Replaced by the A 73 The German federal highway, the Bundesstraße 289 (B 289), runs from Coburg to Rehau in southern Germany.

Bundesstraße 289 branches eastwards from the B 4 south of Coburg near Untersiemau.

In its upgraded section from the Coburg's southern motorway junction to the Untersiemau junction on the A 73 (Suhl - Coburg - Nürnberg), the road has two lanes and, on hilly sections, three.

The total cost of this six kilometre long section which was called Project Bundesstraße 289n was 26.8 million euros, of which 3.3 million euros was needed to purchase land.

Until the A 73 motorway was completed the B 289 ran through Untersiemau, Obersiemau, Buch am Forst and Lichtenfels to the Lichtenfels-Ost junction on the B 173. to