Narrow gauge railway Walkenried – Braunlage / Tanne
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 Route network of the Südharz-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
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| Course book section (DB) : | 200 e (1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 40 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 60 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Course book section (DB) : | 200 f (1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The narrow-gauge railway Walkenried – Braunlage with the branch to Tanne was a narrow-gauge railway opened in 1899 in meter gauge in the Harz Mountains . In 1963 the last section of the line was closed. The Südharz Railway Company (SHE) was always in charge of the operation.
The route known as the Südharz-Eisenbahn or Südharzbahn ran from Walkenried on the southern edge of the Harz through the Wiedatal via Brunnenbachsmühle to Braunlage in the Upper Harz. This was followed by a continuation at the foot of the Wurmberg , which was only used for goods traffic . In Brunnenbachsmühle the branch line began via Sorge to Tanne , which made connections to the Harzquerbahn and Harzbahn . After 1945 this route was cut by the inner-German border and traffic was interrupted.
history
Prehistory and construction
The affected communities had been interested in a railway connection in the southern Harz region since the end of the 19th century. Various variants were proposed, but were always rejected for cost reasons (including an extension of the Halberstadt-Blankenburg railway via Zorge to Walkenried). A railway construction committee was founded in 1894, which finally received the concession for a route from Walkenried to Braunlage with a branch to Tanne. In 1896, the surveying work began, as a result of which the route was revised again. The originally necessary rack railway could be omitted by extending the route. The AG Südharz-Bahngesellschaft was registered on April 28, 1897 and then the actual construction work began, with which Louis Degen was commissioned. After his sudden death, the central administration for Secundairbahnen Herrmann Bachstein took over the majority of the shares in AG Südharz-Bahngesellschaft and continued the construction of the railway.
The narrow-gauge railway was originally planned to go into operation in the summer of 1899, but work dragged on until autumn of the same year. The Walkenried – Braunlage line was not opened until August 15, followed by the branch line to Tanne shortly afterwards. The section Braunlage – Wurmberg, used exclusively for freight traffic, was finally opened on November 1, 1899.
Until the end of World War II
In 1913, a siding to the Harzquerbahn was built in Sorge in order to be able to exchange course and freight cars, for example from 1928 a through car ran from Braunlage to the summit of the Brocken . The railway company survived the First World War unscathed, although a steam locomotive and 14 open freight cars had to be handed over to the Heeresfeldbahnen.
Extensive expansions of the railway systems and the vehicle fleet were made in 1925, and the Tanne – Sorge section was severely damaged in October 1925, but the damage was quickly repaired.
The railway company was largely spared the effects of the Second World War ; only when worried were some railway bridges blown up. Due to the demarcation , however, the Brunnenbachsmühle – Tanne section was interrupted and there was no prospect of resuming operations.
Development after 1945
When Germany was divided into zones of occupation in 1945, the district of Blankenburg was initially assigned to the British zone of occupation according to the London Protocol of 1944 , since the larger eastern part of the district is only connected by one road (today's B 242 ) and the Brunnenbachsmühle-Tanne branch with the rest was connected to the British Zone, the demarcation was corrected in July 1945 and the circle was divided at its narrowest point west of Sorge: The larger eastern part of the district with the district town of Blankenburg was assigned to the Soviet occupation zone , later to the GDR and the state of Saxony-Anhalt .
In 1945, the SHE was able to continue operations on the Walkenried – Braunlage and Braunlage – Wurmberg lines in the British occupation zone. After the war, passenger traffic experienced another strong increase, whereas freight traffic could no longer reach the pre-war values. Freight traffic on the Braunlage – Wurmberg section was stopped as early as 1958. At the end of the 1950s, the advancing motorization of individual traffic increased sharply and so on September 28, 1962, passenger traffic was stopped. Freight traffic was maintained until August 3, 1963, after the complete closure, the line was dismantled relatively quickly.
The remaining piece (Brunnenbachsmühle–) Sorge – Tanne, which was in the Soviet occupation zone , was handed over to the Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (NWE) for operational management on April 15, 1946 . In 1949 the ownership and management came into the hands of the Deutsche Reichsbahn . The Sorge – Tanne section was operated in freight traffic until 1954, and the siding to the Tanner Hütte was operated until 1958.
