station with a tramway that has since been dismantled. The stone was used primarily for construction of water projects (hydraulic engineering) and road construction. Both quarries have fallen into disuse. The scars can be seen far into the flood plain of the Rhine. Transport Dossenheim is on the A 5 as well as the federal highway B 3. The Upper Rhine Railway (Oberrheinische Eisenbahn, OEG), now part of Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr (RNV) GmbH, connects Dossenheim to the metropolitan centers nearby: Mannheim, Heidelberg and Weinheim. Dossenheim has 3 light rail stops: Dossenheim-Nord, Dossenheim OEG-Bahnhof and Dossenheim-Süd. Government offices and institutions Freiwillige Feuerwehr Dossenheim (volunteer fire department) Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft (BBA) (Federal Biological Institute for Agriculture and Forestry) Clubs Angelsportverein ( fishing club ) Bertha Benz Memorial Club e.V. Bertha Benz Memorial Route e.V. Biblisches Lebenszentrum Dossenheim e.V. (pentecostal church) Boule- Club ( Boule club) Cantus Vivus Konzertchor ( concert choir ) Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK) - OV Dossenheim (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) DJK Dossenheim DLRG Dossenheim Dossema Bannweidbuwe ( Dossenheim Kermesse club) FC Dossenheim ( Football (soccer) club ) Musikkapelle der katholischen Pfarrgemeinde Dossenheim e.V. (brass orchestra) Musikverein 1893. e.V. Dossenheim Schützenverein ( Gun Club ) TSG Germania ( sports club including Handball and children's gymnastics ) Verein zur Pflege der Livemusik Notable natives Charly Körbel, professional soccer player (Eintracht Frankfurt) Markus Bähr, professional soccer player (1.FC Köln, Karlsruher SC) Otto Hitzfeld, " Der Löwe von Sewastopol " References External links Official site of Dossenheim (in German) Photos of the Vatter quarry., StahlArt: Industrial and Architectural Photography, Harald Finster, last accessed 15 January 2007 Bertha Benz Memorial Route Towns in Baden-Württemberg Populated places on the Neckar basin Populated riverside places in Germany Baden