100 years of German railways


Special stamps of the Reichspost for the 100th anniversary of the railways in Germany

100 Years of German Railways was the title of a Nuremberg anniversary exhibition and a festival program accompanying this event in 1935.

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The reference point in time was the opening of the first railway line in Germany on December 7, 1835. The Ludwig Railway ran from Nuremberg to Fürth , to which the anniversary event, which took place mainly in Nuremberg, also referred.

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Vehicle exhibition

Exhibition halls from 1935, exterior view, 2011

Exhibition halls from 1935, interior view, 2011

The exhibition was opened on July 14, 1935 by the General Director of the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Julius Dorpmüller , in the presence of the Reich Transport Minister Paul von Eltz-Rübenach and the Gauleiter of Middle Franconia , Julius Streicher . It took place in the then new Nuremberg South freight yard and in the Nuremberg Transport Museum . Its collection was presented again for the anniversary. The Reichsbahn advertised the exhibition halls with: "In the newest reloading hall in Germany, near the party congress grounds ". The halls had about 1000 m of covered tracks. Half of the tracks were covered so that visitors could see the vehicles from both sides. In an extension, additional exhibition rooms were created to accommodate models and smaller exhibits and in which statistical information was presented. In addition to the reloading halls, the exhibition also took place in an outdoor area to the south and west of it. There was also an exhibition on the railway superstructure .

Historical and modern vehicles were on display, as well as the latest express train locomotives in the outdoor area. Also to be seen were:

the " flying hamburger ",
the vehicles of the Rheingold train ,
the Henschel-Wegmann train ,
the glass train ,
an electric railcar of the DR series ET 11 ,
a diesel railcar 2nd and 3rd class of design Leipzig ,
Special vehicles
Freight wagons ,
but also road vehicles, especially buses for the Reichsbahn motor traffic.

Accompanying program

Platform for the Adler train during the exhibition

Advertisement for the exhibition in the official gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz

The roadworthy replica of the eagle , the first locomotive to run in Germany, stopped at a special platform for public rides. The locomotive also pulled replica passenger cars and ran around the exhibition grounds on a specially constructed circuit. Tickets for this cost 10 and 15 Reichspfennig .

There was also an exhibition “Art and Railway” in the Norishalle.

graduation

The exhibition should have closed in September, but was extended until October 13, 1935. It had half a million visitors.

At the end of the exhibition, a large pageant took place in Nuremberg on October 13th, attended by 10,000 railway workers in historical uniforms.

After the exhibition was over, the vehicles were in the reloading hall until the big vehicle parade in December. The vehicle parade took place on December 8, 1935, exactly one day after the centenary of the first German train journey. To the west of Katzwanger Strasse, Adolf Hitler, together with Julius Dorpmüller and invited celebrities from home and abroad, accepted the vehicle parade, which ended the anniversary program.

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literature

Festschrift Hundred Years of German Railways

Deutsche Reichsbahn: The Reichsbahn - special edition for July 14, 1935.
The Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1935: 100 years of the German railways . Elsner Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin 1935.
Werner Haustein and Berthold Stumpf: A hundred years of German railway workers . The history of a profession. Konkordia, Leipzig 1935.
Headquarters of the Deutsche Reichsbahn: One hundred years of German railways. Anniversary publication for the 100th anniversary of the German railways . Verkehrsw Wissenschaftliche Lehrmittelgesellschaft Berlin, 1st edition 1935.
100 years of German railways, 83 years of Schwartzkopff . Berliner Maschinenbau AG. Berlin 1935.
Reichsbahndirektion Nürnberg: 100 years of German railways. Reichsbahn exhibition in Nuremberg. July 14th to the beginning of September 1935 [official program of events with a plan of the outdoor area and the exhibition themes]; accessed on July 25, 2020.
Reichsbahndirektion Nürnberg : Reichsbahn exhibition, Nuremberg, July 14th to October 10th, 1935: 100 years of German railways . Nuremberg 1935.
Reichsbahn advertising office: 100 years of German railways. 1835-1935 . Berlin 1935. [40-page brochure in DIN A4 with forewords by Julius Dorpmüller and his deputy Wilhelm Kleinmann , illustrated by Hans Baluschek ]

Movie

Reichsbahn-Filmstelle: The centenary of the German railways ; accessed on July 25, 2020.

