Greifenberger Kleinbahn

Greifenberger Kleinbahn
Greifenberg (Pom.) - Horst - Treptow (Rega)
Course book range :	126h (1944) , 113n (1940)
Route length:	53.0 km
Gauge :	750 mm (until 1905) , 1000 mm
Legend from Köslin-Kolberg von Treptow (Rega) –Broitz – Dummadel 0.0 Greifenberg (Pom.) Landesbahn Gryfice Wąsk. Köslin – Gollnow railway line 4.1 Chausseehaus Popiele to Stepenitz -Kantreck Greifenberg – Schwirsen road ( Droga wojewódzka 105 ) 8.7 Ribbekardt Rybokarty Greifenberg – Schwirsen road ( Droga wojewódzka 105 ) 10.4 Völschenhagen Wilczkowo 12.4 Medewitz Niedźwiedziska 16.6 Muddle Mow Modlimowo 18.7 Parpart Paprotno Street Treptow (Rega) - Cammin ( Droga wojewódzka 103 ) Railway line Wietstock – Treptow (Rega) 22.7 Karnitz regional railway Karnice Wąsk. 26.8 Dresow Dreżowo 29.6 Hope Trzęsacz 30.9 Rewahl Rewal Street Treptow (Rega) - Miedzyzdroje ( Droga wojewódzka 102 ) 32.3 Schleffin Śliwin 36.3 Horst Seebad Niechorze 37.3 Horst loveless Liwia Łuża 39.4 Fischerkathen Pogorzelica 42.3 Mittelhagen Rogozina Street Treptow (Rega) - Miedzyzdroje ( Droga wojewódzka 102 ) 44.3 Zedlin Sadlno 47.4 Voigtshagen Włodarka Rega Treptow – Deep road ( Droga wojewódzka 109 ) by Deep 50.7 Treptow (Rega) Badstübertor Trzebiatów Mokre Köslin – Gollnow railway line Reichsstrasse 161 ( Droga wojewódzka 102 ) 53.0 Treptow (Rega) regional railway Trzebiatów Wąsk. Small train routes to Dummadel-Broitz– Greifenberg Railway lines to Gollnow and Cammin – Wietstock
Treptow (Rega) - Deep
Course book range :	126k (1944) , 113o (1940)
Route length:	13.0 km
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Legend Railway lines Köslin – Gollnow and from Wietstock – Cammin from Greifenberg – Dummadel – Broitz 0.0 Treptow (Rega) regional railway Trzebiatów Wąsk. Köslin – Gollnow railway line 2.2 Treptow (Rega) Badstübertor Trzebiatów Mokre to Horst - Greifenberg 3.1 Neuhof Nowielice 4.9 Instinct Trzebusz 9.4 robe Roby Old Rega (Stara Rega) 13.0 Deep Mrzeżyno
Greifenberg (Pom.) - Dummadel - Treptow (Rega)
Course book range :	126m (1944) , 113p (1940)
Route length:	36.3 km
Gauge :	750 mm (until 1905) , 1000 mm
Legend Köslin-Gollnow railway line from Treptow (Rega) - Horst and Stepenitz - Kantreck 0.0 Greifenberg (Pom.) Landesbahn Gryfice Wąsk. 1.1 Greifenberg sugar factory Gryfice Cukrownia Rega 5.0 Luebsow Lubieszewo Lübsowbach (Lubieszewa) 7.6 Wendisch Pribbernow Przybiernów to Natelfitz – Mühlenbruch 10.0 Dumb needle Tąpadły 11.7 Stölitz Stołąż 14.8 Broitz Brojce Reselkow Street - Greifenberg ( Droga wojewódzka 105 ) Molstow (Mołstowa) 18.1 Along the way Strzykocin 20.3 Dargislaff Dargoslaw 23.1 Nestau Uniestowo 24.9 Cinnamon Siemidarżno 27.8 Gützlaffshagen Goslaw 29.8 Jungfernbrück Paliczyno 33.1 Grünhaus Warcislaw Treptow (Rega) reloading station 36.3 Treptow (Rega) regional railway Trzebiatów Wąsk. to Horst- Greifenberg and to Deep Railway lines Kolberg - Stettin and to Cammin - Wietstock
Dummadel - Natelfitz - Mühlenbruch
Course book range :	126p (1944) , 113r (1940)
Route length:	15.8 km
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Legend from Broitz– Treptow (Rega) 0.0 Dumb needle Tąpadły to Greifenberg 3.0 Ostenhagen Charnowo 5.0 Wisbu Wyszobór 8.2 Natelfitz Natolewice Reichsstraße 2 ( Droga krajowa 6 / Europastraße 28 ) 10.9 Joke Wicimice 12.9 Pinnow Pniewo Kolberger Kleinbahn from Regenwalde 15.8 Mill break Skrzydłowo Kolberger Kleinbahn to Kolberg
Greifenberg (Pom.) - Gülzow - Kantreck - Stepenitz
Course book range :	126n (1944) , 113q (1940)
Route length:	58.1 km
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Legend Köslin – Gollnow railway line von Treptow (Rega) –Broitz – Dummadel 0.0 Greifenberg (Pom.) Landesbahn Gryfice Wąsk. Köslin – Gollnow railway line 4.1 Chausseehaus Popiele to Treptow (Rega) -Horst Greifenberg Street - Cammin ( Droga wojewódzka 105 ) 5.9 Rensin Rzęsin from Trieglaff 8.5 Koldemanz Kołomąć 11.8 Schwessow Świeszewo 15.7 Henkenhagen Upadły Wurow – Wietstock 20.6 Gülzow Landesbahn Golczewo Wąsk. Wurow – Wietstock railway line to Schnatow Roads Pomerania - Pomerania and Plathe -Parlowkrug ( Droga wojewódzka 106 and Droga wojewódzka 108 ) 22.3 Obermühle shut down before 1944 Golczewo Młyn 24.2 Clamps Kłęby 28.8 Klötzin Kłodzino 29.2 Boeck Buk 30.0 Zarnglaff Czarnogłowy according to Rackitt 33.5 Trechel Trzechel 35.5 Siegelkow Żychlikowo Railway line Szczecin – Swinoujscie 40.9 Kantreck state railway Łożnica Wąsk. Railway line Szczecin – Swinoujscie 42.7 Dischenhagen shut down before 1944 Dzisna 45.0 hammer Babigoszcz Reichsstraße 111 ( Droga krajowa 3 / Europastraße 65 ) 46.7 Guardian height shut down before 1944 49.6 Hohenbrück Widzieńsko 51.8 Roebuck shut down before 1944 Rogów Kamieński 54.3 Schiebenhorst Świbin 56.4 Birch forest Bogusławie Gollnow - Stepenitz street ( Droga wojewódzka 112 ) 58.1 Stepenitz Stepnica
Gülzow - Zemlin - Schnatow
Route length:	10.7 km
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Legend von Wurow – Plathe von Greifenberg –Koldemanz 0.0 Gülzow Landesbahn Golczewo Wąsk. to Wietstock to Kantreck - Stepenitz 2.2 Zemlin Samlino Odgałęźne 3.9 Wildenhagen Gadom 5.1 Nemitz sheep farm Ocim 6.7 Nemitz Niemica 8.4 Coupling Koplino 10.7 Schnatow Śniatowo
Rackitt - Zarnglaff (freight transport)
Route length:	7.4 km
Gauge :	three-rail 1000 mm and 1435 mm
Legend Railway line Szczecin – Swinoujscie 0.0 Rackitt Rokita Railway line to Swinoujscie 1.3 Zarnglaff village Czarnogłowy Wieś from Stepenitz 7.4 Zarnglaff Czarnogłowy to Greifenberg

