Hanau-Wilhelmsbad station

The entrance building is one of the oldest surviving in Hesse. It was put into operation on 10 September 1848. It was designed by Julius Eugen Ruhl.^[5] He placed it directly at the intersection of Hochstädter Landstraße with the Burgallee, the connection between the Park Wilhelmsbad and the Baroque palace of Schloss Philippsruhe, which was the residence of the Count of Hanau when the station was established. The station building was therefore equipped with a Fürstenzimmer (prince's room), which occupied the central part on the ground floor of the entrance building, as a waiting area for the "highest and most supreme rulers".^[6] In the 1990s, the building was privatised and has since been used for a restaurant. The entrance building is listed as a cultural monument under the Hessian monument protection law. Today it is included with the architectural ensemble of the park of Wilhelmsbad.^[7]

The level crossing where Burgallee still crosses the busy mainline is an obstacle both for railway operations and for road traffic. It is to be eliminated during the development of the North Main S-Bahn. However, it is not known when this project will proceed, although plans for it date back to the 1970s. As a result of the strong inclination of the tracks due to the curve, there have been numerous collisions with motor vehicles.

• Bott, Gerhard (2007). Heilübung und Amüsement. Das Wilhelmsbad des Erbprinzen (in German). Hanau: CoCon-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-937774-36-7.
• Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen (State Conservation Hesse), ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Eisenbahnenbauten- und strecken 1839-1939 [Railways in Hesse. Rail construction and lines 1839-1939)] (in German). Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. p. 126. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.
• Reutter, Rolf (2008). "Der Fürstenbahnhof. Ein abgeschlossenes Kapitel der Architekturgeschichte". Denkmalpflege und Kulturgeschichte (in German) (4): 27–30.