Railway line Neukieritzsch – Pegau

Neukieritzsch – Pegau
Route number :	6819; sä. KPe
Course book section (DB) :	532 (1993)
Route length:	15.115 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	10  ‰
Minimum radius :	180 m
Legend from Chemnitz from yard 0.00 Neukieritzsch formerly Kieritzsch 144 m 0.45 (Start of the route) 0.50 Bundesstrasse 176 142 m to Leipzig 1.30 State road 71 145 m 1.42 Mine train 145 m 3.50 Droßdorf (formerly Bf) 151 m 5.04 Pödelwitz (formerly Bf) 145 m 6.93 Großstolpen (formerly Bf) 140 m 7.31 Schnauder Bridge (32 m) 9.34 Schlumperbach bridge (32 m) from Meuselwitz 10.43 Groitzsch 135 m to Gaschwitz 11.95 Flood bridge (76 m) 13.20 Flood bridge (67 m) 13.30 Flood bridge (22 m) 13.35 White Elster Bridge (36 m) 13.50 Elstermühlgraben bridge (22 m) 13.78 Pegau East 130 m 13.98 Abzw Pegau East 130 m Connection curve to Abzw Zauschwitz from Leipzig-Leutzsch 14.82 (End of route) 15.12 Pegau 135 m according to Probstzella
Abzw Zauschwitz – Abzw Pegau Ost
Route number (DB) :	6820
Route length:	1.7 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend from Leipzig-Leutzsch -0.021 (Start of the route) 0.000 Abzw Zauschwitz (now Bk ) 135 m according to Probstzella 1,350 Small raft ditch 133 m from Pegau 1.734 Pegau Ost junction 130 m to Neukieritzsch

The Neukieritzsch – Pegau line was a branch line in Saxony . It ran from Neukieritzsch via Groitzsch to Pegau .

history

At the turn of the century, the southern Leipzig area with its lignite industry was already fully developed with railway lines. With the Leipzig – Gera , Gaschwitz – Meuselwitz and Leipzig – Hof connections , there were three routes that ran a short distance from Leipzig to the south. However, a cross connection only existed on Thuringian territory with the Zeitz – Altenburg line . For coal traffic, however, a cross-connection further north was considered necessary. Pegau and Groitzsch were particularly interested in such a route.

Construction work began on November 28, 1907 and was opened on October 1, 1909. After the Second World War , the railway line was partially dismantled as a reparation payment. Thus, traffic has been idle since 1947. The reconstruction, which began in 1956, ended with the reopening the following year. The reopened stops at Droßdorf, Pödelwitz, Großstolpen and Pegau Ost received new reception buildings.

After the political change in eastern Germany in 1989, the line quickly lost its importance in passenger and freight traffic. The tourist traffic was stopped on June 1, 1997. On June 21, 1999, the closure was approved by the Federal Railway Authority. It was legally enforced on August 31, 1999.

The former route between Neukieritzsch and Pödelwitz has now been dredged over by the United Schleenhain opencast mine . Between Pödelwitz and Großpriesligk , a cycle path was built in two sections on the route, which was largely financed by the federal government because it ran parallel to federal highway 176 . The city of Pegau bought part of the embankment in the area of Bundesstraße 2 in order to better protect the residential area Ratsziegelei from flooding. The remaining areas belong to Roth AG.

Route description

course

Starting from Kieritzsch station (since 1936: Neukieritzsch station ) on the Leipzig – Hof railway line, the line ran west towards Groitzsch . The railway line between Neukieritzsch and Pödelwitz has since been destroyed by the United Schleenhain opencast mine. The Schnauder was passed between Großstolpen and Cöllnitz . In Groitzsch, the route turned from the southeast into the Gaschwitz – Meuselwitz railway line. After the Groitzsch station had passed, the two railway lines separated again. The Neukieritzsch – Pegau route continued to the west. After crossing the Schwennigke and the White Elster , the line merged into the Leipzig – Probstzella line at Pegau station .

Operating points

Neukieritzsch ⊙

Neukieritzsch station

The station Neukieritzsch (until October 3, 1936 only station Kieritzsch ) in 1842 together with the section of Leipzig-Altenburg Leipzig-Hof railway opened, the first rails were here since 1841. Nearby is a private railway settlement developed since the eponymous village Kieritzsch about lay km third However, the station was still in the corridor of Kahnsdorf and Pürsten , but both villages refused to be named after their municipality. Repair facilities were already in place in Kieritzsch when the company opened, with the opening of the lines to Borna (1867; extended to Chemnitz in 1872) and to Pegau (opened in 1909), the station developed into a small railway junction in the following decades.

