2009-04-07 49 8

Tue 7 Apr 2009 in Mannheim: 49.1893999, 8.3931084 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Today's hashpoint is located on the edge of a Rhine Branch near Rußheim, a part of the municipality of Dettenheim. Dettenheim used to be a small village very close to the Rhine. Due to fear of floodings, many people moved to the new village of Karlsdorf nearby. Today, only a few houses in Dettenheim are left. In 1975, the two former municipalities Liedolsheim and Rußheim were merged into the new Liedolsheim-Rußheim municipality, a very long name, which was changed into Dettenheim in 1978.

Expeditions

starting in Karlsruhe

The Hashpoint

a boat in one of the Rhine branches

Koepfel

Planning

I had planned to go to Heidelberg on this day. Instead of taking, as ususal, the S-Bahn from Karlsruhe to Heidelberg, I decided to take a larger detour via Rußheim. Here's my planned schedule:
11:49, S1 from Karlsruhe Marktplatz, arriving in Hochstetten Grenzstraße at 12:28, then take Bus 192, departing 12:33, arriving at Rußheim at 12:45.
Then, I planned in two hours to walk the 2 kilometers to the Hash, explore the nearby area and walk back.
and then take the 14:45 Bus 192 to Huttenheim, then take the 15:04 Regionalbahn to Bruchsal and from there a Regionalexpress to Heidelberg, arriving at 15:48,

Live from the Expedition

• hashpoint reached. \o/ right on the edge of the rhine branch. --koepfel 11:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Afterwards

(all Pictures of the expedition)

Note: This is a just a short summary of the expedition. A more detailed description is included in the Image Gallery linked above.

I started in Karlsruhe as planned. Since the S1 was a bit delayed in Hochstetten, I had to hurry to catch my bus to Rußheim. However, since there were no announcements of the next stop on the bus, I had to guess my stop and, of course, I picked the wrong one. Aside from the fact, that I then chose the wrong path, which resulted in a little detour, I managed to find the Hashpoint right at the edge of a larger Rhine branch. I would have stayed longer, however, since I'm allergic to tree-pollen, I chose to leave, as soon as possible, after leaving a marker and taking a few photos. Back in the village of Rußheim, I continued my journey as planned. Overall, not a very spectacular report, however I like some of the pictures I took near these swamp-like Rhine branches, especially the boat, as seen to your right. More pictures in the gallery.

Here's the GPS-Track (.gpx, .kmz, in Google Maps) of my walk from the stop Liedolsheimer Straße to the Hashpoint.

Koepfel earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-04-07 using public transit.

Koepfel earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-04-07.