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9/10/2015 Suhl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia uyti - 99 St. Mary's Church Holy Cross Church Holy Cross Chapel Town hall Matzhaus hosting the arms museum i Town hall of Heinrichs district Economy and infrastructure Agriculture, industry and services Kulturhaus Agriculture plays no role in Suhl, only 17% of the municipal territory are in agricultural use. The soil isn't very fertile and the climate is harsh, the most cultivated strains are maize and rapeseed, furthermore there is cattle farming on some areas. On the other hand, 63% of the territory are forest, so that wood production plays a role in Suhl. Suhl's industry has always been based on metalworking. In the past, the city was a leading arms producer in Germany and the vehicle production was another pillar of the local industry. After the reunification in 1990, the industry collapsed and the most factories got closed. Important companies of today are CDA, a producer of data replication media, Zimbo, a meat producer, Gramss, an industrial bakery, Paragon, a car parts supplier, and Merkel, the last remained arms producer in Suhl. In 2012, there were 27 companies in industrial production with more than 20 workers employing 2,000 persons and generating a turnover of 6295 millions.l61 Services in Suhl are including the typical regional supply (like retail, hospital, cinema etc.) and some preserved administrative functions over the surrounding districts like the Industrie- and Handelskammer and the regional centres of Arbeitsagentur and Rentenversicherung. Furthermore, tourism plays a role because of the beautiful landscape around. In 2012, there were 93,000 hotel guests having 245,000 overnight stays in Suhl.171 Transport Local train to Erfiut at Suhl station A building of the former Simson factory with A 73's Haseltal bridge in background Suhl got connected to the railway quite late, because of its difficult terrain. The Neudietendorf—Ritschenhausen railway through the city was opened in 1882 (southern direction to Wdrzburg) and in 1884 (northern direction to Erfurt). It was one of only few main Another former Simson building mountain railways in Prussia with the large, 3039 to long Brandleite Tunnel north of the city. Later, this railway became an important link between Berlin and south-western Germany, until the inner -German border cut it off in 1949. Since that time, there is only regional traffic on the line (except a short time in 1990s with long-distance trains). The express train runs every two hours to Erfurt in the north and Wiirzburg in the south, where connections to long-distance trains are given. Furthermore, there are local trains to Erfurt and Meiningen, running also every two hours, so that there is overall a connection once an hour in both directions. Another railway to Schleusingen was opened in 1911 and closed in 1997. With a gradient of nearly 7%, it was one of the steepest regular railways in Germany. Stations in Suhl besides the main station are located in Heinrichs and Dietzhausen, whereas the Stations Suhler Neundorf and Friedberg at the Schleusingen line are abandoned. Suhl is situated at the junction of Bundesautobahn 71 (Erfurt—Wdrzburg) and Bundesautobahn 73 (Suhl—Nuremberg). Both got opened during the 2000s and host some impressive bridges and tunnels around Suhl, like the Rennsteig Tunnel in the north and the 82 m high Haseltalbrucke at Heinrichs district. A BundesstraBe through Suhl was the Bundesstraf3e 247 from Gotha in the north to Schleusingen in the south. It was annulled after the opening of both Autobahns and is now a secondary road. Other important secondary roads run to Meiningen in the west and Ilmenau in the east. The next local airport to Suhl is the Erfurt—Weimar Airport, approx. 50 km (31 mi) to the north, which serves mostly for holiday flights to the Mediterranean and other h ristic regions. The next major airports are Frankfurt Airport, the upcoming Berlin Brandenburg Airport and Munich Airport. Biking is getting more and more popular since the construction of quality cycle tracks began in the 1990s. For tourism serve the Hasel track from Sohl to the Werra valley near Meiningen. Furthermore, there are some mountainbiking tracks within the Thuringian Forest. Public transport is carried out by a bus line network connecting the city centre with the outskirts, Zella-Mehlis and neighbouring villages. A trolleybus system was planned during the late 1980s, but not realized after the reunification. Education There is only one Gymnasium left in Suhl, after others were closed due to the decline of the number of children after 1990. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhl 4/5