Halle-Sorau-Gubener Railway

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The Halle-Sorau-Gubener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (HSGE) was founded in Berlin in 1868 . From 1872 its seat was in Halle an der Saale .

history

The company was founded by Bethel Henry Strousberg . In the years that followed, she established a network of railway lines in the Prussian provinces of Brandenburg and Saxony . The 38 km long route from Guben to Cottbus was the first to open on September 1, 1871. On December 1, 1871, it was extended 79 km further west via Calau , Finsterwalde and Dobrilugk to Falkenberg / Elster . In the following year, the main routes with a total extension of 270 kilometers were completed. From May 1, 1872 it was possible to drive westwards from Falkenberg via Torgau to Eilenburg (46 km) and from June 30, 1872 an additional 51 km via Delitzsch to Halle an der Saale.

The new line from Cottbus to Forst in der Lausitz , opened on March 1, 1872 in an easterly direction , also ran from June 30, 1872 over the Neisse to Sorau (60 km) in present-day Poland .

In order to have a connection to the "World Trade Center" Leipzig , the 24 km long route from Eilenburg via Taucha to the Kingdom of Saxony was added on November 1, 1874 . With all the connecting lines, the HSGE network was around 300 kilometers in length. However, it was not possible to divert significant traffic flows from the competing routes built earlier, so that earnings fell short of expectations. In order to increase profitability, the management was transferred to the Prussian State Railways on January 1, 1877 , which in 1885 became the owner of the entire HSGE.

The routes

Lore

The records and plans for the Halle-Sorau-Guben Railway are kept in the Dessau department of the Saxony-Anhalt State Archives .

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