Predigtstuhlbahn

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Pavilion cabin in front of the second support
View of Bad Reichenhall and the Hochstaufen from the summit

The Predigtstuhlbahn is a listed large cabin cable car in Bad Reichenhall up to the Predigtstuhl . The cable car started operating in 1928, making it the oldest original large cabin cable car in the world. The world ranks them among the 10 most spectacular passenger ropeways in the world.

Establishment and History

With the aim of making Bad Reichenhall competitive again as a spa and bathing resort at the end of the 1920s, hotelier Alois Seethaler ( Axelmannstein ) and spa director Josef Niedermeier initiated the construction of a cable car to the Predigtstuhl, for which concrete plans were made between 1926 and 1927.

The three of gasoline yield and Alfred Zenns planned " monumental pillars " of reinforced concrete and the mountain and valley stations were from the Hochtief AG under the leadership of architect Wilhelm Kahrs-style of home style influenced New Objectivity executed.

Between August 1927 and June 1928, the Leipzig company Adolf Bleichert & Co. manufactured and installed the core of the aerial tramway and the two pavilion- type cabins that move synchronously up and down the valley using the actual cable car technology based on the Bleichert-Zuegg system . The wire ropes were supplied by the company Westfälische Drahtindustrie from Hamm . Alois Zuegg formulated the claim to implement the best and most efficient concept, because “in consideration of the demanding spa audience of Bad Reichenhall, elegance and comfort must not be lacking.” On July 1, 1928, the Predigtstuhlbahn went into operation.

The original suspension cable from 1928 is still in use today. For technical reasons and in order to meet the safety requirements, the suspension cable is shifted by around 6 meters every 12 years, but can be used for several decades due to its reserves.

Since 2006, the Predigtstuhlbahn has been the only cable car in the world under monument protection.

To celebrate the 90th anniversary in 2018, the renovated areas of the bar lounge, the dining room and the panorama terrace on the mountain station were handed over to their destination. The great-grandchildren of the former company Adolf Bleichert & Co. , which built the Predigtstuhlbahn at that time, were also present for this anniversary .

Mountain station with restaurant and hotel

Mountain station with mountain hotel
Valley station at Südtiroler Platz

In the vicinity of the Predigtstuhlbahn mountain station was on October 6, 1928 at 1583  m above sea level. NN also opened a restaurant and the first mountain hotel in Germany.

The terrace of the restaurant offers a panoramic view of Bad Reichenhall and Salzburg as well as the Chiemgau and Berchtesgaden Alps .

However, the operation of the hotel has been shut down since 2014 due to necessary renovation measures. In order to be able to receive state funding, especially for the conversion of the sewage disposal from the existing septic tank to a sewer with access to the public sewer network, the two parcels with mountain station and hotel including restaurant below the Predigtstuhl summit were opened on January 2, 2015 under the name " Auf dem Predigtstuhl “officially becomes the tenth district of the city of Bad Reichenhall.

freetime and sports

The train provides easy access to the Lattengebirge and thus considerably shortens the tours to the individual peaks or crossing the Lattengebirge. The paragliding club Albatros Reichenhall eV uses the train to reach the launch sites in Schlegelmulde and Hochschlegel in a short time.

Until 1994 there was a small ski area at the Predigtstuhl with two fixed-grip 1-seater chairlifts from 1957 and 1974. The skiers were brought up the mountain to the ski area and back down into the valley with the Predigtstuhl lift. In addition, if there was sufficient snow cover, a valley run to Schneizlreuth to Baumgarten and to the valley station via the difficult north run was also possible. Up to the final closure of the north run at the end of the 1980s, nine skiers had fatal accidents there.

Technical specifications

Information according to the cable car operator:

  • Height of valley station 476 meters (m)
  • Height of mountain station 1583 m
  • Difference in altitude 1107 m
  • Length 2380 m
  • Largest span about 2000 m
  • Maximum gradient 75%
  • Highest support 32 m
  • Maximum height above the ground 180 m
  • Speed ​​18 km / h
  • Weight of the suspension ropes 67.5 t
  • Tension weights of the suspension ropes 104 t
  • Drive power 150 HP
  • People per car - 25 + 1 conductor
  • Travel time - just under 9 minutes

  • Springs for the cable brake of the gondolas

  • Model routing

  • Support rope and casting cone

owner

In February 2009 the Predigtstuhlbahn had to file for bankruptcy, but the service was maintained. Negotiations with several potential investors about the purchase of the railway took place.

In December 2012 it was announced that the railway, including the mountain hotel and the Alm in Schlegelmulde , had been acquired by "Marga und Josef Posch GmbH & Co. KG" with effect from January 1, 2013. The purchase price should have been 1 million euros. The city council's considerations to acquire the facility as part of an alleged right of first refusal were unsuccessful, as the city administration believed that there was no right of first refusal. Marga und Josef Posch GmbH & Co. KG belongs to the Max Aicher group of companies .

See also

literature

  • Johannes Lang : Wire ropes to heaven. Association for local history Bad Reichenhall, 2007. (Wire ropes to heaven - 75 years of the Predigtstuhlbahn. 2003)
  • Raphaela Kreitmeir, Johannes Lang , Axel Effner, Max Oberwegner: Predigtstuhlbahn - "The Grande Dame of the Alps". A Predigtstuhlbergführer, 2018.
  • Helmut Lamprecht, Arno Ritter: Architecture and cable cars - from tradition to modernity. Catalog for the exhibition of the same name, “Tyrolean Cable Car Day 2000” as part of the “Winter Sports Stage” week, March 26th - April 2nd, 2000, Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis sunny plateau, published by the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce, cable cars specialist group. March 2003. p. 32 f. Online .

Web links

Commons : Predigtstuhlbahn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Top Ten: These are the most spectacular cable cars in the world welt.de, September 18, 2014, accessed November 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c d e The Grande Dame of the Alps - oldest cable car in the world , history of the cable car with reference to Johannes Lang : Drahtseile zum Himmel (2007), online at predigtstuhlbahn.de
  3. ↑ a b c Five reasons for monument protection , online at predigtstuhlbahn.de
  4. ↑ a b The perfect cable car , information on the Predigtstuhlbahn, online at predigtstuhlbahn.de
  5. ↑ Bad Reichenhall monuments : D-1-72-114-251 , list from November 19, 2016, PDF file at geodaten.bayern.de
  6. ↑ BayernWelle - Grande Dame of the Alps , online at bayernwelle.de
  7. ↑ Berchtesgadener Anzeiger - 90 years of the Predigtstuhlbahn , online at berchtesgadener-anzeiger.de
  8. ↑ xe / redbgl: "Predigtstuhl": New district for Reichenhall bgland24.de, January 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Press release from October 29, 2009 on the current status of the bankruptcy process@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / ww2.rosenheimer-nachrichten.de
  10. ↑ Bad Reichenhall: Predigtstuhl-Bahn sold on ORF -online from December 24, 2012 (accessed December 24, 2012)
  11. ↑ Berchtesgadener Anzeiger, “The Posch family planned to buy for a long time”. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; Retrieved February 13, 2013 .
  12. ^ Predigtstuhl: City has no right of first refusal BGLand24.de from January 16, 2013
  13. ↑ The Predigtstuhl near Bad-Reichenhall - brief information about the Predigtstuhlbahn and the other lifts, 32 pictures.

Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 59.5 ″  N , 12 ° 52 ′ 20 ″  E