Roßwein – Niederwiesa railway line

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Roßwein – Niederwiesa
Route of the Roßwein – Niederwiesa railway line
Excerpt from the route map of Saxony 1902
Route number : 6620; sä. RW
Course book section (DB) : 516
Route length: 37.49 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope : 14  ‰
Minimum radius : 290 m
Top speed: 80 km / h
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 by Coswig (Dresden)
Station, station
 0.000 Horse wine
   
 to Borsdorf (Sachs)
   
 1.200 Goldbornstrasse Bridge
   
 1.700 Bridge tub settlement
   
 4.187 Striegis (25 m)
   
 4,572 Striegis (23 m)
   
 5.097 Striegis (33 m)
   
 5.420 Grunau (Sachs) (formerly Bf)
   
 5.450 Connection to Grunau paper factory
   
 5.467 Striegis (28 m)
   
 9.305 Böhrigen
   
 12.000 Connection of hard stone works in Berbersdorf
   
 12,350 Berbersdorf
   
 17.040 Scraper
   
 18,565 Crumbach Viaduct (57 m)
   
 19.000 Connection to the Hainichen brickworks
   
 19.971 Hainichen
Stop, stop
 26.234 Dittersbach (b Frankenberg / Sachs)
   
 28.286 Viaduct Lützeltal (104 m)
Station, station
 29,081 Frankenberg (Sachs)
   
 29.630 Viaduct Hammertal (89 m)
Stop, stop
 30.180 Frankenberg (Sachs) South (since 2004)
   
 31.125 Frankenberg (Sachs) South (until 2001)
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
 32.620 Harrassprung tunnel (86 m)
Stop, stop
 33,930 Braunsdorf - Lichtenwalde (formerly Bf)
   
 34,442 Anst Webermühle (until 1994)
   
 34.635 Braunsdorf Viaduct (255 m)
   
 34.815 Zschopau Bridge (109 m)
   
 36.647 Niederwiesa Viaduct (181 m)
   
 36.810 Infrastructure border RISS / DB Netz
   
 from Dresden Hbf
Station, station
 37.494 Niederwiesa
Route - straight ahead
 to Werdau arc triangle

The Roßwein – Niederwiesa line is a branch line in Saxony that is only partially operated today . It leads from Roßwein through the Striegistal to Hainichen and from there still today via Frankenberg through the Zschopau valley to Niederwiesa , where it joins the Dresden – Werdau main line. Since 2004, only the 16.8 km long section between Hainichen and Niederwiesa has been in operation.

history

In the spring of 1867, construction work began on the railway line between Hainichen and Niederwiesa, then still Wiesa. On March 1, 1869, the line was opened as a branch of the now continuous main line between Chemnitz and Dresden by the Kgl. Saxon State Railways opened. Initially, only around two to three trains ran daily.

The Hainichen-Rossweiner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , founded in 1872, opened on August 15, 1874 a 17-kilometer line from Hainichen to Roßwein on the Borsdorf – Coswig line of the Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie . On August 10, 1876, it became the property of the Kgl. Saxon State Railways, which had been in operation from the start.

Harra tunnel around 1905

The Harra tunnel between Braunsdorf and Frankenberg , located in the Harrasfelsen , became known due to a serious railway accident on December 14, 1913. About 100 cubic meters of rock loosened and blocked the south portal. Shortly after 10.15 p.m., a passenger train from Frankenberg to Niederwiesa drove into the scree slope. The accident left 10 dead and 53 injured and is still one of the most serious rail accidents in Saxony.

On May 24, 1998, the Free State of Saxony canceled passenger traffic between Roßwein and Hainichen. On January 1, 2000, freight traffic on this section was also stopped. On July 11, 2001, the Federal Railway Authority approved the closure of the Roßwein – Hainichen section, which was completed on September 30, 2001. In August 2002, the worst flood to date occurred in Saxony , as a result of which bridge structures along this section were completely destroyed by the Striegis flowing there and sections of the route were washed away, so that reconstruction and possible re-commissioning of the route was no longer an option.

