Bodetal cable car
The Bodetal cable car , also known as the Hexentanzplatz cable car , is a cable car in the Bodetal in Thale in the Harz Mountains . It operates from January to October. It leads from the valley station at a height of 183 meters above sea level to the mountain station on the Hexentanzplatz , which is 428 meters above sea level.
The runway was built in 1970 and completely renovated in 1994 and 2012.
First train
The cable car was built between 1969 and 1970 in cooperation between the Czech transport company Transporta Chrudim and the PGH "Elektrotherm Quedlinburg". The cable car was officially opened on October 7, 1970 and was originally planned for use at the Dresden TV tower . There the train should lead from the banks of the Elbe to the television tower.
This first track had a total of three supports. Of this, the lowest pillar in the Bodetal had a height of 45 meters. The two other supports were designed as defectors because of the steep incline.
The cable car was completely rebuilt in 1994 by the companies Girak and Siemens and equipped with cabins from the Swiss company CWA (model Omega II). The old cabins were sold individually, one (number 09) is in the valley station. The 721 meter long “ two- rope small cabin orbit ” had inclines of up to 75 percent. The carrying rope was 40 mm in diameter, the pull rope 26 mm. The main electrical drive was located in the mountain station. The cable car had a maximum speed of 3.5 m / s (12.6 km / h) and a capacity of 700 people per hour in each direction.
The small cabin lift had 38 cabins for four people each, of which a maximum of 34 were in circulation.
On October 3, 2011, the last day of operation of this cable car, which had carried over 36 million passengers in almost 41 years, the dismantling work began one day later. In 2011 a total of 570,000 passengers were counted.
One of the first gondolas 1970–1994, exhibited in the valley station
Gondola version 1994–2011
red gondola from 2012 with conventional floor
green gondola from 2012 with glass floor
Second track
Since the original Czech plant manufacturer no longer existed, spare parts could only be procured very expensively. Therefore it was decided to build a new railway. After the end of the 2011 season, the track was completely dismantled. The gondolas were sold together, the supports and the entire drive system were dismantled and most of them scrapped. Then both the valley and mountain stations were gutted and modernized.
The new runway, which opened on April 21, 2012, cost 4.7 million euros. It was converted to a monocable gondola, for which three (previously five) new supports had to be built. There are only 21 cabins left for up to six people. The burgundy red of eleven gondolas was modeled on those newly acquired in the 1990s. Ten gondolas in green have a bulletproof glass floor. The 198 kW (270 PS ) drive is now located in the valley station. Storage facilities for unused gondolas are only provided in the mountain station. The train overcomes a height difference of 244 meters with a travel length of 728 meters. The driving time is four to eight minutes at a maximum speed of five meters per second, the driving performance is up to 1100 visitors per hour.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Tobias Winzer: The restaurant planner from the television tower. In: Sächsische Zeitung , April 24, 2014.
- ↑ Doppelmayr / Garaventa image brochure 2012, pages 70/71
Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 6 ″ N , 11 ° 1 ′ 42 ″ E