A dense industrial railway network was created around the station as a result of the lignite mining. After 1945, the traffic performance continued to increase, especially in freight traffic, so that the station had to be extensively expanded. In the meantime, the station has been reduced to a few tracks. Tourist traffic in the direction of Pegau via Groitzsch was discontinued on June 1, 1997.

Droßdorf ⊙

Remaining track at the former Droßdorf station

Droßdorf station went into operation when the railway line opened on October 1, 1909. In 1933 it was downgraded to a stop, and later to a stop. In 1947 the traffic station was closed. After it was put back into operation in 1957, it also received a reception building.

Droßdorf , located south of the station, had to give way to lignite mining by the Schleenhain opencast mine between 1982 and 1983 . Only the train station, a sheep farm and the brick factory to the north survived the devastation of Droßdorf.

With the closure of the Neukieritzsch – Pegau railway on June 1, 1997, the station lost its importance. In 1998 all buildings on the site of the Droßdorf station were demolished. H. the U. a. the signal box and the reception building from 1957. Parts of the former railway line have now been dredged over by the United Schleenhain open-cast mine . The corridor of Droßdorf, which has not yet been dredged over, is intended for dismantling.

Pödelwitz ⊙

Pödelwitz station, reception building

The Pödelwitz halt went into operation when the railway line opened on October 1, 1909. In 1947 the traffic station was closed. After it was put back into operation on September 29, 1957, it also received a reception building and was dedicated to the station. In 1990 it was downgraded to the breakpoint.

With the closure of the Neukieritzsch – Pegau railway line on June 1, 1997, the station went out of service. The reception building is still available at the location in the south of the village of Pödelwitz . In the course of the expansion of the United Schleenhain opencast mine , the Pödelwitz location was designated as a "reserved area". In 2012, the prerequisites for a voluntary resettlement desired by the majority of the residents of the village were created. As a result of the possible devastation of the site, the disused stopping point will also be excavated.

Großstolpen ⊙

Großstolpen station after closure

Großstolpen station was opened on October 1, 1909 under the name Groß- und Kleinstolpen . After the station was downgraded to a stop in 1933, after the incorporation of Kleinstolpen (April 1, 1934), the name was changed to Großstolpen on October 7, 1934 . In 1947 the traffic station was closed. It was put back into operation on April 28, 1958. The reception building that has been preserved to this day also dates from this period. In the period that followed, Großstolpen was only a stopping point that went out of service with the closure of the Neukieritzsch – Pegau railway on June 1, 1997.

Groitzsch ⊙

Groitzsch station was opened as a stop on September 7, 1874 with the Gaschwitz – Meuselwitz railway line. In 1882 it was upgraded to a station. With the opening of the Neukieritzsch – Pegau railway on October 1, 1909, the Groitzsch station became a hub. In 1919 it was expanded. The damage caused by the Second World War in 1945 could be repaired by 1947.

Since 1957, the advancing lignite mining has also made itself felt in rail traffic. The recently closed Gaschwitz - Zwenkau section of the Gaschwitz - Meuselwitz railway line was removed by the Zwenkau opencast mine . Since May 22, 1966, passenger trains only ran between Groitzsch and Meuselwitz, although they were mostly tied to and from Pegau. Travel between Groitzsch and Zwenkau was now handled by buses and the route was only operated as goods traffic. Since the Groitzsch – Lucka section was located in the mining area of ​​the Groitzscher Dreieck opencast mine, which was opened in 1974 , passenger traffic was also stopped on this section in 1976.

Thus, the Groitzsch station was only served on the Neukieritzsch – Pegau railway line until it was discontinued on June 1, 1997. On August 12, 1998, the closure of the Zwenkau – Groitzsch line was approved by the Federal Railway Authority, after it had not been used for freight traffic since the beginning of the year; it was legally enforced on September 30, 1998.

At the location in the east of Groitzsch, the reception building, goods and utility building and the B1 signal box have been preserved. The W2 signal box was demolished in 2013.