Greifenberger Kleinbahn ( Polish : Gryficka Kolej Wąskotorowa , today officially Nadmorska Kolej Wąskotorowa ) is a small railway system in Pomerania .

The Greifenberger Kleinbahnen AG was considered the largest Pomeranian small railway company. At its best, its network in western Pomerania comprised 168.5 kilometers of routes, which were planned and built by the Berlin company Lenz & Co GmbH . The first two lines were given tracks with a gauge of 750 mm, which were converted to meter gauge by 1905; the routes built after 1900 were meter gauge from the start.

The small train is still operated in Poland - with severe restrictions - by Gmina Rewal .

history

1896 to 1945

The company's share capital was divided between the province of Pomerania, the Prussian state, the districts of Greifenberg and Cammin and the cities of Greifenberg and Treptow. On July 1, 1896, the first line was opened between Greifenberg and Seebad Horst . In the years up to 1903, the line via Gülzow and Kantreck (where you can change to the standard-gauge state railway in the direction of Stettin - Cammin / Wollin ) to Stepenitz , where there was a connection to sea traffic in the port.

In addition to passenger traffic, the railway transported lime from the Zarnglaff stone works as well as bricks, grain, wood, cement, raw sugar, fruit and vegetables to the ship in Stettin . In 1940, 18 steam locomotives and one railcar were available for this purpose.

