Narrow-gauge railway Klingenberg-Colmnitz-Frauenstein
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.png) Section of the route map of Saxony from 1902
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| Route number : | 6976; sä. Theatrical Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 19.706 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 750 mm ( narrow gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 31 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 100 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 30 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The narrow-gauge railway Klingenberg-Colmnitz-Frauenstein was a Saxon narrow-gauge railway . It ran from Klingenberg - Colmnitz to Frauenstein in the Eastern Ore Mountains . The line was closed in 1971.
history
The first efforts to establish a rail connection via Frauenstein were made between 1865 and 1867, when the first preparatory work was carried out for a rail connection crossing the Ore Mountains. However, this line was later carried out in the valley of the Freiberg Mulde , a connection to Frauenstein proved to be impossible due to the topographical conditions (cf. the Nossen – Moldau railway line ). The railway line to be financed from private funds was to lead from Klingenberg-Colmnitz station (branch of the Dresden – Werdau railway line ) via Frauenstein and the Ore Mountains to Duchcov (Dux). However, these plans, for which initial measurements had already been carried out, never came to be implemented.
In 1895 a project was presented to the Saxon state parliament as a narrow-gauge railway, which was to lead through the Bobritzschtal to Frauenstein, starting at the Klingenberg-Colmnitz station . On February 27, 1896, the project was approved.
Construction of the line began in July 1897. In the summer of 1898, work on the line was largely completed. On September 14, 1898, the new route was opened with a pageant.
In addition to brisk freight traffic, the route has always been important for passenger traffic. In the winter months in particular, many holiday guests traveled by train. The route was mainly used to transport coal, wood, building materials, fertilizers and agricultural products. Passenger traffic remained comparatively insignificant and unprofitable. The route over the plateaus of the Ore Mountains always proved to be problematic in the winter months, as the trains often got stuck in up to four meter high snowdrifts and the traffic was then suspended for several days.
Plans to extend the route to Rehefeld or Moldava (Moldau) were not implemented.
After the end of the Second World War, train traffic was not resumed until July 12, 1945, although the line had suffered only minor damage. The route retained its importance in passenger and freight traffic until the 1950s, only then did the volume of traffic decrease.
A lack of investment accelerated the decline of the track superstructure in the 1960s and made operations increasingly unprofitable. The journey time was 75 minutes in 1971; in 1938 it was 16 minutes less. After economic studies carried out in 1964, the line was planned to be closed soon. The freight traffic, which until recently was carried out with narrow-gauge freight cars, was discontinued in 1970 and relocated to the road as part of so-called rationalization measures . The end of the passenger train service was planned for the end of 1971.
On October 20, 1971, the locomotive 99 715 of the midday passenger train in the direction of Frauenstein derailed when entering the Oberbobritzsch station and overturned. Although the locomotive was lying next to the track with no profile and the route was restored, traffic was not resumed. The line was officially closed on May 28, 1972.
A little later, the dismantling of the line began, which lasted until 1978. Some sections were completely removed and returned to agricultural use.
Vehicle use
In the first years of operation, the tried and tested IV K locomotives (DR series 99.51-60) were used on the line. Later, the powerful, five -way coupled type VI K (DR series 99.64-71) was used, which handled all traffic until the final shutdown in 1971.
Freight traffic was handled exclusively with narrow-gauge freight wagons during the entire operating time, rolling vehicle traffic was not introduced. The cars used corresponded to the general Saxon building and procurement regulations for the narrow-gauge railways and could therefore be freely exchanged with vehicles on other Saxon narrow-gauge lines.
Route description
course
Starting from Klingenberg-Colmnitz station on the Dresden-Werdau railway line , the narrow-gauge line ran for almost a kilometer parallel to the Klingenberg-Colmnitz – Oberdittmannsdorf narrow-gauge railway to the south, then the two lines separated when the railway to Frauenstein turned southeast towards Obercolmnitz . Now the route ran in the valley of the Colmnitzbach through Obercolmnitz and Pretzschendorf , where the Colmnitzbach and the Völbschleuse were crossed several times.
At the southern end of Pretzschendorf, the route turned west. Here the route has been preserved as a hiking trail. The place Friedersdorf was bypassed in the north, the train station of the place was outside. After crossing the Bobritzsch , the Oberbobritzsch stop was reached after a few kilometers . It was on the southern outskirts. Now the route turned south in a left curve and drove east of Burkersdorf past. After passing the parish forest, after about 19 kilometers, the Frauenstein train station in the west of the city was reached.