Importance of the Südharz Railway
The Südharz Railway was never particularly lucrative itself. The mountain route and the often harsh winter in the Harz made operation complex. Nevertheless, it has brought a wealth of new economic impulses to the structurally weak region. It ensured the survival of the Wiedaer Hütte, the town's main employer. Without a rail connection, the supply of raw materials and the removal of the finished furnaces would have had no future. After the iron and steel works and the blue paint works were closed a long time ago, there was hardly any industry worth mentioning in Braunlage.
The Röhrigsche Glashütte closed its doors in 1905 despite the railway connection. But two sawmills and several other smaller businesses began to flourish. The quarry on the Wurmberg-Südhang, which was built to increase profitability and gave work to many brown camps, also benefited from the railway. Last but not least, Braunlage was able to compete with the surrounding towns of Schierke and Sankt Andreasberg in the flourishing tourism sector thanks to the Südharz Railway . These neighboring towns each had a rail connection through the Brockenbahn and the St. Andreasberger Kleinbahn / Odertalbahn .
Route description
Walkenried – Brunnenbachsmühle – Braunlage
The tracks of the narrow-gauge station were located directly to the north of the railway systems on the Northeim – Nordhausen southern Harz line in Walkenried. The track led up the embankment to the north via a small ramp, and went in an arc past the Walkenried monastery ponds, the monkey pond and the corner pond. Along the edge of the forest, the road to Bad Sachsa was crossed and soon afterwards - directly after crossing the river Wieda - the station “Zündholzfabrik” (from 1935 “Wieda Süd”) was reached. A siding branched off here, leading in a curve over the country road to the nearby match factory or later paper factory. The route ran along the country road towards the center of the village. The Wieda was crossed again. The railway line changed to the western slope of the valley and ended north of the sports field at the Wieda stop. Above the station, the "Knicking" was passed, a bottleneck in the valley, where landslides frequently occurred in the first few years of operation, which hindered rail traffic.
Directly on the western bank of the river, the railway followed the Wieda - along the village road “Bohlweg” - through the center of the village, then switched back to the western slope of the valley. The train station of the same name was located directly south of the Wiedaer Hütte site. There were sidings here, which were used for the furnace construction company's loading traffic.
A little further north, a siding branched off from the main line, which led to the hut buildings (material store) on the other side of the valley. It crossed the Wieda on an iron girder bridge and then the road to Braunlage, which ran right through the company. The railway left the village at the forester's lodge and the approach to the 720 meter high Stöberhai summit .
It continued to climb on the slope, and finally swung west into the vineyard valley. Further meters in altitude were gained on its southern slope. In a hairpin that led through several deep rock cuttings, the route changed to the northern slope of the valley and reached the Stöberhai stop directly after the hairpin.
The railway now followed the slope of the valley in the opposite direction and reached the Wiedatal again. On the western slope it led further north uphill. The valley was crossed again by means of a tight bend and the Wieda – Braunlage road crossed. The hairpin bend partly ran on a dam, which at the same time dammed a pond. Before the end of the hairpin bend on the mountain side, an approximately 15-meter-deep incision was crossed on the "Ebersberg".
On the eastern slope of the valley, the route now ran back towards Wieda, then again with a bend to the north around a ridge.
This was followed by the Kaiserweg stop and another crossing of the Wieda – Braunlage road. Shortly afterwards, at kilometer 16.5 at 607.5 m, the apex of the route was reached. At this point the watershed between the Elbe and Weser was crossed. The railway line followed the valley of the Schächerbach downhill to the bend in the cut in front of the Brunnenbachsmühle station . Here the tracks from Walkenried met those of the line to Tanne . For a short distance, both tracks ran parallel to the Brunnenbachsmühle station. The lonely station in the forest served as a transfer station. After leaving the station, the valley of the Brunnenbach was crossed on a dam. The watercourse was bridged by means of a stone arch bridge embedded in the embankment. The route crossed the Wieda – Braunlage state road again, shortly afterwards also the Reichsstraße / Bundesstraße 4 and / 242 Braunlage – Hohegeiß, then left the forest at the “Brandhai” and down across meadows to reach Braunlage station.
Braunlage – Wurmberg
The railway line, which was only used for goods traffic, led out of the station facilities in the same direction as the line in the direction of Brunnenbachsmühle and on to Walkenried or Tanne. This was immediately followed by a tight 180-degree bend, on which the route swung down a steep slope into the Bodetal. At the end of this bend, the industrial connection of the Buchholz sawmill branched off. The train swiveled north and followed the Warmen Bode to Wiethfelder Strasse. Here, directly below the stone cliff, the short siding to the Herzberg sawmill branched off for a few years.
