Schleswig circular path

Schleswig circular path
Complete network of the Schleswig circular railway
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Schleswig old town - Satrup
Route number (DB) :	9101
Course book range :	113b (1936)
Route length:	31.5 km
Legend District railway Flensburg ↔ Rundhof ( meter gauge ) 31.5 Satrup (fishing) 30.2 Esmark 28.0 Satrup church wood 27.2 Torsballig 26.3 Havetoftloit 24.6 Dammholm 23.4 White Horse (Schleswig) 22.4 Ekebergsdorf 21.1 Ekebergkrug (Uelsby) 20.0 Hollmühle 18.6 Bellig 16.4 Böklund 13.8 Corrugated sheet 12.2 Tolk 9.1 Brekling 7.9 Nübel 6.4 Berend 3.5 St. Jürgen Route from Kappeln (see below) Bk Klosterfeld Connection to Seefliegerhorst Schleswig , from 1953 sugar factory 0.0 Schleswig old town Route to Schleswig (see below)
Schleswig old town - Kappeln
Route number (DB) :	9102
Course book section (DB) :	135 (1972) 12146 (Süderbrarup – Kappeln)
Route length:	35.6 km
Legend Circular orbit of Flensburg , ( meter gauge ) Kappeln Kreisbahnhof (community station, meter gauge) Circular path to Eckernförde , ( meter gauge ) (Three-rail track) 35.6 Kappeln (Schlei) Connection of the Cremilk works 33.9 Arnis - Grödersby 31.4 Idleness 29.0 Rabenkirchen 26.6 Scheggerott 24.6 Wagersrott Line from Flensburg 21.0 Süderbrarup Route to Kiel 16.1 Steinfeld (Schleswig) 14.6 Loit 11.6 Taarstedt 9.9 Scholderup 6.3 Schaalby 4.8 Winning 3.6 Klensby Route from Satrup (see above) Bk Klosterfeld Connection to Seefliegerhorst Schleswig , from 1953 sugar factory 0.0 Schleswig old town Route to Schleswig (see below)
Schleswig old town - Friedrichstadt
Route number (DB) :	1010 (Schleswig Altstadt – Schleswig *) 9103 (Schleswig – Friedrichstadt)
Course book range :	2273 (1934)
Route length:	47.6 km
Annotation *:	until 1869 via Friedrichsberg to Klosterkrug
Legend Stretches from Satrup and Kappeln (see above) 0.0 Schleswig old town 0.8 Domziegelhof 1.2 Schleihalle 1.5 Gottorf Castle Main line from Flensburg 3.2 Schleswig-Friedrichsberg (until 1869) 3.2 Schleswig (since 1869) (new route from 1905) Line from Oster-Ohrstedt (until 1869) Klosterkrug (until 1869) Main line to Neumünster Schleswig Air Base Air base bypass route (1936) 8.2 Jagel 10.3 Mielberg Connection to the Kropp ammunition plant 13.1 Kropp 18.5 Great Rheide 24.1 Hollingstedt - Dbodstedt 26.6 Thiesburg 29.9 Wohlde 33.0 Bergenhusen 37.8 Norderstapel Connection curve to Husum Husum ↔ Rendsburg route 38.7 South stack 43.0 Drage 47.6 Friedrichstadt District Central Swell:

The Schleswiger orbit was a part of the transport of the circle Schleswig (ASCP), a municipal self-operation, which since 1974 transport companies of the district Schleswig-Flensburg calls (VKSF).

Operation and history

Schleswig Old Town - Schleswig State Railway Station

Schleswig Railway Station (DB)

→ Main article : Schleswig-Klosterkruger Railway

The connection between Schleswig's old town and Schleswig station on the new Neumünster – Flensburg line was made by the "Schleibahn", a three-kilometer route that was opened on November 15, 1880 for goods traffic and on May 15, 1881 for passenger traffic of the Schleswig Railway Company was put into operation and became the property of the Prussian State Railway in 1885 .

