Railway accident in Bauerwitz

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In the railway accident in Bauerwitz , Silesia , on November 12, 1939 , two passenger trains collided head- on near the town of Bauerwitz (today: Baborów, Poland ) . 48 people died.

Starting position

The Rosengrund station (until 1935 Sakrau - Suckowitz , 1945–1950 Zakrzów , 1950–1977 Zakrzów Opolski, most recently Sukowice) was on the single-track line Cosel – Bauerwitz .

Train P 957 ran in the direction of Heydebreck, the P 950 came from there. The P 957 ran regularly and was slightly delayed, while the P 950 only ran “on request”. When the latter operated, the scheduled train crossing in Rosengrund was planned. Both trains were very busy due to a regional holiday.

the accident

The dispatcher station Rosengrund forgot at check-P 957, that the P reversed and on that day 950 was the P 957 extend, although the return was already on the track. The trains crashed at line speed at around 19:25. A number of wagons wedged together.

consequences

43 or 48 people died in the accident and another 77 were injured. The engine driver of the P 950 survived the accident, but couldn't cope with it mentally: six months later he committed suicide by being run over by a train in Bauerwitz.

The dispatcher was added to 4 years imprisonment convicted. Today a memorial cross on the railway line commemorates the accident.

literature

  • Erich Preuss : Railway accidents in Europe . Berlin 1991.
  • Hans Joachim Ritzau: Railway disasters in Germany. Splinters of German history . Vol. 1: Landsberg-Pürgen 1979, p. 130.
  • Hans Joachim Ritzau: From Siegelsdorf to Aitrang. The railway disaster as a symptom - a study of the history of traffic . Landsberg 1972.
  • Peter Semmens: Disasters on the rails . Stuttgart 1996.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ So the official accident report to Ritzau: Railway disasters .
  2. ^ So the press coverage to Ritzau: Railway disasters

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ryszard Stankiewicz and Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014 . Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8
  2. ^ Ritzau: Von Siegelsdorf , p. 71.
  3. ^ Ritzau: Von Siegelsdorf , p. 71.
  4. ^ Ritzau: Railway disasters .
  5. ^ Ritzau: Von Siegelsdorf , p. 71.
  6. ^ Ritzau: Von Siegelsdorf , p. 71.
  7. ↑ See: Germanofilis-Vulga ...