Upper Lusatian Railway
The Oberlausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , based in Ruhland in what is now the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district , received the concession for a railway line on October 11, 1871, which was to become part of the direct connection from Breslau to Magdeburg . The 148-kilometer route led from the Kohlfurt junction (today: Węgliniec , Poland ) in a westerly direction through Upper Lusatia via Horka , Hoyerswerda , Ruhland and Elsterwerda - Biehla to Falkenberg in Lower Lusatia .
The company was opened on June 1, 1874, the first director was Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal until 1876 . In 1878 management was transferred to the Berlin-Anhaltische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , which was able to round off its network. In the same year the Oberlausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft transferred the same task for its second Ruhland – Lauchhammer (East) line, which was opened on October 15, 1875 and was only eight kilometers long, to the Cottbus-Großenhainer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft .
When both managers lost their independence, the Prussian State Railways took over their duties on May 1, 1882. Exactly five years later, on May 1st, 1887, the Upper Lusatian Railway Company sold its railways to the state and dissolved.
See also
literature
- Arthur von Mayer: History and geography of the German railways . Berlin 1891.
Web links
- The Oberlausitzer Eisenbahn on www.bahnstrecken.de with historical timetables etc.