While the siding led to the company premises in a straight line and soon ended, the railway swung eastward, continued to follow the river and finally crossed it on a steel girder bridge. After the bank had been changed, the train - partly on high retaining walls - continued following the river along the school grounds and crossed Elbingeröder Straße (B 27 to Elend). Where the large car park is today, the Fuchs sawmill had a connection to the Wurmberg route with a siding parallel to the route.
At the northern end of today's parking lot, the train swung around a rock section, followed the Bode and reached the junction of the siding of the Braunlage glassworks owned by the industrialist Karl Röhrig. The siding crossed the river on a stone arch bridge that still exists today. The track was only used until around 1905 because the glassworks had to be shut down. A little later the Brockenweg - in close proximity to the Brockenwegschanzen - was crossed. The railway line continued along the river and finally reached the Wurmberg freight station at the level of the ford through the Warme Bode. The loading track was reached via a hairpin . The gravel works built in the 1920s was also located directly on the loading tracks, which was connected to the quarry on the Wurmberg slope by a brake mountain - later by a material cable car.
Brunnenbachsmühle – fir
The branch line to Tanne left the Brunnenbachsmühle station in a southerly direction and ran about 400 meters parallel to the line to Walkenried. Then the route turned into the Brunnenbach valley. After about two kilometers, the Brunnenbach was crossed on an iron bridge. Then Reichsstrasse (today Bundesstrasse) 242 was crossed. Then the route ran parallel to the road to Sorge . At distance kilometers 3.7 the Warme Bode and thus later the inner-German border was crossed on a stone arch bridge. Then it went through the valley of the Warmen Bode to Sorge. The SHE crossed the Elend-Sorge road and the NWE route on one bridge each . The difference in height between the two tracks was around seven meters. In 1913 a track connection was created between the two stations.
After the end of the Second World War , the route on the inner-German border was interrupted. The eastern section of the route was still served by the Harzquerbahn in freight traffic for a few years. Behind the Sorge train station, the route continued downhill on a gentle slope towards Tanne. From 1904 to 1909 there was a loading siding for the Sorge quarry at km 5.9, which the SHE had built to stimulate freight traffic. At the entrance to Tanne, Reichsstraße (today Bundesstraße) 242 was crossed again. Along the Warmen Bode it went through the locality of Tanne. At 7.3 km there was the siding of the Tanner Hütte , an iron foundry that was in operation until 1958. Then the B 242 was crossed again. After a good 8.5 kilometers, the tracks merged into the narrow-gauge section of Tanne station.
Operating points
Walkenried
The SHE's own reception building with goods shed was used to accommodate staff, issue tickets and load general cargo. Today it is privately owned and used as a residential building. The station sign still reminds of the former function.
Wieda South
Once created for the match factory (until 1935 the station name was “match factory”) the station had a small wooden bus shelter.
Again
The station had a small reception building in half-timbered construction with an adjoining station attendant's house, an alternate track and a loading track. The station building is now used as a residential building, one edge of the platform is still preserved.
Wiedaerhütte
The stop had several sidings to the adjacent hut area as well as a reception building with adjoining drinking hall. Locomotives were able to suck in water from a hose for the last time before the mountain stretch.
Browsing shark
The Stöberhai stop was directly at the exit of the 180-degree bend in the Weinglastal. At the request of the owner of the Stöberhai mountain hotel around 1.3 kilometers away, this station was planned for the construction of the route. Originally it did not have any buildings. A wooden station building was built in 1900, but it burned down completely in 1907. In the same year it was erected using the solid construction method that is still preserved today. Supplemented by an extension on the former platform, it is now operated as a forest inn.
Kaiserweg
The stop in the forest on the Wieda – Braunlage road was used for loading wood. It had a switch from which a loading track with a ramp that is still preserved today was reached.
Today there is a parking lot here.
Brunnenbach Mill
The station had three through tracks. The station building built in 1900 burned down the following year. It was rebuilt in 1901, and today it is used as a youth forest home for the Harz National Park with the attached bed wing . The large open space of the former track system is used as a barbecue and soccer field.
