Kiel-Eckernförde-Flensburg Railway Company

Former Eckernförde station (1887)

Route with former route deviations (gray)

The Kiel-Eckernförde-Flensburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (KEFE) was founded on June 13, 1878 in Kiel .

history

The Prussian state , the neighboring districts and communities as well as private individuals all participated in the company. On August 19, 1878, she received the concession for a standard-gauge secondary railway, which was supposed to connect the cities named in the company name parallel to the Baltic Sea coast.

On July 1, 1881, the southern section from the state train station in Kiel through the Danish Wohld landscape to Eckernförde was opened; On December 21, 1881, the northern section followed in the landscapes of Schwansen and Angling , which ended at the Kiel train station in Flensburg near the then state train station at the port.

The route, which leads through predominantly agricultural areas, was 79 kilometers long. The construction of the Kiel Canal made it necessary to change the route within the current city limits of Kiel to Neuwittenbek , so that the route was extended by around two kilometers.

According to one thesis, in 1881 Kappelner Schiffer prevented the Kiel – Flensburg railway from being led via Kappeln . Carsten Tech, on the other hand, describes this thesis as a legend. Alternative routes for crossing the Schlei were then, in addition to the routes ultimately implemented via Lindaunis - Süderbrarup, the Missunde - Satrup and Bohnert - Satrup routes.

Facilities

Since KEFE could not find enough space to build a depot with a locomotive line, locomotive shed , water tower , turntable and coaling facilities neither in Kiel nor in Flensburg , these were built in the area of the Eckernförde train station . The locomotives and trains were deployed from Eckernförde.

Traffic developed satisfactorily, so that the Prussian State Railways became interested in the company and took over the railway on July 1, 1903.

With the takeover of the railway line by the Prussian State Railways, these facilities lost their importance. The operation then took place from Kiel and Flensburg.

The route is used today by the regional train Schleswig-Holstein as Kiel-Flensburg railway operated.

Individual evidence

↑ Carsten Tech: Why the Kiel-Flensburg railway did not go via Kappeln - a legend from the East Angel. In: Yearbook of the Heimatverein der Landschaft fishing. 2008, p. 105.
^ Kiel-Eckernförde-Flensburg Railway Company . In: Heimatgemeinschaft Eckernförde e. V. and department for regional history of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel (ed.): ECKernförde-Lexikon . Husum- Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. ,, Husum 2014, ISBN 978-3-89876-735-4 , p. 27 .

[1] Carsten Tech: Why the Kiel-Flensburg railway did not go via Kappeln - a legend from the East Angel. In: Yearbook of the Heimatverein der Landschaft fishing. 2008, p. 105.

[2] Kiel-Eckernförde-Flensburg Railway Company . In: Heimatgemeinschaft Eckernförde e. V. and department for regional history of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel (ed.): ECKernförde-Lexikon . Husum- Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. ,, Husum 2014, ISBN 978-3-89876-735-4 , p. 27 .