Telecommunication workshops of the railway

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In the early days of rail traffic, visual signals were used. With the advent of telephony , the offices were equipped with telephones and telegraph devices, the latter also making it possible for private individuals to send private messages to other places with the help of local officials.

These terminals were maintained and repaired in special workshops, the railway telecommunications workshops . In Bavaria , the first such workshop was built on Richelstrasse in Munich , probably already during the time of the Bavarian State Railways . This later became the Reichsbahn's telecommunications workshop.

Telecommunication workshop of the Reichsbahn Munich-Aubing

In 1939/40 the telecommunications workshop of the Reichsbahn Munich-Aubing ( Fw MAU ) was planned and built. It was intended to replace the previous telegraph and signal workshop on the site of the former Centralwerkstätte on today's Richelstrasse, where the new main station was to be built. This should also enable the transition from decentralized to centralized maintenance to be completed. However, the Reich Ministry of Transport initially wanted to set up a joint central workshop for telecommunications and signaling.

While the building in Munich-Aubing was still being completed, the Reichsbahn had to leave the entire new complex to the Dornier company (aircraft construction) due to the outbreak of war . In order to nevertheless realize the plans of the Reich Ministry of Transport, two central telegraph workshops (ZTW) were set up in Berlin and Munich in 1940 . In Berlin, low-frequency and carrier-frequency systems, alternating current telegraphic systems as well as teleprinter and radio systems were repaired. In Munich, the repair of telephones of all kinds, mediations, clock systems, measuring instruments, Bahnsteigläutwerken, Morse facilities, was at the old location Bahn self terminal equipment (Basa) and power supplies operated.

The buildings of the central telegraph workshop in Munich were on the grounds of the Munich signaling facility at the Donnersbergerbrücke and were reached through the Munich main workshop . In addition to supraregional maintenance tasks, regional tasks in the area of ​​the Reichsbahndirektion Munich were carried out by around 80 employees. The rapidly advancing development and expansion of telecommunications technology was taken into account by separating signaling and telecommunications technology. In 1942, apprenticeship training began at the ZTW in Munich in order to obtain qualified young people.

A bomb attack in 1944 completely destroyed the workshops of the ZTW Munich. The repairs were then carried out on a makeshift basis in Puchheim, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Berchtesgaden, partly in barracks and partly in railroad cars. The apprenticeship training could be continued provisionally in Munich-Graefelfing, Munich-Neuhausen and Laim. After the end of the war, the reconstruction of the least damaged hall began in May 1945.

During this time, the buildings in Munich-Aubing were used by the American occupation forces to repair tanks and motor vehicles, although the bombs had caused considerable damage here too. In spring 1947 it was returned to the Reichsbahn. Immediately afterwards, the ZTW began moving from the main workshop to Munich-Aubing, where the building was being rebuilt in parallel. The apprenticeship training could be resumed here.

In 1948 the name was changed to Reichsbahn-Fernmeldewerkstätte (RFW).

Due to the division of Germany, the ZTW Berlin was relocated to Minden and later referred to as Eisenbahn-Fernmeldewerkstätte (EFW) Nord and the one in Munich as EFW Süd. The repair of the radio systems was relocated to Karlsruhe. In 1949 it was decided to incorporate EFW Nord (Minden) into EFW Süd (Munich). Around 50 employees moved to Munich in 1950. With the incorporation of the radio relay workshop (RFW) Karlsruhe with around 20 employees in 1952, the final consolidation and thus the centralization of telecommunications repairs in Munich was completed.

The housing problem for the employees was solved with the construction of a settlement with the so-called Swedish wooden houses, only a few minutes away from the FW. The new building of a telecommunications school for the career of Werkführer Fm on the premises of EFW Munich-Aubing, begun in 1950, was soon completed and became part of EFW. The associated dormitory for the students of the Bundesbahnschule was completed in 1960.

Bundesbahn telecommunications workshop in Munich-Aubing (Fw MAU)

In the course of the renaming of the offices, the EFW was given the name Fernmeldewerkstätte München-Aubing in 1955.

The rapidly developing telecommunications technology required more and more qualified skilled workers, so the existing training workshop had to be expanded. A new building was built between 1972 and 1973 with modern facilities for training 600 apprentices.

The facilities for the repair were adapted to the requirements of the advancing technology. All telecommunications equipment and systems, from the older technology to the modern ones, have been repaired. In addition, assemblies and devices were manufactured for the Deutsche Bundesbahn as required .