Braunlage
The spacious, former station building was used as the company headquarters by the Südharz Railway Company and later by other companies after the rail traffic was discontinued . It was in its original state right up to the end, but it was largely empty and dilapidated. In May 2014, the dry rot-infested building was finally demolished.
Concern
With the opening of the Harzquerbahn in March 1899, the village of Sorge was connected to the railway network. Another connection followed in August of the same year with the opening of the SHE branch. The tracks were led one over the other by a bridge structure. There was initially no track connection due to regulatory fear of competition. The SHE platform was a few meters above that of the NWE on an embankment.
The worrying of passengers changing trains was generally felt to be a nuisance due to the difference in level between the platforms. In 1911 an iron staircase with a baggage lift and a platform bridge was built, which made crossing the tracks superfluous. It was not until 1913 that a connecting track was built that was initially only intended for through cars for passenger traffic. Later all passenger trains stopped at Sorge NWE station. Trains that were supposed to continue to Tanne then drove back onto the SHE route and from there on past the upper stop in the direction of Tanne. Due to the division of Germany, only trains on the Harz Cross Railway stopped in Sorge after 1945. The station building was demolished due to sponge infestation and in the course of border security measures, the former location can still be seen. In 1974 a new stop was built in the center of the village for the Harzquerbahn.
fir
With the connection of Tanne to the SHE network, the Tanner Hütte also received a direct rail connection. The station building was used jointly by SHE and Halberstadt-Blankenburger-Eisenbahn. On the platform of the SHE there was an open waiting hall and a toilet building. There were also two trolley pits and a crane for reloading the goods from narrow gauge to standard gauge.
The station building was still there until November 5th, 2011, when it was badly damaged by fire. The building was demolished in August / September 2012. The outbuildings are also no longer preserved. The former SHE platform was built over with garages.
Vehicle use
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Locomotives
Three Mallet locomotives from the Arnold Jung locomotive factory (Kirchen / Sieg) were procured as initial equipment by the Südharz Railway . They were given the names STOBERHAI , ACHTERMANN and WURMBERG (names of the highest mountains on the railway line). The neighboring Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (NWE) also received such machines : NWE No. 11 to 22 . In addition, two smaller locomotives from the construction company named KARL and BERLIN were used. In 1907 another mallet locomotive was purchased from Jung. It was named BRAUNLAGE . While KARL and BERLIN were apparently no longer in use around 1913, the Mallet locomotives were given road numbers 51 to 54 and thus joined the numbering scheme of the central administration for Secundairbahnen Herrmann Bachstein . The nameplates remained on the locomotives. In 1913, the fifth Mallet locomotive, the 55, followed. It had been procured used by the AG Ruhr-Lippe-Eisenbahnen . It was built in 1904 by the Hohenzollern locomotive factory. As early as 1914, this machine was handed over to the Army Field Railways for military service and was used on field railways in France (around Montcornet ). Finally, in 1916, a new locomotive - again from Jung - was delivered as a replacement. She received the number 55, which was newly occupied.
In the 1920s and 1930s the small Mallet locomotives were transferred to the Weimar-Rastenberger Eisenbahn (WRE) - another operation of the Central Administration for Secundairbahnen Herrmann Bachstein . In 1925, the Südharz Railway received two new Mallet locomotives from Henschel & Sohn in Kassel (road numbers 56 and 57). With their heavy weight and size, they caused problems for the SHE on the routes. Attempts have been made to eliminate these problems by reinforcing the track. But the poor running behavior - especially in corners - could not be turned off. In 1928 the Südharz Railway acquired a machine of similar dimensions; this time from Orenstein & Koppel , Berlin (road number 61). It was equipped with the relatively new Luttermöller axle drive . This was able to convince in the tight turns of the mountain route between Wieda and Braunlage. In 1930, the numbers 56 and 57 at Henschel in Kassel were converted to the Luttermöller drive.
Railcar
In 1931 a self-made diesel-electric multiple unit (VT 02) was built in the SHE's Braunlager workshop. It was supposed to mainly serve the low-traffic branch line Braunlage – Tanne and was a success from the start. After just 29 months, the speedometer counted 162,092 kilometers. In 1935, the Cologne-Bonn Railway acquired a benzene railcar built at the Deutsche Werke in Kiel and used it as the VT 07. After a few modifications, it was also used at the WRE.