The route of the Schleswig-Klosterkruger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (SKE) was largely used, which had already opened a connecting line from the city of Schleswig to the Südschleswigschen Eisenbahn on June 1, 1858 , which passed around five kilometers west of the city. The SKE became part of the Schleswig Railway Company in 1869, after the Schleswig region went to Prussia during the Prussian-Danish War and the Altona-Kiel Railway Company in charge had partially included the SKE route in the reconstruction of the Schleswig – Jübek route .

The Schleibahn remained the property of the respective state railway until it was closed, but was used by the trains of the district railway after the Schleswig – Friedrichstadt line opened from 1905 to 1987. The DB stopped the residual goods traffic Schleswig – Schleswig-Altstadt on December 1, 1992.

Schleswig old town - Kappeln

The former Schleswig-Altstadt train station is now a hotel

The basis of the 108 kilometers of standard-gauge rail network was formed by the connection opened by the Schleswig-Angeler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (SAE) on May 15, 1883, from Schleswig- Altstadt station through the fishing region to Süderbrarup (22 kilometers). It reached the state railway line Flensburg – Eckernförde – Kiel and was operated by the local railway operating company in Hamburg. The city of Schleswig was the major shareholder of SAE, but not the district. The train was not used as hoped.

The SAE dissolved, was taken over directly by the provincial capital of Schleswig on July 16, 1898 and is now referred to as a small railway . The route was so bad that it had to be closed in 1901. On January 19, 1901, the Schleswig district became the owner, who continued the route on December 22, 1904 by 15 kilometers to the port town of Kappeln , where three circular railways (two of them narrow-gauge) met, in addition to the Schleswig circular railroad, the Flensburg circular railroad and the Eckernförde circular railways . In the meantime the company Lenz & Co GmbH had taken over the management, which it carried out until 1913/14.

Rabenkirchen station building

The last scheduled railcars on the circuit ran on the oldest route and connected Schleswig with Kappeln until May 27, 1972. When the freight traffic between Schaalby and Süderbrarup was terminated on June 30, 1980, the track for the transfer trips to Kappeln remained in place.

In 1981 the residual goods traffic from Süderbrarup to Kappeln was handed over to the Deutsche Bundesbahn , which carried it out until the end of 2001. After that, goods traffic for the Cremilk works in Kappeln was carried out by the fishing railway , but was finally stopped on December 15, 2003. Since then, only the museum trains of the Angelner steam railway have been running .

The future of the route is uncertain, as investments of around 2.5 million euros are pending for continued operation. The track systems and the locomotive shed in Kappeln belong to the Schleswig-Flensburg district, which has leased these facilities to the company for one euro. The operating company is therefore responsible for track maintenance and investments.

In May 2017, the district announced that they wanted to sell the route for a negative purchase price of 60,000 euros. The communities bordering the route plan to found a special purpose association with the aim of enabling the museum railway to continue operating.

See also : SAE No. 1 and 2

Schleswig old town - Satrup

This route was first applied for in 1893 as a connection from Schleswig to Flensburg. Since the city and district of Flensburg and the city of Schleswig were interested, but not the district of Schleswig, the Flensburg side decided in 1898 to build a line from Flensburg via Satrup and Sörup to the northern line. In 1901 the Flensburg – Satrup line was opened and Satrup, which belongs to the Schleswig district, was connected to Flensburg, while there was no connection to its own district town.

Politics in the Schleswig district had meanwhile become more rail-friendly thanks to the new District Administrator Kurt von Alten . That is why Emil Kuhrt was commissioned to develop a line from Schleswig to Satrup. On November 24, 1900, the district council decided to build a meter-gauge Satrup – Wellspang – Tolk – Nübel – Schleswig line. Since the district had become the owner of the standard-gauge line to Süderbrarup in 1901, it was decided on February 2, 1901 to build the line to Satrup also in standard-gauge. This provoked the opposition of the city and the district of Flensburg. The Flensburg Chamber of Commerce, which was responsible for the Schleswig merchants, advocated a uniform narrow-gauge network.

