Prenzlau – Löcknitz railway line

Prenzlau – Löcknitz
Brüssow train station
Route number (DB) :	6769
Course book range :	292 (1995) ; 924 (DR, 1991)
Route length:	42.0 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend from Angermünde 0.00 Prenzlau 30  m above sea level NHN Junction Prenzlau Nord to Stralsund Connection to Prenzlau Milchhof 1.65 Prenzlau East to Klockow 4.76 Bündigershof 39  m above sea level NHN 6.68 Grünow 58  m above sea level NHN 9.38 Drense 72  m above sea level NHN End of the museum train 13.06 Dams 62  m above sea level NHN to Schönermark 14.60 Eickstedt 52  m above sea level NHN End of the museum train 16.80 Ludwigshöhe Kalkwerke 17.98 Schmoelln 63  m above sea level NHN 18.94 Krügershof 19.98 Schwaneberg 63  m above sea level NHN 21.86 Wallmow 58  m above sea level NHN 23.56 Klausthal 55  m above sea level NHN 25.88 Grünberg 35  m above sea level NHN 28.51 Frauenhagen 35  m above sea level NHN 31.33 Bruessow 54  m above sea level NHN 32.61 Butterwood 48  m above sea level NHN 33.83 Grim 40  m above sea level NHN 36.75 Mountain wood 30  m above sea level NHN by Pasewalk 42.00 Löcknitz 12  m above sea level NHN from Szczecin

The Prenzlau – Löcknitz railway was a railway line in the Uckermark in northeastern Brandenburg , a short section ran in what is now the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The line, which was opened in two sections in 1898 and 1902, was initially operated as a small railway through the Prenzlauer Kreisbahnen and always had only local significance. In 1991 and 1995, operations on the line were discontinued.

history

The route as part of the Prenzlauer Kreisbahnen

At the end of the 19th century there were various plans to develop the north-eastern Uckermark with railway lines. On July 28, 1892, the Prussian Small Railroad Act was enacted, two days later the Lenz & Co company was founded in Stettin , which would subsequently become the operator of a number of railway lines. In December 1892 the company proposed the construction of a narrow-gauge railway from Löcknitz station via Brüssow and Gramzow to Schönermark station on the Berlin – Stettin line . Alternatively, the company was considering a railway line from Löcknitz to Greiffenberg between Angermünde and Prenzlau . A number of other options were also considered.

First a short branch line from Löcknitz to Brüssow was realized, which went into operation on November 29, 1898 for passenger traffic and on December 17, 1898. It was financed by the Uckermärkische Localbahn Aktiengesellschaft (ULAG) based in Stettin and operated by Lenz & Co. Initially, three mixed pairs of trains ran for passenger and freight traffic.

In the meantime, the Prenzlau district was very interested in expanding the railway network in the region. He acquired the shares in the railroad from ULAG, which then dissolved. Under the direction of the Prenzlauer Kreisbahnen , private freight trains initially ran between Prenzlau and Brüssow from October 15, 1902, the ceremonial opening of the Prenzlauer Kreisbahnen took place on December 1 of the same year. In the first few years of operation, four pairs of trains ran between Prenzlau and Löcknitz every day.

As a result of the First World War and the subsequent inflation, there was a decline in revenues. Nevertheless, the Prenzlauer Kreisbahnen expanded their routes, including modernizing the stations in Brüssow and Damme. In 1934, the use of railcars on the route began.

Development after 1945

Broken track and end point of the museum route near Eickstedt

After the end of the Second World War, the line was dismantled like all the others in the Prenzlauer Kreisbahnen network as a reparation payment to the Soviet Union, with the exception of the section from Brüssow to Löcknitz. After the local authorities were very committed to the reconstruction of the circular routes, operations between Prenzlau and Löcknitz could be resumed on November 1, 1946. Since then, the line has been operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn .

In the early 1950s, the Prenzlauer Kreisbahnhof west of the state train station was closed and the trains were led directly to Prenzlau station.

Museum in Damme station

In the 1960s, a pair of local goods trains ran between Prenzlau and Löcknitz a day, and between Damme and Brüssow as a freight train with passenger transport. In passenger traffic, the route was served by three to four pairs of trains a day almost every year of its existence; In some cases, the range between Prenzlau and Damme was slightly higher due to trains going to Gramzow.

According to a study from 1973, the Prenzlauer Kreisbahn routes were considered uneconomical. A perspective plan envisaged their gradual discontinuation, between Prenzlau and Löcknitz this should happen in the second half of the 1980s. On the other hand, at the end of the 1970s, the expansion of the line was considered due to military objectives.

After the political change in the GDR, the importance of the route quickly decreased. On January 18, 1991 the traffic between Damme and Löcknitz was stopped and rail replacement traffic was set up. The route was used to park freight cars that were no longer needed. In April 1992, the section between kilometers 29.4 and 31.4 was declared impassable due to defects in the superstructure. On May 28, 1995, the train service between Prenzlau and Gramzow, which had used the line to Löcknitz as far as Damme, was stopped. The freight tariff points in Gramzow and Eickstedt had already been closed on January 1, 1994, and on July 18, 1996 the Federal Railway Authority approved the closure of the line.

In addition to the line from Damme to Gramzow, the Brandenburg Museum for Small and Private Railways also operates the Damme station and the section between Damme and Eickstedt on the line to Löcknitz as a museum.

literature

• Wolf-Dietger Machel , Rudi Buchweitz , Kleinbahnen in der Uckermark , VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-933254-88-7

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolf-Dietger Machel , Rudi Buchweitz , Kleinbahnen in der Uckermark , VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-933254-88-7 , pp. 6-9.
2. ↑ Wolf-Dietger Machel , Rudi Buchweitz , Kleinbahnen in der Uckermark , VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-933254-88-7 , p. 15.
3. ↑ Wolf-Dietger Machel , Rudi Buchweitz , Kleinbahnen in der Uckermark , VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-933254-88-7 , p. 30.
4. ↑ Wolf-Dietger Machel , Rudi Buchweitz , Kleinbahnen in der Uckermark , VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-933254-88-7 , p. 91.
5. ↑ Wolf-Dietger Machel , Rudi Buchweitz , Kleinbahnen in der Uckermark , VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-933254-88-7 , p. 140.
6. ↑ Wolf-Dietger Machel , Rudi Buchweitz , Kleinbahnen in der Uckermark , VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-933254-88-7 , p. 145.
7. ↑ Wolf-Dietger Machel , Rudi Buchweitz , Kleinbahnen in der Uckermark , VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-933254-88-7 , p. 147.
8. ↑ Wolf-Dietger Machel , Rudi Buchweitz , Kleinbahnen in der Uckermark , VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-933254-88-7 , p. 149.
9. ↑ Wolf-Dietger Machel , Rudi Buchweitz , Kleinbahnen in der Uckermark , VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-933254-88-7 , p. 151.