Railway Żmigród – Wąsosz

Żmigród – Wąsosz
Course book range :	State Railways : 360 (1914) DR : 127g (1939) , 147m (1941–45) PKP : 178 (1946) , 278 (1954)
Route length:	24.5 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	3.1  ‰
Legend by Rawicz (Rawitsch) 0.0 Żmigród (Trachenberg) 89 m to Wroclaw 3.3 Węglewo (Wanglewe) 89 m to the test track 6.050 Barkówko (Small Barges) 8,441 Barkowo ( Rogosawe / Bargen) 11.192 Białawy Wielkie (Tschepline / Ulmenau) 90 m 14,982 Białawy (Pakuswitz / Ristenau) 93 m 18,837 Kamień Górowski (Camin / Fireplace) 92 m 21.287 Płoski (Pluskau) 95 m from Ścinawa (Steinau) 24.5 Wąsosz (Herrnstadt) 85 m after Rawicz (Rawitsch)

The streckemigród – Wąsosz railway was a single-track railway connection between the cities of Żmigród ( German  Trachenberg ) and Wąsosz ( German  Herrnstadt ) in the Polish Voivodeship of Lower Silesia . It was opened in September 1886 and was used for passenger and freight traffic until the end of 1960.

history

Between 1883 and September 1886, the railway line was built by the Oberschlesische Eisenbahn AG along the Prussian districts of Militsch , Guhrau and Wohlau and then used for passenger and freight traffic. 1937 one closed the station Węglewo (Eng. Wanglewe ). At the end of 1960 the entire line was closed and in April 1975 it was dismantled. However, the section between Węglewo and Żmigród remained and was expanded in 1996 by a ring-shaped test track of the Warsaw Instytut Kolejnictwa (German Railway Institute ). In addition to the preserved Węglewo – Żmigród section, several station buildings and remains of the track bed still bear witness to the former railway connection.

route

Railway station in Żmigród.

The railway line ran through today's districts of Wołów , Góra and Trzebnica and had a total of nine stations . These were in the towns of Żmigród and Wąsosz as well as in the villages or hamlets of Węglewo ( German  Wanglewe ), Barkówko ( German  Klein Bargen ), Barkowo ( German  (large) Bargen ), Białawy Wielkie ( German  Tschepline ), Białwy ( German  Pakuswitz ), Kamień Górowski ( German  fireplace ) and Płoski ( German  Pluskau ). The three-kilometer section between Płoski and Wąsosz had the highest gradient of the entire route at 3.1 ‰ .

The section Żmigród – Węglewo that has been preserved is followed by a 7.725 km long ring-shaped test track . This is operated by a branch of the Warsaw Instytut Kolejnictwa ( German  Railway Institute ), which examines, among other things, the resilience and safety of trains.

literature

• Ryszard Stankiewicz and Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014 . Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8 , p. E4

Web links

Commons : Żmigród – Wąsosz railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description of the former railway line (Polish)
• Description of the railway test track (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ M. Hendschel: Timetable railway line Trachenberg – Herrnstadt 1914. In: Hendschels Telegraph , Frankfurt / Main 1914 (accessed on July 14, 2016).
2. ^ Deutsche Reichsbahn: Timetable railway line Trachenberg – Herrnstadt 1939. (accessed on July 14, 2016).
3. ^ Deutsche Reichsbahn: Timetable railway line Trachenberg – Herrnstadt 1941. (accessed on July 14, 2016).
4. ^ Polish State Railways: Timetable for the Żmigród – Wąsosz line. (accessed on July 14, 2016).
5. ^ Polish State Railways: Timetable for the Żmigród – Wąsosz line in 1954. (accessed on July 14, 2016).
6. ^ Association of German Railway Administrations : Opening of the new Trachenberg – Herrnstadt line. In: Newspaper of the Association of German Railway Administrations. No. 26, 1886, p. 788.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Bolkowianin: History of the Trachenberg – Herrnstadt railway line. (accessed on July 14, 2016).
8. ↑ Żmigróder City Council: List of art-historically important buildings / archaeological sites in the Żmigród municipality. In: Resolution XXXVIII / 287/10 of July 9 , 2010, Żmigród 2010, p. 5ff. (accessed on July 14, 2016)
9. ^ Railway Institute : Website of the Railway Institute. (accessed on July 14, 2016).