Finally, in 1960, Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) built a narrow-gauge vehicle for meter gauge based on the standard gauge rail bus series and delivered it to SHE in August 1960 as the VT 14. The steam locomotives 56 and 61 were withdrawn from service at this time. With the decommissioning of locomotive 57 in 1962, steam operation on the SHE ended. All locomotives were dismantled and sold to scrap dealers. VT 02 and VT 14 now provided passenger and freight train services between Braunlage and Walkenried. VT 07 has been completely modernized and even received new front ends at both ends of the vehicle. Due to the closure, the conversion was not completed and the semi-finished railcar was scrapped in Braunlage. VT 02 was used to dismantle the railway line and had an accident. With the front side pressed in, it was parked in Wiedaer Hütte (siding to the hut north of the train station) and was finally scrapped. VT 14 got a new area of application on the Härtsfeldbahn (Aalen – Dillingen) in the Swabian Alb and was finally transferred to the Amstetten – Laichingen line . Both routes belonged to the Württemberg Railway Company (WEG) . After the closure of the Laichingen line, the car was left to decay until the Härtsfeld Museum Railway brought it back to Neresheim in Härtsfeld. It is there to this day and should be used again after extensive refurbishment.
Bus operation
From 1945 the SHE had its own bus operation. After the rail traffic had come to a standstill due to the fighting in the "Harz Fortress", the need for mobility was great. A makeshift bus was converted from a military vehicle found on the Wurmberg. The so-called "Harzschreck" connected Braunlage with Bad Harzburg from 1945 onwards. Soon afterwards further buses could be procured, which were used both on the Braunlage – Bad Harzburg and the Braunlage – Wieda – Walkenried line. The latter bus line created both a supplement to the transport offer to the railway line and competition.
After the end of rail operations, bus operations were continued. General cargo traffic was also carried out with a truck for a few years. The bus company initially operated under the name of "Südharz-Eisenbahn", then as "Harzer Verkehrsbetrieb" (HVB) and in recent years as "Verkehrsbetriebe Bachstein", Braunlage branch. The main administration of the Bachstein transport company with branches in Hornburg , Burgdorf and in the Fichtelgebirge in Hof and Selb remained in Braunlage for another two years and then moved to Burgdorf. This also ended the bus traffic of SHE and its successors in Braunlage and in the Harz Mountains.
Presence and relics of the railway systems
Walkenried – Brunnenbachsmühle – Braunlage route
Almost the entire former railway line was gradually expanded into the Südharz-Eisenbahn-Radwanderweg from 2007 to 2011, or sections that had already been expanded into hiking and / or cycling trails in the past were linked. Only in Wieda are small sections built over and not passable. The preserved retaining walls along the Bohlweg and several original bridges along the route within the village are remarkable.
Also in Wieda, the sports field is now located across the former route, and there is also a barbecue area on the route. A workshop was built on the railway site around the Wiedaerhütte station after the reception building was demolished (1962) and the SHE was subsequently closed. Today it serves as a tennis hall - the factory premises have been transformed into a small spa park. A few meters to the north, a steel girder bridge leads over the Wieda. It once carried the siding to the hut buildings east of Dorfstrasse.
Some old, mostly illegible milestones can still be found along the entire route.
On the Walkenried – Herzberg railway line, remains of the old gravel works can still be found, which the SHE had built to increase freight traffic.
The Südharz railway cycle path
The Südharz-Eisenbahn can be used by bike on the Südharz-Eisenbahn-Radwanderweg. The route mostly uses the old railway line of the Südharz Railway and is 24.24 kilometers long. Typical for railways, it is characterized by a consistently moderate gradient, only 4 percent have to be mastered in the section Wieda - Stöberhai station.
On August 19, 2011, the completion of the expansion, which began in a second construction phase in 2010, was celebrated near the Brunnenbachsmühle youth forest home. In this construction phase, mainly short, previously unexposed sections of the railway line between Kaiserweg and Braunlage were made passable and the level of height between the cycle path sections and the streets crossing them were created.
Braunlage – Wurmberg route
The former route to the Wurmberg freight yard can be followed almost over its full length directly on the former railway body. After dismantling the track system, the route was used to build paths and roads.
About 500 meters after the Brockenweg passes the ski jumps of the same name, a path branches off to the left to a clearing. The Wurmberg freight yard and the stone quarry works were located here. Nothing of it is recognizable today.
A little further up on the Brockenweg, concrete foundations can be seen on the right. They belong to the former cable car route between the gravel works and the lower quarry brine. Today the quarry is a nature reserve separated by a fence.
