Railway line Schneeberg – Schlema und Bf
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 Section of the route map of Saxony from 1902
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| Route number : | 6642; sä. SN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book range : | 171b (1951) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 5.152 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 26.3 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 162 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The railway line Schneeberg – Schlema unt Bf (also: Schlematalbahn ) was a branch line in Saxony . The short branch line connected the mining towns of Schneeberg and Neustädtel with the “Upper Ore Mountains Railway” Schwarzenberg – Zwickau .
history
Prehistory and construction
When planning the Upper Ore Mountains Railway (Zwickau – Schwarzenberg), two main routes were examined:
- Option 1 from Wilkau-Haßlau via Kirchberg , Lindenau, Neustädtel and Schneeberg to Schlema.
- Option 2 through the valley of the Zwickauer Mulde via Niederschlema to Aue. Schneeberg and Neustädtel are left out.
Due to their importance, the mining towns of Schneeberg and Neustädtel firmly counted on the realization of the first variant and made no further efforts for the railway connection. For topographical reasons, the first variant over the Hartmannsdorfer Forest had become too steep for the existing locomotives, the state parliament approved the route through the valley of the Zwickauer Mulde in 1855 . Subsequent petitions to change the route - so the track should start with a hairpin tie Schneeberg and Neustädtel - also failed.
From 1855, the state government was asked to build a branch line from the Niederschlema station . In 1858 the construction was approved as a steam locomotive-operated line, although many proponents only called for a horse-drawn tram for reasons of profitability .
Construction work began in July 1858, only in the Niederschlema train station, which was built from 1856, almost no changes were necessary, as this had already been designed as a separation station for the branch line.
After the construction work was largely completed in the summer of 1859, the line was opened on September 19, 1859. In 1860 the last works, such as the reception building in the Schneeberg-Neustädtel train station and the Oberschlema stop, were completed.
Operation until 1917
In 1876 the Oberschlema station received a station building and a restoration. With the introduction of the separation between the main line and the secondary line on October 15, 1878, the line was classified as a secondary line and the restricted level crossings were removed. The locomotives now had to announce their arrival by bells and whistles. The Niederschlema train station received a new station building in 1900. Due to the growing development of the Schneeberg in the direction of Casinoberg, the Schneeberg stop at the foot of the Gleesberg at the intersection of Kobaltstrasse and Auer Strasse was opened in 1902 in order to shorten the route to the railway for the citizens of Schneeberg.
Operation during the spa operation from 1917 to 1945/46
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When the spa operation in Oberschlema began in 1917, this led to a significant increase in the number of people transported, as almost all spa guests traveled by train. The Oberschlema train station received the addition of radium bath in 1925 . Only on the section Schneeberg-Neustädtel-Oberschlema was there a decrease in traffic in the 1920s due to the establishment of bus routes. It was not until the opening of the Filzteich lido in Neustädtel that attracted many day trippers to Neustädtel again by train from 1933.
In the 1930s there was of Oberschlema both coaches to Berlin and continuous express trains to Leipzig. The first flashing light system in Saxony was set up in 1932 at the level crossing at Auer Strasse at the Schneeberg hospital. After many protests from spa guests, the Radiumbad Oberschlema train station was given a modern reception building worthy of a spa in 1931. The trains were no longer allowed to ring in the spa district so as not to disrupt the spa operations. Only the smoke nuisance from the steam locomotives remained, since the railcars from Leipzig and Berlin used from 1937 only drove as far as the Radiumbad Oberschlema station. In 1940 there were direct trains from Berlin, Dresden and Leipzig to Radiumbad Oberschlema.
With the outbreak of World War II, railcar traffic was discontinued in 1939 and the bathing trains from Berlin in 1944. Due to the compulsory incorporation of Neustädtel into Schneeberg, the Schneeberg-Neustädtel station was renamed to Schneeberg (Erzgeb.) Station in 1940.