In October 2002 the Regio Infra Service Sachsen (RISS) leased the entire route. In 2003/04 the southern section of Hainichen – Niederwiesa was renovated by RISS, and the concrete shells installed in the Harra tunnel in 1913 were also replaced by shotcrete. As part of the renovation, the old Frankenberg (Sachs) Süd stop was abandoned and replaced by a new stop of the same name about one kilometer further in the direction of the town center, at the “Auf dem Wind” housing estate. The section Hainichen – Niederwiesa has been served by City-Bahn Chemnitz since December 11, 2004 in local rail passenger transport. Two Citylink two-motor vehicles are used as vehicles from Monday to Sunday , previously diesel multiple units of the Regio-Shuttle type .

The northern section between Roßwein and Hainichen, however, remained unused. In 2005 he was given up by the RISS. The city of Hainichen commissioned the dismantling of the track system in order to build a cycle path on the route.

Route description

course

Hainichen, railway viaduct on the Roßwein – Niederwiesa railway line
Braunsdorf Viaduct

The route began at Roßwein station on the Borsdorf – Coswig railway line , located in the Freiberg Mulde valley . It left the station in a westerly direction and initially ran on a shared route with the Borsdorf – Coswig line on its southern side. After about two kilometers, it swerved north of the Hohenlauft location and turned south of the Niederstriegis location into the Striegis valley . She followed this upstream and crossed it several times. Southwest of Berbersdorf it changed to the valley of the Kleine Striegis , a tributary of the Striegis, and followed this upstream and left its valley shortly before Hainichen. Hainichen station was and is the highest operating point on the line and is located southwest of the city center. The route, which is still in operation today, reaches its apex south of Hainichen and changes to the neighboring Zschopau valley at Dittersbach in the middle of an agricultural area . Shortly before the town of Frankenberg it passes the Lützeltalviadukt, which consists of four small and three larger arches, and passes the town east of the city center. After turning into the narrow valley of the Zschopau , the Harras rock is crossed with the 86 meter long Harra tunnel. After the Braunsdorf-Lichtenwalde stop, the route first crosses the Zschopau floodplains on a stone viaduct consisting of 24 round arches and immediately afterwards the river itself on a steel bridge. With a gradient of 1: 100 it now leads out of the valley again and changes over one Semicircle the course from east to west, to meet after crossing the Niederwiesa viaduct on the Dresden – Werdau railway in the direction of Chemnitz.

Operating points

Roßwein ⊙

Roßwein train station

The Roßwein station was put into operation on October 25, 1868 with the opening of the Döbeln - Nossen section of the Borsdorf – Coswig railway . Between 1872 and 1998 passenger trains ran from Roßwein station on the Roßwein – Niederwiesa line via Hainichen and Frankenberg / Sa. towards Niederwiesa.

Grunau (Sachs) ⊙

Former Grunau (Sachs) station (2017)

The Grunau (Sachs) station was opened on August 28, 1874. It had the following names:

  • until 1922: Grunau
  • until 1933: Grunau (Sa)
  • since 1933: Grunau (Sachs)

The station was taken out of service on April 27, 1998.

Böhrigen ⊙

Böhrigen station

Böhrigen station was opened on August 28, 1874. He owned a reception building that still exists. The train station is located in the Striegis valley in the center of Böhrigen. It was decommissioned on January 31, 2000.

Berbersdorf ⊙

Berbersdorf train station

Berbersdorf station was opened on August 28, 1874. He has a reception building that still exists. The station is located in the area of ​​the confluence of the Große Striegis and the Kleine Striegis to the Striegis west of Berbersdorf. It was decommissioned on January 1, 2001.

Scraper ⊙

Scraper mill stop

The Kratzmühle stop was opened on April 1, 1883. It was located at the confluence of the Kratzbach in the Kleine Striegis directly south of the A4 . With the closure of the Roßwein – Hainichen section in 1998, the Kratzmühle stop was also taken out of service on April 27, 1998. On the dismantled route, a cycle path now leads past the Kratzmühle.

