Jennerbahn

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A Jennerbahn gondola (2013)

The Jennerbahn is as two sections gondola running cable car in Berchtesgaden to Jenner . The track was built in 1952/3 and replaced by a new building from 2017 to 2019. In winter, the Jenner ski area , which is served by the Jennerbahn, also has three chairlifts , three drag lifts and a people mover . The Jennerbahn is owned by Berchtesgadener Bergbahn AG (BBAG).

Technical specifications

Jennerbahn 1952

The Jennerbahn, built from 1952 to 1953 by the ABIG works in Oberstdorf according to the von Roll system , initially had 140 open double armchairs ("sideways armchairs") and 30 closed gondolas for two people each. Later, the armchairs were gradually replaced by newly purchased two-person gondolas. The 3,320 meter long gondola lift transported hikers and skiers over two sections and in 20 minutes from the Schönau district of Königssee to just below the Jennergipfel, overcoming an altitude difference of 1,170 meters. In the middle station, where the two main drives were also located, the gondolas were automatically recoupled from the hoisting rope of the first section to that of the second section. Dome clamps of the type VR101 were used according to the system developed in 1945 by the Swiss company Von Roll , which were produced under license by the ABIG works.

The Königssee - Jennerwiesen and Jennerwiesen - Jenner sections were the last Von Roll VR101 system in operation in Europe , alongside the railway on the Mückenberg in the Eastern Ore Mountains .

Jennerwiesen lift

The Jennerwiesenlift , built in 1986, was a 1025 m long double chair lift, exclusively for skiing, which led from the Jennerbahn middle station at 1200 meters above sea level to 1672 meters above sea level. It has a maximum capacity of 870 people per hour.

Jennerbahn 2018

Construction site of the new Jennerbahn mountain station in 2018

The new building will also be in two sections and will have 64 ten-person gondolas at a conveyor speed of up to six meters per second. The capacity of the central cable car increases to 1,600 people per hour. The chairlifts Jennerwiesenlift and Mitterkaser are being expanded into six-person chairlifts. The Jennerwiesenbahn six-person chairlift was officially opened on December 22, 2018. Section 1 (valley to middle station) is already in operation. The lift is a monocable gondola with 10-seater gondolas from the Leitner company . Section 2 (middle to mountain station) started operations on June 8, 2019.

history

The Jennerbahn was launched after the Second World War on the initiative of the population of the Berchtesgaden valley basin. For this purpose, the Berchtesgadener Bergbahngesellschaft was founded, initially in the legal form of a GmbH. One of the founding members was the Berchtesgaden alpinist Josef Aschauer . Since the collected capital was initially insufficient for the Jennerbahn project, the smaller Obersalzbergbahn was first implemented as a pilot project .

Later the legal form of the stock corporation was changed in order to integrate many into the company. In the context of the drawing, there was a broad participation of the population, regional companies and the public sector, so that the Jennerbahn project could also be realized. Over the years, the majority of the shares were concentrated in the energy supplier BEW, Bayerische Elektrizitätswerke GmbH, which is an RWE subsidiary through Lechwerke .

In recent years, BBAG has parted with all cable cars not located in the Jenner area. The Obersalzbergbahn in Berchtesgaden was sold to a local entrepreneur. The BBAG also parted with the Hochschwarzeck Bergbahn in Ramsau , which it owned at times , and the family ski area is now run as a Ramsau citizens' company. In the summer of 2006, BEW sold its share in the AG to the community of Schönau am Königssee. In addition to the main shareholder, the district of Berchtesgadener Land and the Berchtesgaden Koenigssee tourist association own larger shares in the AG; only a small proportion of the shares are still in free float today . The shares are listed on the Munich Stock Exchange under WKN 821480 .

The new construction of the Jennerbahn began in March 2017. Around 40 million euros were invested, among other things, in replacement buildings for the cable car including the valley, middle and mountain stations, for the Jennerwiesenbahn and for the Mitterkaserbahn, as well as piste construction measures, a new children's area at the middle station and the creation of barrier-free paths in the summit area. Among other things, a new six-seater chairlift was built below the middle station, which was officially opened on December 22, 2018. Section 1 (valley to middle station) started operations on August 4, 2018. Section 2 (middle to mountain station) started operations on June 8, 2019.

Illustrations

  • Valley station (2013)

  • Middle station of the Jennerbahn (2011)

  • A Jennerbahn gondola right in front of the mountain station (2011)

  • Aisle between the valley and the middle station

Web links

Commons : Jennerbahn  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Summit meeting worth millions on the Jenner. Berchtesgadener Anzeiger from January 3, 2017
  2. ^ A b Christian Riedl: New construction of the mountain railway on the Königssee. ( Memento from March 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) br.de - Bayerischer Rundfunk, September 25, 2016
  3. ↑ https://www.jennerbahn.de/allgemeine-infos/ General information, technical data, GD10 Jennerbahn 1 + 2.
  4. ↑ start of the ski season Berchtesgaden Gazette on December 20, 2018
  5. ↑ https://www.berchtesgadener-anzeiger.de/startseite_artikel,-neue-jennerbahn-startet-betrieb-bis-zur-mittelstation-_arid,428211.html
  6. ↑ a b Newly built Jennerbahn in partial operation. In: salzburg.orf.at. August 4, 2018, accessed November 25, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Floating ride in the national park - maiden voyage of the Jennerbahn Berchtesgadener Anzeiger on June 8, 2019
  8. ↑ start of the ski season Berchtesgaden Gazette on December 20, 2018
  9. ↑ https://www.berchtesgadener-anzeiger.de/startseite_artikel,-neue-jennerbahn-startet-betrieb-bis-zur-mittelstation-_arid,428211.html
  10. ↑ Floating ride in the national park - maiden voyage of the Jennerbahn Berchtesgadener Anzeiger on June 8, 2019

Coordinates: 47 ° 35 ′ 30.4 "  N , 12 ° 59 ′ 35.8"  E