Operation during the uranium mining period from 1946 to 1959
When the uranium mining of the Soviet Wismut AG began in the Ore Mountains in 1946 , the route quickly became extremely important for the removal of the mined ores as well as for the miners' rush hour to the numerous shafts in Schlema and the surrounding area. The health resort in Oberschlema came to a standstill. The first four-part double - decker units (type DBv) were put into service in February 1952 especially for workers' traffic on this route .
As a result of ruthless mining, the Schneeberg – Radiumbad Oberschlema section in the Kurviertel area suffered severe subsidence from 1950 onwards. Passenger traffic was therefore carried out for the last time on April 7, 1952, and goods traffic to Schneeberg on June 12, 1952, as operational safety was no longer guaranteed. The section was discontinued on August 1, 1952. In 1953/54 the tracks of the disused section were dismantled. When the urban district of Schneeberg was formed in 1953, the stations Radiumbad Oberschlema and Niederschlema were renamed Schneeberg-Oberschlema and Schneeberg-Niederschlema, respectively.
After the uranium mining was relocated in the direction of Hartenstein, passenger train traffic to Oberschlema was maintained until 1959, after which only goods traffic took place on the remaining route. The Schneeberg stop was canceled as early as 1958, the centenary of the railway.
Operation after 1959 until closure
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With the dissolution of the urban district of Schneeberg and the formation of the municipality of Schlema , the stations in Oberlema and Niederschlema were given the names Schlema ob Bf and Schlema und Bf.
The remaining stretch to Schlema ob Bf was completely renewed in 1972. The upper station was u. a. needed for the delivery of coal. Two years later, the upper station lost its status as a tariff station. The line was therefore just a siding. In the 1980s, a loading station for concrete slabs was built on the station premises. From 1982 onwards, the panels for the apartment blocks in the Griesbacher Hang residential area in Schneeberg were loaded from there. The system was later moved to Lößnitz lower station. A planned rebuilding failed because of the political change in Germany and the new situation that resulted.
The last trip to Schlema ob Bf took place in 1993.
On June 6, 1996 the Schlema unt Bf – Schlema ob Bf line was closed. The tracks were dismantled by 1998.
Railway nature trail
Ten years after the tracks were dismantled, an educational trail was built from the Schneeberg-Neustädtel train station to Niederschlema and provided with information boards. From Neustädtel it runs above the old route on the slope of the Gleesberg to the former Hp. Schneeberg. From there it goes along the street Ziegenschleppe in Schneeberg and the Schneeberger Weg in Oberschlema to Zechenplatz. At today's spa gardens, the path leads to the former train station in Oberschlema (today: Bad Schlema volunteer fire brigade ). Finally, the train station in Niederschlema is reached on the old route.
Former embankment at the Brandmühle in Oberschlema
Oberschlema, bridge over Schlemabach near Friedensstrasse (2013)
Schlematalbahn, remains of a level crossing in Niederschlema (2013)
Whistle board in Niederschlema (2013)
Information board for the railway nature trail (2018)
Route description
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course
The zero kilometer was at the end of the track in Schneeberg station on the bridge over the Lindenauer Bach . After crossing a sheet metal girder bridge, the railway line crossed Kobaltstraße and led to the “Brückenhof” restaurant on an elevated dam parallel to Kobaltstraße and the Lindenauer Bach. When Bergkapper Pochwerk the maximum slope of 1:38 ended. At the Schneeberg stop, a field railway led to the quarry on Gleesberg . After that, the train reached Oberschlema after the gated level crossing over Auer Strasse and a bridge over the Schlemabach .
In Oberschlema the Schlemabach was crossed again. At the Brandmühle, the train crossed the main street (today: Friedensstraße) and then ran after the Schneiderberg level crossing between Hauptstraße and Lindenstraße. After crossing the raft ditch , the route reached the center of Oberschlema, which was demolished by deformation (the Schlema spa park was created here in the 1990s). The route ran straight past the old Kurhotel-Kurhaus ensemble with the Mittelstrasse level crossing and after the Wilischberg level crossing it drove into Oberschlema train station (today: the home of the Bad Schlema volunteer fire brigade). A track with a cable system led at right angles from the station to the Oberschlema blue color factory .
