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.

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

replaced by A 27 ( CUX )

(7) Bremerhaven-Mitte A 27 E234 (HB)
Bremerhaven Geestemünde Nord B 212
Bremerhaven Bohmsiel B 71
(10) Bremerhaven-Süd A 27 E234 (HB)

replaced by A 27 ( OHZ )

(18) Bremen-Überseestadt A 27 E234 (HB)
Bremen Hohentor
Bremen Neustadt B 75
Bremen Obervieland B 51

Alternative route
Bremen Habenhausen
(56) Bremen Arsten A 1 E22 (HB)

(57) Bremen/Brinkum A 1 E22 ( DH )
Diversion
Diversion
Stuhr OT Brinkum local diversion B 51 B 322
Syke-Barrien
Syke-Zentrum
Syke-Heiligenfelde
Bruchhausen-Vilsen
Asendorf ( DH )
Wietzen ( NI )
Crossing B 214
Motor road
Motor road
Kraftfahrstraße
Marklohe
Nienburg West
Nienburg Nord B 215
Nienburg Mitte B 214
Nienburg Süd
End of the motor road
End of the motor road
end of motor road
Schessinghausen
Husum
Meinkingsburg - Linsburg ( NI )
Schneerener Krug ( H )
Schneeren
Eilvese
Motor road
Motor road
Kraftfahrstraße
Neustadt am Rübenberge Himmelreich B 442
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 the motor road
end of motor road
Garbsen Meyenfeld
Garbsen
(42) Hannover-Herrenhausen A 2 / E30
Hannover Limmer Str. B 441
Hannover Ricklinger Kreisel B 65
Hannover Landwehrkreisel B 3
Kreuz () Seelhorst interchange B 3 , B 65
Hannover Mittelfeld
Hannover Messe
Hannover Kronsberg
Intersection (11) Hannover-Messegelände A 37
Kreuz () Laatzen interchange B 443
Gleidingen - Oesselnser Str. ( H )
Sarstedt ( HI )
Giesen Ahrbergen
Hildesheim Steuerwald B 243
Hildesheim Kennedydamm B 494
Hildesheim Kreisel Berliner Str. B 1
Wendhausen
(63) Derneburg/Salzgitter A 7
Diversion
Diversion
Grasdorf local diversion B 444( HI )
(22) Baddeckenstedt A 39( WF )
Baddeckenstedt OT Rhene
Baddeckenstedt
Diversion
Diversion
Haverlah local diversion ( WF )
Salzgitter Bad B 248( SZ )
Salzgitter Hohenrode B 248( SZ )
Posthof ( GS )
Jerstedt
Crossing Goslar B 82
Goslar Immenröder Str. B 82 B 241
Goslar-Oker B 498
Goslar Vienenburger Str. B 241
Intersection Bad Harzburg 3-way interchange B 4
Vienenburg -Süd
Intersection (1) Vienenburg 3-way interchange A 395 B 6n ( GS )

Route combined with B 6n
Abbenrode ( HZ )
Stapelburg
Ilsenburg
Wernigerode Nord B 244
Wernigerode Zentrum
Blankenburg Zentrum B 81
Thale
Quedlinburg Nord B 79
Quedlinburg Ost ( HZ )
Hoym ( SLK )
Aschersleben West B 185

Aschersleben
Schackstedt
Alsleben
Könnern ( SLK )
Domnitz ( SK )
(15) Trotha A 14
Morl ( SK )
Halle (Saale)-Trotha ( HAL )
Halle (Saale) Dessau bridge B 100
Halle (Saale) Riebeckplatz B 80 B 91
Halle (Saale)-Bruckdorf ( HAL )
Gröbers ( SK )
Großkugel ( SK )
(16) Großkugel A 9 ( TDO )
Diversion
Diversion
Schkeuditz local diversion B 186 S 8 ( TDO )
Leipzig-Möckern S 1 ( L )
Leipzig-Gohlis
Leipzig Zentrum B 2 B 87
Leipzig-Sellerhausen B 87
Leipzig-Paunsdorf
(16) Leipzig Ost A 14 ( L )
Diversion
Diversion
Borsdorf local diversion B 186 ( L )
Diversion
Diversion
Gerichshain local diversion S 45
Machern
Diversion
Diversion
Bennewitz local diversion B 107
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 B 169 ( MEI )
S 85
Klappendorf
Wölkisch S 87
Obermuschütz
Diera-Zehren S 32
Keilbusch
Meißen B 101 S 80 S 82 S 83 S 177
Reppina
Gauernitz
Wildberg ( MEI )
Niedewartha ( DD )
Dresden-Cossebaude
(78) Dresden-Altstadt A 4 / E40 E55
S 73
Marien bridge B 173
Dresden-Neustadt B 170 B 97 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
B 98
BischofswerdaS 158
S 101
Wölkau S 155
Rothnaußlitz
Spittwitz
Göda S 107
Dreistern S 106
no lorries
no lorries
Barred to lorry traffic Richtung Osten
Rattwitz
Stiebitz S 119
no lorries
no lorries
Barred to lorry traffic Richtung Osten
Bautzen-Neustadt B 96
Frieden bridge
Bautzen B 96
no lorries
no lorries
Barred to lorry traffic
Bautzen-Ost B 156
S 111
Jenkwitz
Kubschütz
Steindörfel
Hochkirch
Neukuppritz
Plotzen ( BZ )
Löbau B 178 S 112 S 129 ( GR )
S 143
S 111
Diversion
Diversion
Reichenbach local diversion S 124
Markersdorf
Holtendorf
S 125
Diversion
Diversion
Görlitz local diversion B 99 B 115
(94) Görlitz A 4 / E40 ( GR )

replaced by A 4

(PL) Görlitz border crossing A 4
Location
CountryGermany
StatesLower Saxony, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony
Highway system
  • Roads in Germany

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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