CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · Places & Architecture

Burgbernheim station

railway halt in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia, Germany

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ55606161 ↗
Source-derived summary

Burgbernheim station is a railway station in the municipality of Burgbernheim, located in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Middle Franconia, Germany. The station is on the Steinach bei Rothenburg–Bad Windsheim line of Deutsche Bahn.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Burgbernheim station” as railway halt in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia, Germany. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Burgbernheim, station and railway.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 36-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Burgbernheim, station and railway providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Burgbernheim station”, the useful work is to connect “railway halt in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia, Germany” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q55606161. Authority coordinates are 49.454, 10.320. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Burgbernheim station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Burgbernheim station primary sources, Burgbernheim station archive and Burgbernheim research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Burgbernheim station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Burgbernheim station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.