Wallwitz – Wettin railway line
| Wallwitz – Wettin small railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route number (DB) : | 6911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book range : | 204 g (1944, 1948) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 9 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 25 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 300 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 30 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Wallwitz – Wettin line was a single-track, non-electrified branch line in Saxony-Anhalt . The about 9 km long branch line was opened in 1903 and led by Wallwitz at the halle-vienenburg railway to Wettin . In 1971 the line was closed.
history
prehistory
Until the end of the 18th century, Wettin was one of the economically more important places in the region north of Halle due to coal mining. However, a gradual decline began at the beginning of the 19th century, as hard coal mining became increasingly unprofitable. The population fell from around 7,000 at the end of the 18th century to less than 3,000 in 1825. The beginning of industrialization did not affect Wettin either, the biggest problem was the completely inadequate transport links. Therefore, efforts were made to establish a railway connection as early as the 1860s. Inquiries to the Magdeburg-Halberstädter Eisenbahngesellschaft regarding the planning of the Halle – Aschersleben line opened in 1871/72 were unsuccessful. On the one hand, the route would have been in the flood area of the Saale, on the other hand, the construction costs in the rocky area around Wettin would have been significantly increased. At least Wettin received a stagecoach connection to the Nauendorf train station, less than 10 km away .
Operating history
The Kleinbahn-AG Wallwitz-Wettin (KWW) founded in 1901 opened the railway line on July 5, 1903. The management was based in Wettin.
The founders brought in the capital as follows:
- the Kingdom of Prussia and the Province of Saxony each 345,000 marks
- the railway construction company Becker & Co 140,000 marks
- the hall circle 51,000 marks
- the city of Wettin 48,000 marks
- the municipality of Beidersee 16,000 marks
- small shareholders 143,000 marks
As of January 28, 1943, the company was Eisenbahn-AG Wallwitz-Wettin .
The small railway department of the Provincial Association of Saxony in Merseburg ran the business until 1945/46 . Then the railway was transferred to the Sächsische Provinzbahnen GmbH and on April 1, 1949 to the Deutsche Reichsbahn. This stopped the passenger traffic on May 26, 1963; Freight traffic ended on October 1, 1971.
former Morl train station
Bridge remnants in Müelte
former Wettin train station
Lore
The records relating to the Kleinbahn AG Wallwitz-Wettin are in the Dessau department of the Saxony-Anhalt State Archives .
literature
- Dirk Endisch: Small and private railways in the lower Saale valley , Verlag Dirk Endisch, Korntal-Münchingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-936893-22-9
Web links
- Course book 1944
- private page with information about the route
- Tradition of the Kleinbahn-AG Wallwitz-Wettin in the holdings of the Reichsbahndirektion Magdeburg and in the holdings of the Reichsbahndirektion Halle in the state archive of Saxony-Anhalt, Dessau department
