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Mönchengladbach-Lürrip station

Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn station

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ13651528 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mönchengladbach-Lürrip station is a through station in the town of Mönchengladbach in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened in 1980 or 1981 on the Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf railway opened between Mönchengladbach and Neuss by the Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrort Railway Company on 16 December 1852. It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S 8 between Mönchengladbach and Wuppertal-Oberbarmen or Hagen every 20 minutes.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mönchengladbach-Lürrip station” as rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn station. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mönchengladbach-Lürrip, station and Rhine-Ruhr.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1980, 1981, 1852—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1981, 1980—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mönchengladbach-Lürrip, station and Rhine-Ruhr providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mönchengladbach-Lürrip station”, the useful work is to connect “rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn station” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13651528. Authority coordinates are 51.200, 6.472. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1980, 1981 and 1852.

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.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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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 “Mönchengladbach-Lürrip station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Mönchengladbach-Lürrip station primary sources, Mönchengladbach-Lürrip station archive and Mönchengladbach-Lürrip 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 “Mönchengladbach-Lürrip station”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Mönchengladbach-Lürrip 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.