Based on these votes, the Schleswig-Holstein Provincial Parliament decided on February 20, 1901 to only support the construction of a narrow-gauge railway. The construction of a narrow-gauge railway was planned. Lenz & Co started construction in July 1901 from Satrup. However, this soon stalled because there was disagreement about the route Schleswig – Tolk. If the initial plans were based on a route via Berend, Nübel and Brekling, the KED Altona pleaded for the route from Schleswig to Süderbrarup to be used first and to be threaded out at Schaalby to Tolk. The shorter route would save costs.

Lenz & Co provided plans and pointed out that the expansion that would then be necessary as a three-rail line would pose problems, especially since the Schleswig Altstadt terminus is largely owned by the state railway. In March 1902 the provincial parliament turned around and approved funds for the construction of a standard-gauge railway, but only in the amount that the construction of a narrow-gauge railway would have cost. Lenz & Co planned to use standard gauge, although rails and sleepers had already been delivered and narrow-gauge equipment had been ordered.

The Schaalby – Tolk route provoked resistance from the initially considered towns of Berend, Nübel and Brekling. The district council overruled the existing planning on February 26, 1903 and decided to run the route over the named places to develop new areas. The provincial parliament approved the funds. There were still objections from Flensburg, so that the issuing of the operating license was delayed.

On July 15, 1904, the line was finally opened. In Satrup, the line ended in a separate standard-gauge train station opposite the train station of the narrow-gauge Flensburg circular railway.

The passenger trains to Satrup ran until April 11, 1965, the freight trains from July 16, 1975 only to Berend until this traffic ended on June 30, 1980. The Klosterfeld industrial area was served until April 30, 1988, in the last few months by vehicles of the German Federal Railroad.

Schleswig State Railway Station - Friedrichstadt District Railway Station

Reception building of the former Friedrichstadt train station of the Schleswig District Railway

Former Friedrichstadt train station, view from the south

The first plans for a route between Schleswig and Friedrichstadt were initiated as early as 1893. A railway in meter gauge was not approved because the responsible minister wanted a railway in standard gauge. Finally, the construction was approved on June 25, 1903.

On December 1, 1905, the Kreisbahn opened a 37-kilometer rail connection from Schleswig station on the Flensburg – Neumünster state railway line via Wohlde and Süderstapel to Friedrichstadt an der Eider . A track connection to the nearby Husum – Heide – Hamburg march was dispensed with because of several canals in between . This created a railway line that stretched from the estuary on the Baltic Sea almost to the mouth of the Eider on the North Sea. At that time the construction cost 1.4 million marks. The line was never profitable, especially after the Rendsburg – Husum state railway went into operation on September 1, 1910, which was crossed in Norderstapel .

After barely thirty years, the network began to shrink, on which 14 steam locomotives and four railcars were used. In 1934, the Schleswig district combined its small railroad lines and the omnibus operation opened in 1933 under the name "Verkehrsbetriebe des Kreis Schleswig".

On February 1, 1934, passenger traffic was stopped on the last railway line between Schleswig and Friedrichstadt. From August 2, 1943, the track west of Wohlde was dismantled after freight traffic had come to a standstill.

The eastern part of the route gained new importance in 1936 with the construction of an ammunition plant near Kropp and the Schleswig Air Base near Jagel , so that the air force bought the ten-kilometer section Schleswig – Kropp. The original route led directly through the air base, so that a bypass was created for further traffic on the route east of the airfield.

Immediately after the Second World War, the remaining section of Schleswig – Wohlde was used to allow passenger trains to run again until May 13, 1950. The mining then followed west of Hollingstedt - Dbodstedt . On the remnant piece, goods were transported until the end of 1971, until December 30, 1983, to Kropp. In the meantime this section, which remained the property of the Federal Republic of Germany until it was closed, has been dismantled.

In Friedrichstadt, the former station building on the corner of Brückenstraße and Am Ostersielzug still exists. The same applies to the reception buildings in Seeth , Süderstapel , Norderstapel and Bergenhusen .

Vehicles (selection)

Diesel locomotives

• V 31 : Three-axle rod locomotive from KHD , acquired used in 1950.
• V 34 : Three-axis rod locomotive of Henschel (Year 1956), used by the Marburg circular path acquired.
• V 35: Three-axle rod locomotive from MaK (year of construction 1959).

