Kreuzeckbahn (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

Kreuzeckbahn

Location:	Garmisch-Partenkirchen BY DBY Germany
Mountains:	Wetterstein Mountains , Alps
Overall length:	2,304 m
Height difference:	875 m 760 m 1,638 m ${\ displaystyle \ mathrm {\ nearrow}}$
Valley station:	47 ° 28 '17.5 " N , 11 ° 3' 49.2" E47.471519 11.0636755
Mountain station:	47 ° 27 '8.2 " N , 11 ° 4' 1.5" E47.45229 11.06708
Technical specifications
Duration :	7 minutes
Speed :	5-6 m / s
Transport performance :	2,000 people / h
Cable car supports :	3
background
Owner :	Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bavaria , Germany
Opening:	December 20, 2002
Contact:	zugspitze.de

The Kreuzeckbahn is a cable car from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (760 m) to the Kreuzeck (1651 m) and belongs to the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG . The cable car opens up the entire Kreuzeck area as an alpine starting point to the Alpspitze and into the Höllental , but above all the "Classic" ski area with the Kandahar and Olympia ski runs .

Old Kreuzeckbahn

The first touristic development of the Kreuzeck took place in 1906 through the Adolf-Zoeppritz-Haus . A cable car to the Kreuzeck was planned as early as 1913. In July 1925, the architect Franz Deininger was finally granted the building and operating license. The aerial tramway was built by Adolf Bleichert & Co. according to the " Bleichert – Zuegg " system. The suspension ropes were supplied by the Westphalian wire industry and the traction ropes by Felten & Guilleaume . The aim was to put the cable car into operation at Christmas 1925. Commissioning was delayed, however, whereupon the railway opened on May 28, 1926 as the first suspension railway for passenger transport in Bavaria and thus in the German Alpine region.

The length of the cable car was 2342 meters, with a height difference of 880 meters. The highest point above ground was 75 meters. The cable car was supported on three supports and was driven by an electric motor with 50 hp. With a journey time of 8 minutes and two cabins with 24 passengers plus a guide, a transport capacity of 150 people per hour was achieved.

The two wood-clad cabins were replaced in 1938 by new light metal cabins from Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and a new hanger from Bleichert. This increased the passenger compartment to 27 people plus a guide. These cabins were replaced in 1963 by new ones from Zarges . The cable car also received new suspension and traction cables and a new drive with an output of 110 kW. Apart from that, the cable car remained technically unchanged until it was decommissioned.

In 1999 the Kreuzeckbahn GmbH & Co. KG merged with the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG, whereby the Kreuzeckbahn came into the possession of the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn.

New Kreuzeckbahn

After 76 years of operation and 15 million passengers carried, the old Kreuzeckbahn was shut down on April 7, 2002 and replaced by a detachable two- cable gondola (2S-Bahn) from the Austrian manufacturer Doppelmayr . The new cable car was put into operation on December 20, 2002 at the same location as the old cable car.

With the 34 cabins from CWA for 15 people each, a transport capacity of 2000 people per hour and direction is achieved. The 58 mm thick suspension ropes and the 46 mm thick pull ropes run over three cable car supports with a height of 44, 24 and 30 meters. The cable car reaches a maximum distance from the ground of 90 meters. The cable car is driven by two DC motors, each with 430 kW. In addition, there is a diesel-hydraulic emergency drive with an output of 170 kW. The garage for the cabins is located in the valley station.

The Kreuzeckbahn is the first 2S gondola built by Doppelmayr.

Web links

Site of the Bay. Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG
Description with photo documentation in Remontées mécaniques (French)
Photo documentation of the construction phase on Funivie.org (Italian)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Ostler, Josef: Garmisch and Partenkirchen: 1870-1935: the Olympic site is created . Association for history, art and cultural history in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2000, ISBN 978-3-9803980-0-8 , p. 43 .
↑ ^a ^b reports from everywhere / Munich In: Vossische Zeitung , July 11, 1925, morning edition, p. 3.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Blath, Peter: Summiteer in Werdenfelser Land . Sutton, Erfurt 2003, ISBN 3-89702-613-9 , p. 33-44 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d milestones. (PDF) In: zugspitze.de. March 2, 2012, archived from the original on March 2, 2012 ; accessed on January 1, 2019 .
^ Preuss, Erich: The Bavarian Zugspitzbahn and its cable cars . 1st edition Transpress, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-71054-4 , pp. 106 .
↑ ^a ^b Data and technology of the Bavarian Zugspitzbahn. (PDF) March 2, 2012, archived from the original on March 2, 2012 ; accessed on January 1, 2019 .

Remarks

↑ Other sources speak of 25 cabins and a capacity of 1000 people per hour and direction.

[:1-1] A ^b Ostler, Josef: Garmisch and Partenkirchen: 1870-1935: the Olympic site is created . Association for history, art and cultural history in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2000, ISBN 978-3-9803980-0-8 , p. 43 .

[:2-2] reports from everywhere / Munich In: Vossische Zeitung , July 11, 1925, morning edition, p. 3.

[:0-3] Blath, Peter: Summiteer in Werdenfelser Land . Sutton, Erfurt 2003, ISBN 3-89702-613-9 , p. 33-44 .

[Meilensteine-4] milestones. (PDF) In: zugspitze.de. March 2, 2012, archived from the original on March 2, 2012 ; accessed on January 1, 2019 .

[5] Preuss, Erich: The Bavarian Zugspitzbahn and its cable cars . 1st edition Transpress, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-71054-4 , pp. 106 .

[Daten-Technik-6] Data and technology of the Bavarian Zugspitzbahn. (PDF) March 2, 2012, archived from the original on March 2, 2012 ; accessed on January 1, 2019 .

[7] Other sources speak of 25 cabins and a capacity of 1000 people per hour and direction.