Bundesstraße 6

The Bundesstraße 6 (abbr. B6) is a German federal highway running from Bremerhaven on the North Sea coast in a southeasterly direction through the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony to Görlitz on the Polish border.

B6
Bundesstraße 6
Route information
Length550 km (340 mi)
Major junctions
 
B 6 Route Map

replaced by A27 ( CUX )

(7) Bremerhaven-Mitte A27 E234 (HB)
Bremerhaven Geestemünde Nord B212
Bremerhaven Bohmsiel B71
(10) Bremerhaven-Süd A27 E234 (HB)

replaced by A27 ( OHZ )

(18) Bremen-Überseestadt A27 E234 (HB)
Bremen Hohentor
Bremen Neustadt B75
Bremen Obervieland B51

Alternative route
Bremen Habenhausen
(56) Bremen Arsten A1 E22 (HB)

(57) Bremen/Brinkum A1 E22 ( DH )
Diversion
Stuhr OT Brinkum local diversion B51 B322
Syke-Barrien
Syke-Zentrum
Syke-Heiligenfelde
Bruchhausen-Vilsen
Asendorf ( DH )
Wietzen ( NI )
B214
Motor road
Kraftfahrstraße
Marklohe
Nienburg West
Nienburg Nord B215
Nienburg Mitte B214
Nienburg Süd
End of the motor road
end of motor road
Schessinghausen
Husum
Meinkingsburg - Linsburg ( NI )
Schneerener Krug ( H )
Schneeren
Eilvese
Motor road
Kraftfahrstraße
Neustadt am Rübenberge Himmelreich B442
Railway bridge
Neustadt am Rübenberge Leinstraße
Leine bridge
Neustadt am Rübenberge Mecklenhorster Straße
Dammkrug parking area
Garbsen Frielingen
Meyenfeld parking area
End of the motor road
end of motor road
Garbsen Meyenfeld
Garbsen
(42) Hannover-Herrenhausen A2 / E30
Hannover Limmer Str. B441
Hannover Ricklinger Kreisel B65
Hannover Landwehrkreisel B3
() Seelhorst interchange B3 , B65
Hannover Mittelfeld
Hannover Messe
Hannover Kronsberg
(11) Hannover-Messegelände A37
() Laatzen interchange B443
Gleidingen - Oesselnser Str. ( H )
Sarstedt ( HI )
Giesen Ahrbergen
Hildesheim Steuerwald B243
Hildesheim Kennedydamm B494
Hildesheim Kreisel Berliner Str. B1
Wendhausen
(63) Derneburg/Salzgitter A7
Diversion
Grasdorf local diversion B444( HI )
(22) Baddeckenstedt A39( WF )
Baddeckenstedt OT Rhene
Baddeckenstedt
Diversion
Haverlah local diversion ( WF )
Salzgitter Bad B248( SZ )
Salzgitter Hohenrode B248( SZ )
Posthof ( GS )
Jerstedt
Goslar B82
Goslar Immenröder Str. B82 B241
Goslar-Oker B498
Goslar Vienenburger Str. B241
Bad Harzburg 3-way interchange B4
Vienenburg -Süd
(1) Vienenburg 3-way interchange A395 B6n ( GS )

Route combined with B6n
Abbenrode ( HZ )
Stapelburg
Ilsenburg
Wernigerode Nord B244
Wernigerode Zentrum
Blankenburg Zentrum B81
Thale
Quedlinburg Nord B79
Quedlinburg Ost ( HZ )
Hoym ( SLK )
Aschersleben West B185