Directly behind the train station, the train crossed Lößnitzer Strasse and ran parallel to Niederschlemaer Hauptstrasse. She passed the Günthermühle and Schulberg crossings. A wooden pedestrian bridge was built here in 1950 due to the excessive train traffic of Wismut AG. The transition at the Central Hall and the Günther Gut followed. The Auer Talstraße crossed the railway line at the Niederschlema paper factory. After a curved track, the line reached the Niederschlema station on the Schwarzenberg – Zwickau railway line .
Operating points
- Schneeberg (Erzgeb) ⊙
The Schneeberg (Erzgeb) train station (until 1940: Schneeberg-Neustädtel ) suggests, due to its size, that it should never be the terminus. It is located directly on the Lindenauer Bach opposite the “Weißer Hirsch” treasure trove, whose hut house is visible above the area. The entire system of the station has been preserved almost unchanged 150 years after it was built. Goods have been loaded at the station since 1871. Post office 1 in Schneeberg and Neustädtel was located in the reception building. As a result of the forced incorporation of the mountain town of Neustädtel to Schneeberg in 1939, the station was renamed Schneeberg (Erzgeb.) Station . Since the 1920s, the numbers of passengers carried by competing bus services have fallen. The unauthorized continuation of the direct lines to Radiumbad Oberschlema from Berlin and Leipzig were not conducive to this trend. After the line was closed in 1952, the station and the site were initially used for other purposes. After 1990 the station building was renovated, but fell into disrepair again. The city of Schneeberg has been considering demolishing the unused building since 2010. The goods floor was demolished in 2012.
Schneeberg-Neustädtel station (2011)
Schneeberg-Neustädtel station, side view (2016)
Schneeberg-Neustädtel railway station with still existing goods floor (2011)
Schneeberg-Neustädtel railway station with goods handling (2011)
Schneeberg-Neustädtel station, goods handling (2011), demolished in 2012
Schneeberg-Neustädtel station, derelict goods floor with DB advertising (2011)
Schneeberg-Neustädtel railway station, engine shed (2011)
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- Schneeberg (Erzgeb) Hp ⊙
The stop at Schneeberg (Erzgeb) Hp was only created in 1902 after the town of Schneeberg expanded in the direction of Casinoberg and the way to Neustädtel became too far for the residents. From 1905, the stop on Auer Strasse had a wooden bus shelter, from which one could get to the platform via a bridge over the Lindenauer Bach. A reception building representative of the mountain town of Schneeberg was never built. The goods from the quarry on Gleesberg were transported via the siding. The shunting work often resulted in the closures of the nearby Auer Straße level crossing. After the closure of the upper section of the route, the stop and the restaurant next to it were demolished in 1958/59 to redesign the intersection of Kobaltstrasse / Auer Strasse. Only the station guard's house remained.
Former stop at Schneeberg (2013)
Former stop at Schneeberg (Erzgeb), railway keeper's house (2018)
Former stop at Schneeberg (Erzgeb) (2018)
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- Schlema ob Bf ⊙
Schlema ob Bf (until 1925: Oberschlema , until 1953: Radiumbad Oberschlema , until 1959: Schneeberg-Oberschlema ) was opened as a stop in 1860 and designated as a freight station from 1877. The opposite blue color works Oberschlema had a siding with a cable pull. The station had a wooden reception building and a restoration. On September 23, 1915, the "Radiumbad Oberschlema-Schneeberg GmbH" was founded in the train station restaurant in Oberschlema. Richard Franz Friedrich and William Vogelgesang were elected as managing directors . With the flourishing of the spa business from 1917, this entrance building of the station, called Radiumbad Oberschlema from 1924, became unworthy for the strongest radium bath in the world and the reception of numerous spa guests. Not until 1931 did the spa town get a new, inviting reception building. Radiumbad Oberschlema is an end point of the bath trains from Berlin from 1936. There was also an express train connection to Leipzig in the 1930s. At the end of the Second World War, the spa operations are discontinued due to the rapidly developing uranium mining. Instead of long-distance lines, the route is covered by shift trains. With the formation of the urban district of Schneeberg in 1952, the Radiumbad Oberschlema station was renamed Schneeberg-Oberschlema station . Due to severe deformations in the mining area of the Kurviertel, the upper section of the route from Oberschlema to Schneeberg (Erzgeb.) Is closed in 1952. After the dissolution of the city district of Schneeberg and the formation of the municipality of Schlema, the station, which has now become the final stop, is called Schlema ob Bf from 1958 . In 1959, when the mining industry was relocated, passenger traffic ended. In 1975 the tariff status for the Oberschlema freight yard was revoked. After the station was used as a loading station for coal and concrete slabs in the 1970s and 1980s, it was finally closed in 1996. The former restoration at the station has been home to the Bad Schlema volunteer fire brigade since it was closed in the 1990s .
