Schlossberg Tunnel (Palatinate)
| Schlossberg tunnel Frankenstein | ||||
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 A listed east portal of the tunnel
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| use | Railway tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway , Palatinate Ludwig Railway | |||
| place | Frankenstein | |||
| length | 208 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
| construction | ||||
| Client | Palatine Ludwig Railway Company | |||
| start of building | 1845 | |||
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| operator | Deutsche Bahn | |||
| release | August 25, 1849 | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| East portal | 49 ° 26 ′ 20 " N , 7 ° 58 ′ 34" E | |||
| West portal | 49 ° 26 ′ 21 ″ N , 7 ° 58 ′ 24 ″ E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Schlossberg tunnel near Frankenstein in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Kaiserslautern is one of a total of twelve tunnels on the Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway that emerged from the Palatinate Ludwig Railway . The single-tube structure was opened in 1849 and expanded to two tracks seven years later. Its striking east portal is a listed building .
location
The Schlossberg tunnel crosses the northeast flank of the Schlossberg , a mountain in the Palatinate Forest located directly south of the center of the Frankenstein community . Not far from its west portal is the Frankenstein train station and above the tunnel, more in the direction of its east portal, on the northeast spur of the Schlossberg stands Frankenstein Castle .
history
On December 21, 1837, the Bavarian King Ludwig I approved the construction of the main line in an east-west direction from the Rheinschanze to Bexbach . Between Neustadt and Frankenstein numerous hills and foothills had to be overcome for the ascent. Among them was the Schlossberg with Frankenstein Castle . This required the construction of a 208 meter long tunnel in this area; Paul Camille von Denis was responsible for its construction as for the entire Ludwigsbahn . Traffic from Ludwigshafen to Neustadt had already been opened in 1847, and in 1848 the Homburg – Frankenstein section followed in two stages. On August 25, 1849, the gap between Frankenstein and Neustadt including the Schlossberg tunnel was closed. Carriages had previously taken over the traffic between the two sections of the route. In July 1856, the Ludwig Railway was then consistently double-tracked.
During this time, the tunnel was managed by the Neustadt a Hardt Operations and Construction Inspectorate and was part of the responsibility of the Lambrecht railway maintenance office . In 1922 the station was incorporated into the newly founded Reichsbahndirektion Ludwigshafen . With the dissolution of the Ludwigshafen management on April 1, 1937, the station changed to the responsibility of the Mainz management and the Neustadt operations office (RBA). The German Federal Railways was divided the tunnel after the Second World War in the Bundesbahndirektion Mainz, who all railway lines within the newly created state of Rhineland-Palatinate allotted.
Since the main line from Mannheim to Saarbrücken has always been of great importance for long-distance traffic, it was gradually electrified from 1960. The Schlossberg tunnel had to be widened for electrification. This delayed the completion of the electrical operation, which could finally be started on March 12, 1964 on the entire length.
In the course of the gradual dissolution of the Mainz directorate, from August 1, 1971 until the rail reform, the one in Karlsruhe was responsible for the station. From August to September 2014, renovation work also took place in the tunnel; During this time, it was only accessible on a single track on working days from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. at the weekend there were partial full closures.
Building
On the side of its east portal there is a stepped pinnacle gable made of red sandstone blocks . The west portal is rather simple and originally contained a pinnacle crown, which was removed between 1958 and 1992.
reception
In connection with the east portal, the railway photographer Klaus-Detlev Holzborn speaks of a “Frankenstein dream motif”.
literature
- Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways (= publications of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science. Volume 53). New edition. pro MESSAGE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-26-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - District of Kaiserslautern. Mainz 2019, p. 7 (PDF; 5.4 MB).
- ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 53 .
- ^ Klaus Detlef Holzborn: Railway Reviere Pfalz . 1993, p. 85 .
- ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 96 .
- ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 113 ff .
- ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 146 .
- ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 267 .
- ↑ bahnstatistik.de: Royal Bavarian Railway Directorate Ludwigshafen a. Rhine - Timeline: Establishments - Designations - Dissolutions . Retrieved June 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Fritz Engbarth: From the Ludwig Railway to the Integral Timed Timetable - 160 Years of the Railway in the Palatinate . 2007, p. 23 f .
- ↑ bahnstatistik.de: railway management Mainz - Timeline: erections - names - resolutions . Retrieved June 4, 2015 .
- ↑ kbs-670.de: The course book section 670 - Current - Archive: 2014 . Retrieved September 27, 2015 .
- ^ Klaus Detlef Holzborn: Railway Reviere Pfalz . 1993, p. 64 f .
- ^ Klaus Detlef Holzborn: Railway Reviere Pfalz . 1993, p. 82 .