Aschersleben
Schackstedt
Alsleben
Könnern ( SLK )
Domnitz ( SK )
(15) Trotha A14
Morl ( SK )
Halle (Saale)-Trotha ( HAL )
Halle (Saale) Dessau bridge B100
Halle (Saale) Riebeckplatz B80 B91
Halle (Saale)-Bruckdorf ( HAL )
Gröbers ( SK )
Großkugel ( SK )
(16) Großkugel A9 ( TDO )
Diversion
Schkeuditz local diversion B186 S 8 ( TDO )
Leipzig-Möckern S 1 ( L )
Leipzig-Gohlis
Leipzig Zentrum B2 B87
Leipzig-Sellerhausen B87
Leipzig-Paunsdorf
(16) Leipzig Ost A14 ( L )
Diversion
Borsdorf local diversion B186 ( L )
Diversion
Gerichshain local diversion S 45
Machern
Diversion
Bennewitz local diversion B107
Wurzen S 11 S 23
Kühren S 47 ( L )
Wermsdorf OT Luppa S 24 ( TDO )
Calbitz
S 29
Oschatz S 28 S 30
Lonnewitz S 31 ( TDO )
Stauchitz OT Seerhausen B169 ( MEI )
S 85
Klappendorf
Wölkisch S 87
Obermuschütz
Diera-Zehren S 32
Keilbusch
Meißen B101 S 80 S 82 S 83 S 177
Reppina
Gauernitz
Wildberg ( MEI )
Niedewartha ( DD )
Dresden-Cossebaude
(78) Dresden-Altstadt A4 / E40 E55
S 73
Marien bridge B173
Dresden-Neustadt B170 B97 S 82 S 179
Dresden-Radeberger Vorstadt S 95
Dresden-Weißer Hirsch
Dresden-Bühlau S 167 S 181
Weißig
S 177 ( DD )
S 159 ( BZ )
Großharthau
GoldbachS 56
B98
BischofswerdaS 158
S 101
Wölkau S 155
Rothnaußlitz
Spittwitz
Göda S 107
Dreistern S 106
no lorries
Barred to lorry traffic Richtung Osten
Rattwitz
Stiebitz S 119
no lorries
Barred to lorry traffic Richtung Osten
Bautzen-Neustadt B96
Frieden bridge
Bautzen B96
no lorries
Barred to lorry traffic
Bautzen-Ost B156
S 111
Jenkwitz
Kubschütz
Steindörfel
Hochkirch
Neukuppritz
Plotzen ( BZ )
Löbau B178 S 112 S 129 ( GR )
S 143
S 111
Diversion
Reichenbach local diversion S 124
Markersdorf
Holtendorf
S 125
Diversion
Görlitz local diversion B99 B115
(94) Görlitz A4 / E40 ( GR )

replaced by A4

(PL) Görlitz border crossing A4
Location
StatesLower Saxony, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony
Highway system

History

East of Leipzig, the B6 (except of the ring roads around Meißen, Dresden and Bischofswerda) largely follows the historic course of the Via Regia Lusatiae Superioris, part of the medieval Via Regia.

In 1937, the northwestern section of the former Reichsstraße 6 (R6) was extended from Bremerhaven (Wesermünde) to Cuxhaven. Before World War II and the implementation of the Oder–Neisse line, the R6 road continued southeastwards from Görlitz via Hirschberg (present-day Jelenia Góra, Poland) and Schweidnitz (Świdnica) to the Silesian capital Breslau (Wrocław) and from there via Oels (Oleśnica) as far as the former Polish border near Groß Wartenberg (Syców). The sections between Görlitz/Zgorzelec and Syców then became part of the Polish National road 4 (today largely replaced by the A4 autostrada) and the National road 8.

Die Wende 1989: Human chain along the F6 in Dresden-Bühlau

In the days of German partition, the section on East German territory was known as the F6 (Fernverkehrsstraße 6 or "trunk road"). In Dresden the road went past the headquarters of VEB Tabakkontor Dresden, a tobacco firm formerly known as Yenidze. This led to the urban myth that the road had given its name to the cigarette brand f6.

As a result of the opening of the A 27 motorway between Cuxhaven and Bremen-Nord (formerly Bremen-Burglesum) in the mid- to late-1970s the B6 was replaced by the A 27. Until that point the B6 had linked the two cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven in the state of Bremen and also connected them to Cuxhaven.

The old route in Cuxhaven from the start (Poststraße/Deichstraße crossroads), apart from the Rohdestraße as far as the branch to the motorway slip road at Altenwalde junction was renamed the B73. The rest of the route to Bremen, with the exception of a short section in Bremerhaven, was downgraded to Landesstraße 135.

The B6 in Garbsen
The B6 in Garbsen

See also

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