The measurement engineers of Fw MAU were deployed in the entire DB area and in neighboring countries for acceptance, warranty and revision measurements. They took over troubleshooting on site. Construction crews from Fw MAU were on duty for major reconstruction work on telecommunications systems that could not be managed by the telecommunications and communications departments.

Up to 10,000 types of material were stored in the Fw MAU warehouse in order to guarantee short-term repairs. In this warehouse, materials worth around DM 50 million were handled annually. In the technical investigation center, new telecommunication systems were examined for their usability at the DB, suggestions for improvement by the employees were optimized for use by the DB, and assemblies were developed for production.

The central office for the Mainz workshop service was involved in the development of Fw MAU from 1981 under the technical responsibility.

Fernmeldewerk München-Aubing GmbH

As part of the DB 90 corporate strategy , the Munich-Aubing telecommunications workshop was gradually reduced in size between 1990 and 2000. Many buildings were cleared and stood empty. The training workshop was given up, employees were cut. In 2000 the DB AG decided to close the Munich-Aubing telecommunications plant . The Fw MAU was sold in 2001, privatized and converted into a GmbH. She took over the service for train radio and control devices, card machines and moving signs for the DB. The new company name was Fernmeldewerk München-Aubing GmbH . The railway demanded the evacuation of the area.

Repair center Fürstenfeldbruck

In 2003 the company moved from Munich-Aubing to Fürstenfeldbruck to a newly built building at the train station. In 2006 the company was renamed Repaircenter Fürstenfeldbruck (RCF). On February 28, 2007, bankruptcy was filed for the plant with around 100 employees because of the massive drop in orders . Bankruptcy attorney Michael Jaffe found a buyer.

Fernmeldewerk Raum München GmbH

The company QFM Fernmelde- und Elektromontagen GmbH from Berlin took over RCF GmbH in 2007 with the demand for a considerable reduction in staff. The move to Puchheim took place under the new company name Fernmeldewerk Raum München GmbH with 37 employees. In 2014 the Fernmeldewerk Raum München GmbH was sold to the managing director Annemarie Walch. After her death on October 5, 2016, bankruptcy was filed and opened two days later. On February 28, 2017, the Fernmeldewerk Raum München GmbH with 26 employees was closed.

The workshop in Munich-Aubing has now completely disappeared. In 2009, the Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied district committee applied for the administration building to be included in the list of monuments. After an inspection it was found that the architectural significance of the former administrative building was not sufficient to establish a monument.

Modern residential complexes have been built on the site.

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Korhammer, Armin Franzke, Ernst Rudolph: The hub of the south. Munich railway junction . Ed .: Peter Lisson . Hestra-Verlag, Darmstadt 1991, ISBN 3-7771-0236-9 , p. 126-127 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Section Aubing Ost. In: stadtgeschichte-muenchen.de. Retrieved December 26, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Korhammer, Franzke, Rudolph hub of the South . 1991, p. 126-127 .
  3. ↑ Routes and stations. Munich-Donnersbergerbrücke (photo). In: doku-des-alltags.de. Retrieved December 26, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Korhammer, Franzke, Rudolph hub of the South . 1991, p. 127 .
  5. ↑ Homepage for the apprentices of the telecommunications workshop in Munich-Aubing, apprenticeship years 1942–1998. Retrieved December 26, 2018 .
  6. ^ A b Alexander Schweda: Call for help from the ex-telecommunications plant. In: merkur.de. May 7, 2009, accessed December 26, 2018 .
  7. ↑ QFM Fernmelde- und Elektromontagen GmbH. Retrieved December 26, 2018 .
  8. ↑ FernmeldeWerk Raum München GmbH, service, maintenance, repair and maintenance for railway technology, radio technology, automat technology. Archived from the original on September 30, 2008 ; Retrieved February 3, 2017 .
  9. ^ Mismanagement: Puchheim company is insolvent. October 2007, accessed December 26, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Location on historical map at BayernAtlas Klassik
  11. ↑ No protection for administration buildings. In: wochenanzeiger-muenchen.de. July 7, 2009, accessed December 26, 2018 .
  12. ^ Street naming in the 22nd district of Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied. In: ris-muenchen.de. City Council of the City of Munich, Municipal Department, GeodatenService, accessed on December 26, 2018 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 21.9 ″  N , 11 ° 25 ′ 33.1 ″  E