Railcar

• VT 2 : The vehicle was built in 1925 as a benzene railcar at AEG and was completely rebuilt at the circular track.
• VT 4 : Four-axle railcar , also popularly known as the "Jammermühle". The vehicle was built in 1926 under the serial number 107 at DWK , overhauled and re-engineered in 1949 in the Schleswig Altstadt depot. Shape and appearance were 1,962 ajar in a further modification to the VT 5 and the MAN - Diesel engine by two Holmag replaced diesel engines. In 1973 the railcar was parked.
• VT 5: MAN rail bus built in 1958, 2 × 130  PS , sold to Kahlgrundbahn in 1972 . The diesel railcar ran mainly between Schleswig and Kappeln.

When required, the VBPw 10, a conversion of the circular path from the passenger car 10, later the VB 23, a second-hand sidecar of the Uerdinger design, was used with the railcars .

present

Since 2009, the newly founded Angelner Eisenbahn Gesellschaft UG (limited liability) has been the infrastructure company for the Süderbrarup – Kappeln route, on which the Angelner steam railway museum trains run. At the end of January 2013, it was renamed Angelner Eisenbahngesellschaft gUG (limited liability) .

The current scheduled operation consists of two pairs of trains from Kappeln to Süderbrarup that run during the season; In addition, there are further special trips as required. The route last had the number 12146 in the DB timetable.

literature

• Ludger Kenning: Back then with the Schleswig district railway . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 2017, ISBN 978-3-944390-02-4 , pp. 240 .
• Gerd Wolff: German small and private railways. Volume 12: Schleswig-Holstein (eastern part) . Eisenbahn-Kurier, Freiburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-88255-671-1 , p. 330-359 .

Web links

• Information on the routes Schleswig-Friedrichstadt, Schleswig-Satrup and Schleswig-Süderbrarup
• Information on the Schleswig – Süderbrarup route
• Schleswig circular path. (PDF) Satrup – Schleswig 1904–1965. Retrieved March 14, 2015 . 
• Photos of the circular path. In: www.alte-schleihalle.de. Retrieved March 14, 2015 . 
• 1932 summer timetable of the circular railway. Retrieved March 14, 2015 . 
• Schleswig circular path. Retrieved March 14, 2015 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The sugar factory - construction in 1953. Sidings, Zuckerstraße and quay. In: alte-schleihalle.de. Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Seefliegerhorst 1935-45. In: alte-schleihalle.de. Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
3. ^ Heinz-Herbert Schöning: The Eckernförder Kreisbahnen . In: Ludger Kenning Verlag (ed.): Secondary line documentation . tape 33 . Kenning, Nordhorn 1998, ISBN 3-927587-70-2 , p. 31 .
4. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
5. ↑ Gero Trittmaack: Full steam ahead in bankruptcy? sh: z das Medienhaus, September 23, 2015, accessed on December 26, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Gero Trittmaack: Danewerk, track system and Noor hiking trail: Schleswig-Flensburg district attracts with a “negative purchase price”. In: shz.de. Schleswiger Nachrichten, May 27, 2017, accessed on July 12, 2017 . 
7. ^ Christian Kanzow: Narrow gauge or standard gauge - On the creation of the Schleswig – Satrup small railway . In: The Museum Railway . No. 2 , 2015, ISSN  0936-4609 , p. 22 .
8. ^ Christian Kanzow: Narrow gauge or standard gauge - On the creation of the Schleswig – Satrup small railway . In: The Museum Railway . No. 2 , 2015, ISSN  0936-4609 , p. 29 .
9. ^ Christian Kanzow: Narrow gauge or standard gauge - On the creation of the Schleswig – Satrup small railway . In: The Museum Railway . No. 2 , 2015, ISSN  0936-4609 , p. 20 .
10. ^ Christian Kanzow: On the small railway line Schleswig – Friedrichstadt. In: The Museum Railway. 4/2014, p. 38 f.
11. ↑ Rolf Löttgers: The narrow-gauge railway time in color . Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-440-05235-4 , p. 80 .
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Süderbarup and more ... , accessed on February 10, 2019
13. ↑ The course for Angeln's steam train has been set again. In: Flensburger Tageblatt. April 11, 2009.