Wikipedia:Bundesstraße article format

Bundesstraße article format
This is a suggested format for articles on German federal highways or Bundesstraßen, based on German Wikipedia.

Example
The B XXX is a federal highway (German: Bundesstraße) in Germany. It runs from XXXXX to XXXXX.

Route
(Introductory text)

Regions

 * Federal state (Bundesland)
 * District (Landkreis)
 * Municipality (Gemeinde), municipality, municipality
 * District
 * Municipality, municipality, municipality

Water crossings

 * River, in town
 * Lake, in town and village
 * Canal, in town

Origins
Bundesstraße XXX is based on a trade sroute from the Middle Ages ...

Former routes and designations
In 1932, under the original numbering system, Reichsstraße XXX ran along the present-day route from town in present-day Poland. During the occupation of the Sudetenland from 1938 to 1945 the R XXX was extended via town to town in the present-day Czech Republic. In the GDR the section between XXXXX and XXXXX was designated as the F XXX.

Successor routes
The section of road between XXXXX and XXXXX was replaced by the A 9 motoway in 1975.

Holiday routes
The German Example Road runs along the B XXX between XXXXX and XXXXX.

Images


See also: List of federal highways in Germany

Template for copying
The B XXX is a federal highway (German: Bundesstraße) in Germany. It runs from XXXXX to XXXXX.


 * Federal state
 * District
 * Municipality, municipality, municipality
 * District
 * Municipality, municipality, municipality


 * River, in town
 * Lake, in town and village
 * Canal, in town

Bundesstraße XXX is based on an old trade route from the Middle Ages ...

In 1932, under the original numbering system, Reichsstraße XXX ran along the present-day route from town in present-day Poland. During the occupation of the Sudetenland from 1938 to 1945 the R XXX was extended via town to town in the present-day Czech Republic. In the GDR the section between XXXXX and XXXXX was designated as the F XXX.

The section of road between XXXXX and XXXXX was replaced by the A 9 motoway in 1975.

= The German Example Road runs along the B XXX between XXXXX and XXXXX.



See also: List of federal highways in Germany

General tips
Please do not produce lists or notes, but always full sentences. Please hide the titles of sections that cannot be completed. Remove the tags on sections with content.

Most of the following tips apply only to German Bundesstraßen. The first article set up with this format was Bundesstraße 22.

Basic assistance can be obtained from a current road atlas.

Questions, tips and ideas can be discussed (mainly in German) at Diskussionsseite.

Maps

 * http://opengeodb.de/examples/distance.php Enter here the start and end of a road (Bundesstraße). Via the link Auf Karte zeigen a map can be displayed in which the majority of long-distance roads are in grey. The graphics has the format PNG and can be saved directly - many browsers still give them the ending php oder html. In the graphics the route can be drawn in red (FF0000 bzw. 255,0,0). An image description is (Beispiel: B2_Karte.png). Permission to use these maps under the GFDL was confirmed by User:Akl.

Routes

 * http://www.bund.de/Verwaltung-in-Deutschland/Staedte-Kreise-Gemeinden/Staedte-Kreise-Gemeinden-.6476.htm Maps of the German authorities. At district and municipality leve the Bundesstraßen and many water features are shown, albeit without names.

History

 * http://www.reichsstrassen.de.vu offers information on the history of Bundestraßen as Reichsstraßen, former routes and designations, changes and much more.
 * http://www.home.fh-karlsruhe.de/~scpa0023/Autobahn.html shows the replacement of routes by motorways (Autobahnen).

Tourism

 * Holiday routes are shown in many road atlases. At http://www.deutschland-tourismus.de/d/19489.html there are links to pages with detailed routes.