Brunnenbachsmühle – Tanne route
In the direction of Sorge, the subgrade has remained undeveloped and is partially accessible as a hiking trail. The stone arch bridge over the Warme Bode - once the course of the inner-German border - has been preserved along with the remains of the track. The following two bridges over the Elend – Sorge road and the NWE route were demolished in 1958, only a bridge abutment and a remnant of the stone arch bridge are still preserved on the respective valley flank.
The reception building of the SHE's Sorge station was demolished due to sponge infestation and in the course of border security measures; the former location can still be seen. A new stop was built in the center of the village for the Harzquerbahn. The route running on the slope in this area above the Harzquerbahn is now overgrown by trees.
On the B 242 in the direction of Braunlage, there are two retaining walls on the valley slope. They created the space for the connecting track between SHE and NWE, which was laid in 1913 and climbed the slope here.
The railway line between Sorge and Tanne has been expanded into a cycle path. In the local area of Tanne, the railway line can be followed along a path to the former train station.
Braunlage's efforts to reconnect to the Harzquerbahn
Since the beginning of the 1990s there have been efforts to reconnect Braunlage to the meter gauge network in the Harz Mountains and thus to be able to offer continuous connections to the Brocken . That is why the Kurbetriebsgesellschaft Braunlage is also a partner in the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways . The originally planned route would have largely corresponded to the historical one between Sorge and Braunlage.
In 2009, according to a press release from the State Chancellery of Lower Saxony dated March 3, 2009, additional funds from the economic stimulus package II were available to promote tourism. However, the idea was not to rebuild the old route in the direction of Sorge near Bundesstraße 242 , but rather to build a completely new line near Bundesstraße 27 from Braunlage to Elend .
Despite initially positive reports and numerous advocates, the project was closed on April 29, 2010 due to the expected high costs.
In 2016 there was a push to resume the plans. The topic is still under discussion in 2019.
literature
- Manfred Bornemann: The South Harz Railway . Ed. Piepersche Druckerei, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 1981.
- Franz Ausleitner: Southern Harz Railway . In: Wolf-Dietger Machel (ed.): Secondary and narrow-gauge railways in Germany . GeraNova Zeitschriftenverlag GmbH, 1994, ISSN 0949-2143 .
- Gerhard Zieglgänsberger, Hans Röper: The Harz narrow-gauge railways . Transpress Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-71103-6 .
- Winfried Dörner: The South Harz Railway - a region and its railway . Ed .: Museumsgesellschaft e. V. Braunlage. Papierflieger-Verlag, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-89720-929-9 .
- Gerd Wolff: Lower Saxony 3 - South of the Mittelland Canal . In: German small and private railways . tape 11 . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-88255-670-4 .
- Winfried Dörner: The Südharz Railway - a region and its railway line . Ed .: Museumsgesellschaft e. V. Braunlage. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Dörner-Medien-Verlag, Bad Salzdetfurth 2012, ISBN 978-3-944110-00-4 .
Web links
- Information on the Südharz Railway and the cycle path
- Home and FIS Ski Museum, Braunlage
- Course book 1944
- SHE locomotives
Individual evidence
- ↑ goslarsche.de : The old Braunlager train station is being removed. , accessed on May 6, 2014
- ^ Demolition of Braunlage station. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Contribution to the opening of the cycle path on südharz-eisenbahn.de , accessed on July 11, 2012
- ↑ South Harz Railway Cycle Path opened. (No longer available online.) In: HarzKurier. August 29, 2011, archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; accessed on March 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Full steam ahead from Brocken directly to Braunlage , newsclick.de, accessed on February 28, 2009
- ↑ Brockenbahn sets course for the western Harz. (No longer available online.) In: Goslarsche Zeitung. March 2, 2009, archived from the original on July 31, 2012 ; accessed on March 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Out for plans to expand the Brocken Railway to Braunlage to the west. (No longer available online.) In: Goslarsche Zeitung. April 29, 2010, archived from the original on November 10, 2013 ; accessed on March 2, 2015 .
- ^ Julia Bruns, Volksstimme Magdeburg: Railway should connect East and West. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .
- ↑ HarzKurier, Osterode am Harz Germany: Association demands: Brockenbahn should run from Braunlage. May 22, 2019, accessed on July 4, 2019 (German).