Silesian power station
| Silesian power station | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 11/18/1909 |
| resolution | 1946 |
| Reason for dissolution | expropriation |
| Seat |
Breslau / Silesia (now Poland ) |
| Branch | Energy supply , local public transport |
The Elektrizitätswerk Schlesien ( EWS for short , spelling also Elektri c itätswerk Schlesien ) is a former energy supply and tram company based in Wroclaw / Silesia .
The company was founded in 1909 by the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft ( AEG ) through its financing subsidiary, the Society for Electrical Enterprises ("Gesfürel"). In addition to AEG, the shareholders were the Provincial Administration of Silesia and some cities and municipalities in the supply area, and later also Elektrowerke AG .
From 1909, during the electrification period, the Silesian electricity company built up the electrical network in the region, operated the first power plants ( Tschechnitz and Mölke ) and supplied Central Silesia with electricity. Most recently, around one million residents in 654 municipalities were connected via a pipeline network with a length of more than 2,500 km.
In 1922, the electricity company entered the business with electric railways through a stake in the Lower Silesian Electricity and Small Railway AG in Waldenburg.
In 1927, a long-term electricity supply contract was signed with Elektrowerke AG , through which supra-regional sales and supply were ensured. In order to strengthen the network economy, the Silesian electricity company connected the Central German lignite mining area and the Lower Silesian hard coal area ( Wałbrzych ) with a 100 kV transmission line from Bunzlau to Tschechnitz (picture).
The company ended with expropriation after the conquest of Silesia by the Red Army at the end of the Second World War.
Web links
- Newspaper article on the Silesian power station in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Toni Pierenkemper : The industrialization of European mining regions in the 19th century . Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-515-07841-X .