Translations:Emskirchen/4/en

In 1861, the construction of a railway line between Nuremberg and Würzburg was authorized in Munich. The railway heralded the end of the post house. The construction work on the railway route led to another short-lived upswing in Emskirchen. From 1862 to 1865, a bridge for crossing the river Mittlere Aurach was built here. For a long time, this bridge with a height of 37.5 meters, was the highest bridge in Bavaria. Upon inauguration of the railway line in the summer of 1865, Emskirchen’s time as transportation hub was over. All members of the Eckart family left the town between 1850 and 1870.