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  Groitzsch station shortly after its closure (2000)

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  Groitzsch station, renovated reception building (2011)

Pegau East ⊙

Pegau Ost stop

The Pegau Ost stop was opened on October 1, 1909 under the name Pegau S. St. E. At the same time, the following Pegau station , opened in 1873 in the west of the city, was named Pegau Pr. St. E. Since the station opened, it had a reception building. It had the following names:

• until 1911: Pegau S. St. E.
• until 1920: Pegau Sächs Stb.
• until 1957: Pegau Hp
• since 1957: Pegau Ost

In 1947 the Pegau Hp traffic station was closed . On January 14, 1957, it was reopened as the Pegau Ost stop . In the same year, the new reception building and the signal box were inaugurated. It was later downgraded to the breakpoint.

With the closure of the Neukieritzsch – Pegau railway line on June 1, 1997, the station went out of service. The reception building is still present at the site, the signal box was demolished in 2012.

Pegau ⊙

Pegau station

The station Pegau was on 20 October 1873 the section of Leipzig - Zeitz of the Leipzig-Probstzella railway opened. With the opening of the Neukieritzsch – Pegau line on October 1, 1909, the Pegau station became a transfer station. Since the city of Pegau now had two stations, the station in the west of the city was named Pegau Pr. St. E. , as it was on the Leipzig – Probstzella line operated by the Prussian State Railways . The new stopping point in the east of Pegau on the Neukieritzsch – Pegau railway line operated by the Royal Saxon State Railways was named Pegau S. St. E.

The Pegau station had the following names:

• until 1909: Pegau
• until 1911: Pegau Pr. St. E.
• until 1920: Pegau Pr Stb.
• since 1920: Pegau

With the closure of the Neukieritzsch – Pegau railway line on June 1, 1997, the Pegau station lost its importance as a transfer station. Since then it has only been served by trains on the Leipzig – Probstzella line. The station building was destroyed by arson in 2008 and demolished in 2012.

See also

• List of disused railway lines in Saxony

literature

• Erich Preuß, Reiner Preuß: Saxon State Railways. transpress Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-344-70700-0 .

Web links

Commons : Neukieritzsch – Pegau railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Railway lines in Saxony
• private homepage for the route
• Tradition of the Neukieritzsch-Pegau railway line in the holdings of the Reich Railway Directorate in Halle in the Saxony-Anhalt State Archives, Dessau Department

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Route data on www.sachsenschiene.de
2. ↑ The railway line at www.schnaudertal.de
3. ↑ List of federally closed lines in the state of Saxony that have been closed since 1994. (MS Excel; 27 kB) (No longer available online.) Federal Railway Authority, August 21, 2012, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved January 6, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Kathrin Haase: Starting signal for the construction of cycle paths between Groitzsch villages. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. July 2, 2017, accessed November 20, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Olaf Krenz: Pegau buys a railway embankment for flood protection. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. February 16, 2018, accessed April 4, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Steffen Kluttig: Rail connections between Chemnitz and Leipzig - The Kieritzsch – Chemnitz and Leipzig – Geithain railway lines , p. 84 ff.
7. ^ Changes and perspectives - Central German brown coal area - Haselbach / Schleenhain. (PDF) In: lmbv.de. Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, December 2011, accessed on August 15, 2016 . 
8. ^ Jens Herbach: Droßdorf stop. In: sachsenschiene.net. Retrieved August 15, 2016 . 
9. ↑ # 2 Lost place Droßdorf. including old village map. In: geocaching.com. January 19, 2014, accessed August 15, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Environmental impact study on the development of the United Schleenhain opencast mine begins. MIBRAG mbH, February 25, 2016, accessed on July 27, 2016 . 
11. ^ Jens Herbach: Großstolpen stop. In: sachsenschiene.net. Retrieved August 15, 2016 . 
12. ↑ List of federally closed lines in the state of Saxony that have been closed since 1994. (MS Excel; 27 kB) (No longer available online.) Federal Railway Authority, August 21, 2012, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved January 6, 2013 . 
13. ^ Jens Herbach: Groitzsch station. In: sachsenschiene.net. Retrieved August 15, 2016 . 
14. ^ Jens Herbach: Pegau Ost stop. In: sachsenschiene.net. Retrieved August 15, 2016 . 
15. ^ Jens Herbach: Pegau station. In: sachsenschiene.net. Retrieved August 15, 2016 .