Web links

Wolf Hergert: The cargo handling halls at the Nuremberg South Station ; accessed on July 25, 2020.
Thomas Noßke: 100 years of German railways. Vehicle parade. Nuremberg December 8, 1935 [= list of vehicles that took part in the parade]; accessed on July 25, 2020.
Thomas Noßke: 100 years of German railways. The anniversary in 1935 ; accessed on July 25, 2020.
Thomas Noßke: List of the exhibited vehicles ; accessed on July 25, 2020.

Remarks

↑ The circulation was 40,000 copies and was sold out at the end of 1935. A second edition was then planned. The selling price to employees of the Deutsche Reichsbahn was 5 RM, in bookshops 16 RM (Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Hg.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of January 4, 1936, No. 1. Announcement No. 2, p. 1; ibid. of February 15, 1936, No. 7. Announcement No. 72, p. 34). The production of the 2nd edition was delayed considerably (cf. for example: Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of April 9, 1938, No. 18. Announcement No. 244, p. 102). At the end of 1938 or beginning of 1939 it then seems to have been delivered (Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of December 17, 1938, No. 59. Announcement No. 777, p. 373).

Individual evidence

↑ Hergert; Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of June 29, 1935, No. 27. Announcement No. 292, p. 114.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Hergert
^ ^A ^b Reichsbahndirektion Nürnberg: 100 years .
↑ Thomas Noßke: 100 years German Railways. The anniversary in 1935 .
↑ Thomas Noßke: List of exhibited vehicles .
^ ^A ^b Reichsbahn-Filmstelle: The celebration of the century
↑ Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of June 1, 1935, No. 23, p. 97.
↑ Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of September 14, 1935, No. 41. Announcement No. 427, p. 177, mentions October 10, 1935, but this contradicts the other sources.
^ Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of September 14, 1935, No. 41. Announcement No. 427, p. 177.
↑ Thomas Noßke: 100 years German Railways. Vehicle parade. Nuremberg December 8, 1935 [= list of vehicles that took part in the parade, road vehicles are not listed].

[11] The circulation was 40,000 copies and was sold out at the end of 1935. A second edition was then planned. The selling price to employees of the Deutsche Reichsbahn was 5 RM, in bookshops 16 RM (Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Hg.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of January 4, 1936, No. 1. Announcement No. 2, p. 1; ibid. of February 15, 1936, No. 7. Announcement No. 72, p. 34). The production of the 2nd edition was delayed considerably (cf. for example: Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of April 9, 1938, No. 18. Announcement No. 244, p. 102). At the end of 1938 or beginning of 1939 it then seems to have been delivered (Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of December 17, 1938, No. 59. Announcement No. 777, p. 373).

[1] Hergert; Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of June 29, 1935, No. 27. Announcement No. 292, p. 114.

[Hergert-2] Hergert

[100J-3] A ^b Reichsbahndirektion Nürnberg: 100 years .

[4] Thomas Noßke: 100 years German Railways. The anniversary in 1935 .

[5] Thomas Noßke: List of exhibited vehicles .

[Film-6] A ^b Reichsbahn-Filmstelle: The celebration of the century

[7] Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of June 1, 1935, No. 23, p. 97.

[8] Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of September 14, 1935, No. 41. Announcement No. 427, p. 177, mentions October 10, 1935, but this contradicts the other sources.

[9] Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of September 14, 1935, No. 41. Announcement No. 427, p. 177.

[10] Thomas Noßke: 100 years German Railways. Vehicle parade. Nuremberg December 8, 1935 [= list of vehicles that took part in the parade, road vehicles are not listed].