Chronological development of the Greifenberger Kleinbahnen

route	Length km	opening
Greifenberg - Karnitz - Horst seaside resort	36.1 km	July 1, 1896
Greifenberg - Dummadel - Dargislaff	20.4 km	October 5, 1898
Greifenberg - Koldemanz - Gülzow	16.5 km	17th August 1901
Gülzow - Kantreck - Stepenitz	38.0 km	December 1, 1903
Gülzow - Schnatow	10.7 km	October 7, 1905
Dargislaff - Treptow (Rega)	15.9 km	November 1, 1907
Treptow (Rega) - Deep	13.0 km	June 30, 1912
Treptow (Rega) - Horst seaside resort	14.0 km	May 1, 1913
Koldemanz - Trieglaff	3.9 km	October 10, 1913

In addition, the Kleinbahn temporarily operated the 16 km long Dummadel - Mühlenbruch line , which belonged to the Kolberger Kleinbahn AG and had provided the connection to it since 1899. A four-kilometer-long line from Zarnglaff to Rackitt was opened as a private connecting line in standard and meter gauge on September 6, 1911 to transport lime. Later it was used for public goods transport.

In 1910, the management of Lenz & Co was transferred to the small railroad department of the Pomeranian Provincial Association in Stettin, and in 1920, after its dissolution, to the Association of Smaller Railways in Lower Pomerania. After a severe economic crisis, the routes were assigned to the Pomeranian regional railway directorate in 1937/1938 . When the Pomeranian State Railways were founded as a corporation under public law, they took over the railway with effect from January 1, 1940 under the name "Greifenberger Bahnen" .

The handover to the Reichsbahn was in Treptow ( Rollbockgrube ), Greifenberg, Gülzow and Kantreck.

At the end of the war, the Greifenberg – Stepenitz railway served as an essential escape route to the west.

After 1945

The small railway station Gryfice Stacja Kolejowa Wąskotorowa (Greifenberg) in 2007

The small railway bridge over the Rega near Nowielice (Neuhof) in 2007

After 1945 all railways were subordinated to the Polish State Railways PKP . On the branch lines Golczewo (Gülzow) –Śniatowo (Schnatow), Trzebiatów (Treptow (Rega)) - Mrzeżyno (Deep) and Kołomąć (Koldemanz) - Trzygłów (Trieglaff) the traffic was stopped. On the route Łoźnica (Kantreck) - Stepnica (Stepenitz), with the increasing degree of motorization of the population, passenger traffic was only maintained until 1978, after which freight traffic was still sporadic.

In 1998, the intersection with trunk road 3 Stettin – Baltic Sea coast at the Babigoszcz (Hammer) stop was paved, so that it was no longer possible to drive on the route between Łoźnica and Stepnica.

In 2006, the rail network between Stepnica and Łoźnica was partially dismantled and converted into a cycle path.

Today, the Nadmorska Kolej Wąskotorówka museum train from Gryfice to Pogorzelica (Fischerkaten) is only in operation for a few months of the year - occasionally under steam , and the bridge to Trzebiatów has been closed since 2000.

Since 2011, the coastal section between the stations Niechorze (Horst Seebad) and Pogorzelica has been repaired for 40 million złoty by the contracted company consortium under HUSAR Budownictwo Inżynieryjne Sp. Z oo, and the station buildings there have also been completely renovated. The co-financing came from the EU regional fund ERDF .

As a result, there has been no operation since late summer 2011. Structural delays (there was a complete loss of a station building due to previously undetectable structural damage) prevented the planned resumption of operations for 2012. In September 2013, the brief resumption began before the end of the season with a diesel-powered locomotive.

Current

According to the 2016 summer timetable, four pairs of trains ran from May 30 to September 30 on the section between Trzęsacz (Hoff) and Pogorzelica (Fischerkaten). The entire route, from / to Gryfice, only served one; the first train to Pogorzelica came from Gryfice and the last in the opposite direction went to Gryfice. The newly renovated depot is located there.

A museum about the history of the Pomeranian narrow-gauge railways up to 1945 and afterwards has been located in Gryfice since 1978.

Station building on the coastal section

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  Trzęsacz (Hoff)

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  Rewal (Rewahl)

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  Śliwin (Schleffin)

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  Niechorze Latarnia (Horst lighthouse)

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  Pogorzelica (fishermen's cottages)

literature

• Wolfram Bäumer, Siegfried Bufe: Railways in Pomerania. Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham 1988, ISBN 3-922138-34-9 , pp. 195–222 ( East German Railway History 3)
• German course book. Edition of January 21, 1940 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, Bobingen, reprint 1st edition 1988

Web links

• Timetable 1944
• German timetable page of the museum train. 2013. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013 ; accessed on September 15, 2017 . 
• Photos of the routes
• 2017 timetable