Bismarck tunnel
| Bismarck tunnel | ||||
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 Eastern portal of the Bismarck tunnel with rack and pinion track near Rübeland, around 1895
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| use | Railway tunnel (closed) | |||
| traffic connection | Rübelandbahn (formerly Harzbahn ; before that, Erzstufenbahn ) | |||
| place | Rübeland , Harz | |||
| length | 187 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| East portal | 51 ° 45 ′ 35 " N , 10 ° 51 ′ 47" E | |||
| West portal | 51 ° 45 ′ 30 " N , 10 ° 51 ′ 43" E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Bismarck tunnel in the Harz is a 187 m long, single-tube, disused and walled-up railway tunnel of the Rübelandbahn (formerly Harzbahn ) near Rübeland in the Harz district , Saxony-Anhalt .
Geographical location
The disused Bismarck tunnel is located in the Lower Harz in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt nature park . It is located about one kilometer east of Rübeland on the Rübelandbahn between Hüttenrode and Rübeland. Bundesstraße 27 runs almost parallel to the tunnel .
History and description
The Bismarck tunnel was pierced on April 1, 1885 as part of the construction of the Harz Railway, later Rübeland Railway. Since Otto von Bismarck's birthday was on the same day , the tunnel was named after him. There is also a bust of Bismarck above the northeast portal. As early as 1931, the tunnel was made redundant, closed and walled up with the construction of the Hüttenrode - Rübeland section via the Kreuztal viaduct.
The west portal below the Neuwerk stop
literature
- Werner Steinke: The Rübelandbahn in the Harz. 2nd edition Transpress, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-344-70908-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steinke 1982, p. 39.
- ↑ http://www.eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/6864-bismark.html
- ↑ Steinke 1982, p. 123ff.