- History
- Route / Junctions
- See also
{{Infobox road
| country = DEU
| type = B
| route = 8
| map = B008 Verlauf.svg
| map_notes =
| length_km = 800
| direction_a = Northwest
| terminus_a = Emmerich am Rhein
| direction_b = Southeast
| terminus_b = Passau
| states = North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Bavaria
}}"Via Publica" redirects here. For the type of Roman road of this name, see via publica. The Bundesstraße 8 (abbr. B8) is a German federal highway in southwestern Germany of great historical importance. It has existed since the 9th century, known then as Via Publica, and until recent times was a key trade route linking the towns of Brussels, Duisburg, Cologne, Frankfurt, Würzburg, Nuremberg, Regensburg and Passau. Today it has been replaced as a main route by the A3 motorway which runs parallel to it. HistoryThe Via Publica (later known as the Poststraße or Handelsstraße) was first mentioned in 839 in a diploma of Louis the Pious. In the Middle Ages it joined the commercial cities of Cologne, Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Regensburg. The Steinerne Brücke bridge in Regensburg (1135-46), the Innbrücke bridge in Passau (1143), the Lahnbrücke bridge in Limburg (completed 1341) and the main bridges in Würzburg (1133), Frankfurt (before 1222) and Kitzingen (before 1300) are among the oldest stone bridges in central Europe and testify to the historical importance of this road. In 1615 the general postmaster Lamoral von Taxis was tasked by emperor Matthias with setting up a postal route between Brussels and Prague, via Frankfurt and Nuremberg. To achieve this the Via Publica was expanded to a Poststraße. The present day Bundesstraße 8 is largely identical to the Via Publica. The medieval trade route largely used dry level roads rather than the valleys, which were swampy and impassible after rain. Part of the Via Publcia was referred to as the Mauspfad. Route / Junctions {{BAB-Hinweis|from Arnhem}}{{BAB-sonst|N 336|000|fc3}}{{BAB-EUGrenze|NL|}}{{BAB-weiter}}{{BAB-Land|North Rhine-Westphalia}}{{B-Ort|Elten}}{{B-Ort|Emmerich am Rhein}} {{BAB-B-1|220}}{{B-Ort|Rees}} {{BAB-B-1|67}}{{B-Ort|Wesel}} {{BAB-B-1|473}} {{BAB-B-1|58}} {{BAB-B-1|70}}{{BAB-AS|1|Dinslaken-West}} {{BAB-A-1|59}}{{BAB-trenner}}replaced by {{BAB-L|1}}{{BAB-trenner}}{{B-Ort|Duisburg-Huckingen}} {{BAB-B-1|288}}{{B-Ort|Düsseldorf-Wittlaer}}{{B-AS||Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth}}{{B-AS||Düsseldorf-Lohausen}}{{BAB-AS|30|Düsseldorf-Stockum}} {{BAB-A-1|44}}{{B-AS||Düsseldorf-Derendorf}} {{BAB-B-1|1}}/{{BAB-B-1|7}}{{BAB-AS|23|Düsseldorf-Bilk}} {{BAB-B-1|326}} {{BAB-A-1|46}}{{BAB-trenner}}replaced