Hainichen ⊙

The Hainichen station was opened on March 1, 1869. After the cessation of train traffic in the direction of Roßwein in 1998/2001, the tracks end just behind the station on Frankenberger Strasse. As part of the modernization of the line towards Niederwiesa for the Chemnitz model, the platform was relocated a few meters in front of the station. Hainichen station is an interface between bus and train.

  • Hainichen station (2016)

  • City-Bahn platform in Hainichen station (2016)

  • Reception building Bf.Hainichen, street view (2016)

  • Reception building at Hainichen station, track view (2016)

Dittersbach ⊙

The Dittersbach stop was opened on May 1, 1897. It had the following names:

  • until 1911: Dittersbach near Frankenberg
  • until 1933: Dittersbach b Frankenberg (Sa)
  • since 1933: Dittersbach

The stop has a modern bus shelter, the old wooden bus shelter is also still there.

  • Dittersbach stop (2016)

  • Dittersbach stop with old bus shelter (2016)

  • Dittersbach stop with city train (2016)

Frankenberg (Sachs) ⊙

The Frankenberg (Sachs) train station was opened on March 1, 1869. It had the following names:

  • until 1911: Frankenberg
  • until 1933: Frankenberg (Sa)
  • since 1933: Frankenberg (Sachs)

The reception building is currently used as the “House of Clubs”.

  • Frankenberg (Sachs) station (2016)

  • Frankenberg (Sachs) station (2016)

Frankenberg (Sachs) South ⊙

The stop was opened on May 1, 1905 as the Gunnersdorf stop at the original location on Hermann-Fischer-Straße / Pappelallee. In 1962 the name was changed to Frankenberg (Sachs) Süd . After the halt was abandoned in 2001, after the rehabilitation of the route, it was relocated in the direction of Frankenberg to the cemetery settlement. RIS opened the new stop at Frankenberg (Sachs) Süd , which can be reached via the Am Wald road, in 2004. It bears the incorrect signs for Frankenberg-Süd on site .

  • Hp. Frankenberg Süd (new) (2016)

  • Hp. Frankenberg Süd (new) (2016)

  • former Hp. Frankenberg Süd in Gunnersdorf (2016)

Braunsdorf-Lichtenwalde ⊙

The Braunsdorf-Lichtenwalde stop was opened on March 1, 1869. It had the following names:

  • until 1919: Braunsdorf
  • until 1934: Braunsdorf (Zschopautal)
  • since 1934: Braunsdorf-Lichtenwalde

The Braunsdorf stop is located in Braunsdorf . Lichtenwalde Castle is located on the opposite bank of the Zschopau . Shortly before the train passed the Zschopau and the Braunsdorf Viaduct, shortly after the station the Harrasfelsen tunnel. The station building was demolished in 2011, and the pedestrian tunnel built in 1908 is no longer there. After the renovation, the tracks are accessible at ground level.

  • Braunsdorf-Lichtenwalde stop, direction Niederwiesa (2016)

  • Braunsdorf-Lichtenwalde stop, direction Hainichen (2016)

  • Braunsdorf-Lichtenwalde stop, goods shed (2016)

Niederwiesa ⊙

Niederwiesa train station

Niederwiesa station was opened on May 14, 1866 on what was then the Chemnitz-Annaberg state railway , later part of the Dresden – Werdau line. Since 1869 it was also the end point of the Roßwein – Niederwiesa railway line.

Today's end of the route in Hainichen

Today's end of the route is on Frankenberger Strasse in Hainichen.

  • End of the line in Hainichen, view of Hainichen train station (2016)

  • End of the line in Hainichen, view in the direction of Roßwein (2016)

literature

Web links

Commons : Roßwein – Niederwiesa railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Route Hainichen - Niederwiesa. (PDF) Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
  2. ^ Andreas Petrak: The Niederwiesa – Roßwein Railway . Kenning, Nordhorn 2006. ISBN 3-927587-84-2 , p. 154
  3. ↑ The Striegistalradweg on www.eisenbahnrelktionen.de
  4. ↑ The Braunsdorf-Lichenwalde stop on www.sachsenschiene.de