building on a quarry stone base and has a variety of roof shapes. It comprises a two-storey main building and single-storey extensions on either side. The station was not only an urban landmark in the former street village of Westig, but was also an important hub in terms of local history, as it was here that goods were transferred from standard-gauge wagons to narrow-gauge railroads, continuing the industrial development of the Ihmerter Valley that had started here in the High Middle Ages. Traffic on the lserlohn - Menden line was discontinued in 1989 and the tracks were dismantled shortly afterwards. The town of Hemer prevented the imminent demolition of Westig station by placing the building under a preservation order.

The exterior can be viewed at any time.

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Free admission: 0.0

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