by {{BAB-A-1|46}} {{BAB-A-1|59}} {{BAB-trenner}}{{B-Ort|Düsseldorf-Benrath}} {{BAB-B-1|228}}{{BAB-AS|23|Düsseldorf-Garath}} {{BAB-A-1|59}}{{B-Ort|Langenfeld}} {{BAB-B-1|229}}{{BAB-AS|2|Langenfeld-Reusrath}} {{BAB-A-1|542}}{{B-Ort|Opladen}} {{BAB-B-1|232}}{{BAB-AS|22|Opladen}} {{BAB-A-1|3}}{{B-AS||Leverkusen-Wiesdorf}}{{B-Ort|Leverkusen}} {{BAB-A-1|1}}{{B-Ort|Cologne}} {{BAB-B-1|51}} {{BAB-B-1|506}} {{BAB-B-1|55}} {{BAB-B-1|55a}}{{BAB-AS|31|Gremberghoven}} {{BAB-A-1|59}}{{BAB-AS|36|Lind}} {{BAB-A-1|59}}{{B-Ort|Siegburg}} {{BAB-B-1|56}}{{BAB-trenner}}replaced by {{BAB-L|333}}{{BAB-trenner}}{{BAB-trenner}}replaced by {{BAB-A-1|560}} {{BAB-trenner}}{{BAB-AS|7|Hennef (Sieg)-Ost}} {{BAB-A-1|560}}{{BAB-weiter}}{{BAB-Land|Rheinland-Pfalz}}{{B-Ort|Altenkirchen (Westerwald)}} {{BAB-B-1|256}} {{BAB-B-1|414}}{{B-Ort|Höchstenbach}} {{BAB-B-1|413}}{{B-Ort|Hahn am See}} {{BAB-B-1|255}}{{B-Ort|Wallmerod}}{{BAB-weiter}}{{BAB-Land|Hesse}}{{B-Ort|Limburg an der Lahn}} {{BAB-B-1|54}}/{{BAB-B-1|49}} {{BAB-B-1|417}}{{BAB-Fluss|Lahn}}{{BAB-Tunnel|Schiede Tunnel 240 m}}{{BAB-AS|43|Limburg-Süd}} {{BAB-A-1|3}}{{B-Ort|Bad Camberg}}{{B-Ort|Waldems-Esch}} {{BAB-B-1|275}}{{B-Ort|Königstein}} {{BAB-B-1|455}} {{BAB-B-1|519}}{{B-KFS}}{{B-AS||Kelkheim}} {{BAB-B-1|519}}{{B-AS||Bad Soden}}{{B-AS||Sulzbach}}{{B-KFS-Ende}}{{BAB-AS|16|Frankfurt-Höchst}} {{BAB-A-1|66}}{{BAB-trenner}}replaced by {{BAB-A-1|66}} {{BAB-Kreuz-|18|Eschborner 3-way interchange|A-1|648| }}{{BAB-trenner}}replaced by {{BAB-A-1|648}} {{BAB-Kreuz-|3|Westkreuz Frankfurt|A-1|5|(19)}}{{BAB-AS|5|Katharinenkreisel (formerly Opelrondell)}} {{BAB-B-1|44}}{{BAB-trenner}}{{BAB-AS|-|Frankfurt-Messe}} {{BAB-A-1|648}}{{BAB-AS|21|Frankfurt-Miquelallee}} {{BAB-A-1|66}}{{B-Ort|Frankfurt am Main}} {{BAB-B-1|3}}{{BAB-AS|14|Frankfurt-Ost}} {{BAB-A-1|661}}{{BAB-AS|33|Maintal-Bischofsheim}} {{BAB-A-1|66}}{{BAB-trenner}}replaced by {{BAB-A-1|66}} {{BAB-BS-Kreuz-|36|Hanau-Nord|B-1|45}} {{BAB-A-1|66}}{{BAB-trenner}}{{BAB-BS-Kreuz|37|Erlensee|A-1|66}}{{B-AS||Hanau-Lamboy}}{{B-AS||Hanau}} {{BAB-B-1|43}}{{B-Ort|Hanau}}{{B-AS||Hanau-Wolfgang}} {{BAB-B-1|43a}}{{BAB-weiter}}{{BAB-Land|Bayern}}{{B-Ort|Kahl}}{{B-Ort|Karlstein}}{{BAB-AS|45b|Kleinostheim}} {{BAB-A-1|45}}{{B-Ort|Kleinostheim}}{{BAB-AS|58|Aschaffenburg-West}} {{BAB-A-1|3}}{{B-AS||Mainaschaff}}{{B-KFS}}{{B-AS||Mainaschaff-Ost/Aschaffenburg-Strietwald}}{{B-KFS-Ende}}{{B-Ort|Aschaffenburg}} {{BAB-B-1|26}}{{BAB-trenner}}replaced