Ganzberg tunnel

Ganzberg tunnel
traffic connection	High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg
place	Michelsrombach
length	387 m
Number of tubes	1
construction
Client	German Federal Railroad
start of building	1984
business
release	1991
location
Coordinates
North portal	50 ° 39 ′ 55 " N , 9 ° 38 ′ 2" E
South portal	50 ° 39 ′ 45 " N , 9 ° 38 ′ 13" E

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Ganzberg Tunnel is a 387 m long railway tunnel on the high-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg .

The building is located northwest of Michelsrombach , a district of the Hessian city of Hünfeld . It crosses parts of the Ganzberg ( 375 m ) and therefore bears his name.

history

planning

The tunnel was created as a reduction in interference in place of an incision. This should reduce interference in the forest stands. At the same time, the structure should serve as an ecological land bridge.

In 1984 the building was planned with a length of 360 m at a cost of 12.0 million DM. Construction work should run until April 1985.

construction

Preparations for the tunnel construction began in October 1983.

The tunnel was on May 2, 1984 struck . During the construction phase, the building was called the Wilhelmine Tunnel after its godmother .

The construction work started in 1985. In 1987 the planting of the tunnel began.

The structure was in the planning and construction phase in planning section 16 of the middle section of the new line.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d project group NBS Frankfurt of the Bahnbauzentrale (ed.): Integration into the landscape . 16-page brochure dated May 1991, p. 14 f.
^ ^A ^b Walter Engels: The central section of the new Hanover – Würzburg line . In: The Federal Railroad . tape 60 , no. 5 , 1984, ISSN 0007-5876 , pp. 401-410 .
↑ Belter: Great progress in building the tunnels for the new lines . In: Der Eisenbahningenieur , 34, 1983, issue 12, p. 661 f.
↑ Bundesbahndirektion Frankfurt (M), project group NBS Frankfurt am Main of the Bahnbauzentrale (publisher): New lines Hanover-Würzburg from Kassel to Fulda, Cologne - Rhine / Main in the directorate area . Leaflet with 12 pages (10x21 cm), Frankfurt am Main, no year (approx. 1984).

[db-1991-05-1] roject group NBS Frankfurt of the Bahnbauzentrale (ed.): Integration into the landscape . 16-page brochure dated May 1991, p. 14 f.

[bundesbahn-60-401-2] A ^b Walter Engels: The central section of the new Hanover – Würzburg line . In: The Federal Railroad . tape 60 , no. 5 , 1984, ISSN 0007-5876 , pp. 401-410 .

[ei-34-661-3] Belter: Great progress in building the tunnels for the new lines . In: Der Eisenbahningenieur , 34, 1983, issue 12, p. 661 f.

[db-mitte-1984-4] Bundesbahndirektion Frankfurt (M), project group NBS Frankfurt am Main of the Bahnbauzentrale (publisher): New lines Hanover-Würzburg from Kassel to Fulda, Cologne - Rhine / Main in the directorate area . Leaflet with 12 pages (10x21 cm), Frankfurt am Main, no year (approx. 1984).