Local railway Ebenfurth – Wittmannsdorf

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Ebenfurth – Wittmannsdorf
Route of the Ebenfurth – Wittmannsdorf local railway
The route from Ebenfurth to Wittmannsdorf (lilac,
no. 10) with the other railway lines in the area
Route length: 15 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )

The local railway Ebenfurth – Wittmannsdorf (actually: local railway Wittmannsdorf – Ebenfurth ) was a standard gauge, 15.059 km long railway line in the southeast of Lower Austria .

1873: Map section of the municipalities of Enzesfeld , Leobersdorf; Location of the former Enzesfeld district of Wittmannsdorf in relation to the Wittmannsdorf station, opened in 1883, approx. 1.8 km away

history

The Locomotivbahn from Wittmannsdorf to Ebenfurth was licensed on August 15, 1882 in favor of Paul Eduard Ritter von Schoeller (1853–1920), technically and police inspected on August 22, 1883 and opened the next day, on August 23, 1883.

Until the end of 1918 the line was very busy, there were direct freight trains from Raab / Győr (see: Raaberbahn ) to Ebenfurth , Sollenau and Wittmannsdorf, where they could reach the Westbahn via the Leobersdorfer Bahn in St. Pölten . Above all, however, the concession holder Schoeller used the railway to transport the grain and the finished products from his two large mills in Ebenfurth. (By contract dated April 5, 1883, the Wittmannsdorf – Ebenfurth railway took the Ebenfurth – Neufeld an der Leitha line in sublease).

In the run-up to the procedure for the concession of the route, a stormy movement , in which the Vienna Chamber of Commerce stood out , vehemently rejected the construction of the Leobersdorf – Ebenfurth railway, as this transport route (which is immediately connected to the Leobersdorfer Bahn Vienna) Hungarian grain transport would open a gate to the west and seriously damage the trading center of Vienna. The Imperial and Royal Ministry of Commerce officially denied such damage, and nothing more stood in the way of granting the license.

After 1940, more freight trains were led to Hungary via the Ostbahn instead of the Raaberbahn, which made this route less and less important.

During the war between Ebenfurth and branching in km 11.848 (of Wittmannsdorf) Army Ammunition Institute ( German) Wehrmacht by decision of the Plenipotentiary for train supervision in Vienna approved a limited-public passenger of 15 September 1940 which served the rush for the Wehrmacht system. Passenger and goods traffic was initially carried out with Wehrmacht diesel locomotives ( series V 36 ) and Wehrmacht personnel , with these trains running from Ebenfurth to the junction in km 11.848 and vice versa as restricted runs. World icon

In the years after the annexation of Austria , the railway line of the Wittmannsdorf (Leobersdorf) Ebenfurth AG railway was redeemed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn . In 1942, while maintaining its character as a transport company, the company was converted into a river and maritime shipping company with the headquarters in Vienna. The company title was now Josef Wallner Wiener Ruß- und Seeschiff Maritime Company . All shares were owned by Josef Wallner Bayer (ische) Schiffahrts- und Hafenbetriebs-GmbH in Deggendorf (Managing Director: Max Waldow).

Operations ceased at the beginning of April 1945 and passenger traffic ceased after the end of the war. A regular freight traffic in subsection Sollenau Aspangbahn -Wittmannsdorf existed until 3 October 1953 and Operation trips to May 1955 by Ebenfurth to km 8.130 ( ), the switching station Trifabrik , where as part of the shared with May 31, 1916 Operation range Wöllersdorf means a ca. 2 km long towing track to the Tritolwerk (also: Neue Trifabrik , Obereggendorf ) branched off, which was retained as a branch track of the local railway after the operation began on April 4, 1923. With the decree of the Federal Ministry for Transport and Electricity from November 29, 1956 (number R / 780 / 1-56), operations were completely and permanently ceased from October 1, 1956 . World icon

Apart from the remains of the route, nothing is left of the dismantled route. Today trains from the Westbahn run to and from Hungary via Vienna; Continuous traffic on the Leobersdorfer Bahn is no longer possible due to an abandoned section of the route.

