Bundesstraße 289
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The German federal highway, the Bundesstraße 289 (B 289), runs from Coburg
Coburg
Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...

 to Rehau
Rehau
Rehau is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. The first documented name of Rehau was "Resawe" in the year 1234. Rehau is situated in the Fichtelgebirge, 12 km southeast of Hof, and 12 km west of Aš...

 in southern Germany.

Bundesstraße 289 branches eastwards from the B 4
Bundesstraße 4
The Bundesstraße 4 is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southly direction from the state of Schleswig-Holstein to Bavaria...

 south of Coburg
Coburg
Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...

 near Untersiemau
Untersiemau
Untersiemau is a municipality in the district of Coburg in Bavaria in Germany....

. In its upgraded section from the Coburg's southern motorway junction to the Untersiemau junction on the A 73 (Suhl - Coburg - Nürnberg), the road has two lanes and, on hilly sections, three. The total cost of this six kilometre long section which was called Project Bundesstraße 289n was 26.8 million euros, of which 3.3 million euros was needed to purchase land. The new section was opened to traffic on 5 September 2008. The continuation of the road northwards begins at the Lichtenfels junction. Here it runs to just behind Hochstadt, where it branches east to Kulmbach
Kulmbach
Kulmbach is the capital of the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany. The town is famous for Plassenburg Castle, which houses the largest tin soldier museum in the world, and for its famous sausages, or Bratwürste.-Location:...

, together with the B 173.

Until the A 73 motorway was completed the B 289 ran through Untersiemau, Obersiemau, Buch am Forst and Lichtenfels to the Lichtenfels-Ost junction on the B 173.
  • Kulmbach
    Kulmbach
    Kulmbach is the capital of the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany. The town is famous for Plassenburg Castle, which houses the largest tin soldier museum in the world, and for its famous sausages, or Bratwürste.-Location:...

    • Crossing with the B 85
      Bundesstraße 85
      The Bundesstraße 85 runs southeast through Thuringia and Bavaria, from Kyffhäuser to Passau, near the Austrian border. B85 is approximately long.Cities and towns along B85:...

  • Untersteinach
    Untersteinach
    Untersteinach is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany.-City arrangement:Untersteinach is arranged in the following boroughs:* Gumpersdorf* Hummendorf* Untersteinachleft|thumb|Old stone bridge over the Untere Steinach river...

    • Crossing with the B 303
      Bundesstraße 303
      The Bundesstraße 303 is a German federal highway that runs from west to east, beginning at the A 7 autobahn west of Schweinfurt and ending at the border with the Czech Republic east of Schirnding...

  • Marktleugast
    Marktleugast
    Marktleugast is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany.-City arrangement:Marktleugast is arranged in the following boroughs:...

  • Münchberg
    Münchberg
    Münchberg is a small town in Upper Franconia , Germany. It is sometimes referred to as the Textile Town of Bavaria. Its sister city is Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.-The city district's:-History:...

    • Crossing with the B 2
    • shortly before the entrance to the village A 9
  • Weißdorf
    Weißdorf
    Weißdorf is a municipality in Upper Franconia in the district of Hof in Bavaria in Germany....



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  • Rehau
    Rehau
    Rehau is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. The first documented name of Rehau was "Resawe" in the year 1234. Rehau is situated in the Fichtelgebirge, 12 km southeast of Hof, and 12 km west of Aš...

    , where it ends at the eponymous junction with the A 93
    Bundesautobahn 93
    The Bundesautobahn 93 is an autobahn in Bavaria with a length of 276 km. It consists of two parts one is a short track, from the A 8, near the Austrian border, to the Inntal Autobahn in Tyrol, Austria, the other from Hof A 72 in the north of Bavaria to Holledau A 9. A...

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