Schlema ob Bf, reception building (now FF Bad Schlema) (2018)
Schlema ob Bf, originally Reception building, later the main railway keeper's house (2018)
Schlema ob Bf, information board
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- Schlema und Bf ⊙
Schlema unt Bf (until 1953: Niederschlema , until 1959: Schneeberg-Niederschlema ) was opened in 1856 with the Zwickau-Schwarzenberg railway line and used for the connection to Schneeberg-Neustädtel. With increasing industrialization of the place from 1872 a freight station in the train station is occupied. In 1900 the new station building was inaugurated. When the city district of Schneeberg was formed in 1952, the Niederschlema station was renamed Schneeberg-Niederschlema station . After the municipal district of Schneeberg was dissolved and the Schlema community was formed, the station was called Schlema unt Bf from 1958 . After a fundamental redesign of the station area around 2010, the station is designated by the DB Erzgebirgsbahn as the Radonbad Bad Schlema stop .
Schlema unt Bf, reception building
Schlema unt Bf, reception building (2012)
Schlema und Bf (2011)
Schlema unt Bf, reception building with station designation (2012)
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Planned continuations
The following plans and petitions to continue the route were rejected:
- 1862: Extension to Muldenhammer near Eibenstock
- 1865: Continuation to Schönheide
- 1868: Continuation to Neidhardtsthal through 14 places
- 1868: Continuation to Jägersgrün in Vogtland
- 1887, 1895 and 1896: project for the Schneeberg – Plauen railway line (answer: not worth building as a whole)
- 1897: Project petition Schneeberg – Göltzschtal
- 1898: Application for the Schneeberg – Auerbach / Vogtl electric railway. by private company (application was approved, company dissolved)
- 1908: Project petition Schneeberg – Auerbach / Vogtl. (1910 preparatory work approved; 1910 second petition on construction rejected; 1912 preparatory work stopped)
- 1910: Plan of an electric ring railway Neustädtel – Schneeberg – Oberschlema – Niederschlema – Aue – Auerhammer – Zschorlau (15 km)
- 1913: Petition for a small railway line Schneeberg – Rothenkirchen – Rodewisch – Eich (answer: not worth building)
- 1914: Approval of a Schneeberg – Rodewisch railway (renewed petition in 1919; rejected due to economic situation)
- 1926: Application to build a railway between Schneeberg and Rodewisch (rejected in 1927)
- 1934: Proposal for an operation with motorized railcars with 6 stops
- 1951: planned continuation to Eibenstock
literature
- Oliver Titzmann: A historical walk along the Niederschlema - Schneeberg-Neustädtel railway line ; Bad Schlema 2009
- Wolfram Keßler, Martin Ebert: 1859–1989 - 130 years of the railway in Schlema valley, Schlema municipality council 1989
- Printing & Publishing Mike Rockstroh, Aue: 150 years of the Niederschlema - Schneeberg-Neustädtel railway line , from the series “Our Home”, Rockstroh's illustrated sheets on the history of the Western Ore Mountains, Aue 2009
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.eba.bund.de/cln_007/nn_205026/SharedDocs/Publikationen/DE/Infothek/Infektur/Stilllege/stilllege__sachsen.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically defective marked. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