Routing

The line left the Pottendorfer line shortly after Ebenfurth to the west, then swung in a wide arc to the north. This detour was necessary in order to bypass the army grounds and the powder factories at Großmittel . Now the route led first in a northerly direction along the village of Sollenau to the station "Sollenau Aspangbahn", where the route of the same name was crossed, further west until the southern line had to be crossed with a bridge, and then to Wittmannsdorf, where the connection to Leobersdorfer Railway towards Triestingtal existed.

Due to the location in the Vienna Basin , there was only about 40 m difference in altitude to be overcome on this route.

Operational management

Operational management of the track Wittmannsdorf-Ebenfurth took place from the outset by the Imperial State Railways (operation agreement dated August 2, 1883; II. Additionale from 20./26 November 1907 and a new contract with. BBÖ according to Decree of 24 September 1923, effective as of January 1, 1923). According to the ruling of the RBD Vienna of January 6, 1941, effective January 1, 1940, the German Reich (Reichseisenbahn Vermögens) redeemed the license in accordance with the license.

literature

  • Hellmuth Fröhlich: 7. Wittmannsdorf – Ebenfurth . In: Forgotten rails . From: Railway. Specialist supplement "Die Modelleisenbahn" , issue 5/1968 (XXI. Year). Minirex, Lucerne 1968, ISSN  1421-2900 , ISSN  0013-2756 , OBV , p. 70 f.
  • Johann Witz: Between Möllersdorf and Blumau. The military tugs on the Steinfeld. First sequel . From: Alfred Horn (Red.): Railway. Technical supplement "Die Modelleisenbahn" . Issue 1/1975 (XXVIIIth year). Minirex, Luzern 1975, ISSN  1421-2900 , ISSN  0013-2756 , pp. 4-7.
  • Peter Wegenstein: Austria's railway lines . Pospischil publishing house, Vienna 1983, OBV .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RGBl. 1882/129. In:  Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe , year 1882, pp. 522–527. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rgb
  2. ↑ Trade, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. (...) Railway-Ebenfurt-Leobersdorf. In:  Wiener Zeitung , No. 192/1883, 23 August 1883, p. 4, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
  3. ↑ a b The Economist. (...) Vienna, August 23. (...) The opening of the Leobersdorf – Ebenfurth railway. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 6822/1883, August 24, 1883, p. 9, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  4. ↑ a b c Fröhlich: 7. Wittmannsdorf – Ebenfurth , p. 70.
  5. ↑ Bavarian Shipping and Harbor Operations GmbH . In: regiowiki.pnp.de , February 3, 2015, accessed on February 10, 2017.
  6. ^ A new Danube shipping company in Vienna. In:  Neues Wiener Tagblatt , No. 250/1942 (LXXVI. Volume), September 10, 1942, p. 4 center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwg.
  7. ↑ Joke: 3. "Wöllersdorf - means" . In: Between Möllersdorf and Blumau , p. 4.
  8. ↑ Fröhlich: 7. Wittmannsdorf – Ebenfurth , p. 71.

Remarks

  1. ↑ At the time the railway was handed over to traffic, the population of Leobersdorf was indignant and puzzled by this place name, as Wittmannsdorf was a district of the neighboring community of Enzesfeld, located on the Leoberdorf railway, consisting of only a few houses and had no relation to the newly built station. - See: News from the districts. (...) Railway opening. In:  Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 69/1883 (3rd year), August 28, 1883, p. 3, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
  2. ↑ This junction, created in the late 1930s, followed in the footsteps of the extensive towing network of ammunition-producing companies that existed until 1921/23 on the Mittel (associated with Blumau ) . Due to the necessity of a further connection of the tugs to the public rail network, the Mittel – Ebenfurth line went into operation in 1917 , which (from the area of ​​the later branch of the army ammunition facility ) was an independent parallel line to the local railway coming from Wittmannsdorf to the The Ebenfurth military railway terminated at Ebenfurth station. From 1917 to at least 1921 was in before the point at which the distance agent Ebenfurth the premises means the 1.000 m long Station left, Eggendorf ( ), which served the collection of the cargo to and from Ebenfurth as well as the allocation and marshaling. - From: Witz: 6. “Mittel – Ebenfurth” . In: Between Möllersdorf and Blumau , p. 6.World icon