by {{BAB-A-1|3}} {{BAB-trenner}}{{BAB-AS|65|Marktheidenfeld}} {{BAB-A-1|3}}{{BAB-Fluss|Main}}{{B-Ort|Marktheidenfeld}}{{BAB-AS|67|Helmstadt}} {{BAB-B-1|468}} {{BAB-A-1|3}}{{B-Ort|Würzburg}} {{BAB-B-1|27}} {{BAB-B-1|19}} {{BAB-B-1|13}}{{BAB-Fluss|Main}}{{B-Dreieck||bei Rottendorf|B-1|22}}{{BAB-BS-Kreuz-|72|Rottendorf|A-1|3}}{{B-AS| |Biebelried-West}}{{BAB-AS|103|Kitzingen}} {{BAB-A-1|7}}{{B-Ort|Kitzingen}}{{BAB-Fluss|Main}}{{B-Ort|Enzlar}} {{BAB-B-1|286}}{{B-LkwSperrung|}}{{B-LkwSperrung-Ende|}}{{B-Umfahrung|Neustadt/Aisch}} {{BAB-B-1|470}}{{B-KFS}}{{B-AS||Langenzenn/Wilhermsdorf}}{{B-AS||Langenzenn-Burggrafenhof}}{{B-AS||Langenzenn-Horbach}} (entry / exit ){{B-AS||Seukendorf}}{{B-Dreieck| |with southwest tangent,|B-1|8}} branches off{{B-Umfahrung|Fürth–Burgfarrnbach}}{{B-AS||Fürth West}}{{B-KFS-Ende}}{{B-Ort|Fürth}}{{BAB-AS|38|Nuremberg/Fürth}} {{BAB-A-1|73}}{{B-Kreuzung| |Maximilianstraße|B-1|4 R}}{{BAB-trenner}}replaced by {{BAB-B-1|4 R}} {{B-Ort|Nürnberg}} {{BAB-B-1|2}} {{BAB-B-1|4}} {{BAB-B-1|14}}{{BAB-trenner}}{{B-Kreuzung| |Münchener Straße|B-1|4 R}}{{BAB-AS|45|Nuremberg-Zollhaus}} {{BAB-A-1|73}}{{BAB-trenner}}replaced by {{BAB-A-1|73}} {{BAB-trenner}}{{BAB-AS|48|Nuremberg/Feucht}} {{BAB-A-1|73}}{{B-Umfahrung|Feucht}}{{B-Ort|Schwarzenbruck}}{{B-Ort|Pfeifferhütte}}{{B-Umfahrung|Oberferrieden}}{{B-Ort|Postbauer-Heng}}{{B-Umfahrung|Neumarkt-Pölling}}{{B-Umfahrung|Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz}} {{BAB-B-1|299}}{{B-Ort|Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz}}{{B-Ort|Deining}}{{B-Umfahrung|Batzhausen}}{{B-Ort|Seubersdorf}}{{B-Ort|Daßwang}}{{B-Umfahrung|Hemau}}{{B-Ort|Nittendorf}}{{BAB-AS|97|Nittendorf}} {{BAB-A-1|3}}{{BAB-AS|39|Regensburg-Pfaffenstein}} {{BAB-A-1|93}}{{B-Ort|Regensburg}} {{BAB-B-1|15}} {{BAB-B-1|16}}{{BAB-Brücke|Nibelungen Bridge Regensburg}}{{BAB-AS|103|Rosenhof}} {{BAB-A-1|3}}{{B-Umfahrung|Pfatter}}{{B-Umfahrung|Rain}}{{B-Umfahrung|Straubing}}{{B-Umfahrung|Aiterhofen}} {{BAB-B-1|20}}{{B-Umfahrung|Straßkirchen}}{{BAB-AS|22|Plattling-West}} {{BAB-A-1|92}}{{B-LkwSperrung|}}{{B-Ort|Plattling}}{{B-LkwSperrung-Ende|}}{{B-Umfahrung|Osterhofen}}{{B-Ort|Vilshofen an der Donau}}{{B-Ort|Passau}} {{BAB-B-1|12}} {{BAB-B-1|85}}{{BAB-EUGrenze|A|}}{{B-colspan}}{{BAB-Hinweis|continues towards Linz}} See also- Transport in Germany
- List of federal highways in Germany (in English)
- List of federal highways in Germany (in German)
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