Operating points
Klingenberg-Colmnitz ⊙
The Klingenberg-Colmnitz station was opened on August 11, 1862 on the Dresden – Werdau railway line. It was the "mountain station" of the Tharandter Steige. From 1898 to 1971 the narrow-gauge railway to Frauenstein began in the station and from 1921 also that to Oberdittmannsdorf .
Upper Colmnitz ⊙
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The Obercolmnitz stop was opened on September 15, 1898 and dedicated to the station in 1905. In 1933 it was downgraded to a stop. In addition to a wooden waiting hall with a toilet, the station had an outbuilding. The Obercolmnitz stop went out of service on October 21, 1971 . The wooden waiting hall and the outbuilding were still there in 1988, but have since been demolished. A large car park was created on the area on “Oberen Hauptstrasse” in Obercolmnitz.
Niederpretzschendorf ⊙
The Niederpretzschendorf stop was opened on September 15, 1898. The station had a wooden waiting hall with a toilet, of which the renovated waiting hall has been preserved to this day. On October 21, 1971, the Niederpretzschendorf stop went out of service. The station was located in the lower part of Pretzschendorf behind the “Erich-Weinert-Straße” level crossing.
Pretzschendorf ⊙
The Pretzschendorf stop was opened on September 15, 1898 and dedicated to the station in 1905. In 1933 it was downgraded to a stop. The station was equipped with a wooden waiting room with a toilet and a goods shed. On October 21, 1971, the Pretzschendorf stop went out of service. The station is located at “Platz der Jugend” in Pretzschendorf. In the northern part of the station, the wooden waiting hall and loading street have been preserved. A supermarket with a parking lot was built in the southern part of the loading ramp.
Pretzschendorf stop, waiting hall (2017)
Pretzschendorf stop, painting on a house wall (2017)
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Friedersdorf (b Frauenstein) ⊙
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The Friedersdorf (b Frauenstein) stop was opened on September 15, 1898 and dedicated to the Friedersdorf (b Frauenstein) train station in 1905 . The station had the following names:
- until 1911: Friedersdorf near Frauenstein
- until 1933: Friedersdorf b Frauenstein
- since 1933: Friedersdorf (b Frauenstein)
In addition to a wooden waiting hall with a toilet, the station also had a residential building, all of which have been preserved to this day. On October 21, 1971 the Friedersdorf station (b Frauenstein) went out of service. The station is located about one kilometer northwest of Friedersdorf on "Bahnhofstrasse".
Oberbobritzsch ⊙
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The Oberbobritzsch stop was opened on September 15, 1898 and dedicated to the station in 1905. In 1933 it was downgraded to a stop. The station had a waiting room with a toilet and car body, which are no longer preserved. Witnesses of the railway are the railway house at the exit towards Frauenstein. The station is located at the southeast end of Oberbobritzsch just before the “Frauensteiner Straße” level crossing.
Burkersdorf (b Frauenstein) ⊙
The Burkersdorf stop (b Frauenstein) was opened on September 15, 1898 and dedicated to the station in 1905. In 1933 it was downgraded to a stop. The station had the following names:
- until 1911: Burkersdorf near Frauenstein
- until 1933: Burkersdorf b Frauenstein
- since 1933: Burkersdorf (b Frauenstein)
On October 21, 1971, the Burkersdorf stop (b Frauenstein) went out of service. The station was equipped with a wooden waiting hall with a toilet and a goods shed, which have been preserved to this day. The sidings of the Böhme company and the loading route as well as a car body have also been preserved. The station is located east of the center of Burkersdorf on the street "Am Bahnberg".
Frauenstein ⊙
Frauenstein station was opened on September 15, 1898 as the end point of the narrow-gauge railway from Klingenberg-Colmnitz . In addition to the massive reception building, the station had goods sheds, locomotive sheds, farm buildings and a residential building. On October 21, 1971 the Frauenstein station went out of service. With the exception of the engine shed, which was demolished in 1998, all buildings have been preserved. The area of the train station in the west of the city of Frauenstein is partly built over with buildings.
Frauenstein station around 1910
Frauenstein station
Frauenstein station
The route today
Even today there are many witnesses of the railway operation to be seen along the route. The embankment is accessible by bike from Oberbobritzsch to Frauenstein . Here is a list of some of the sights that are still reminiscent of the narrow-gauge railway today:
- Restored waiting hall in Niederpretzschendorf
- At the former Pretzschendorf stop, the former track layout was recreated in the footpath
- former embankment near Oberbobritzsch
- many milestones are still evidence of rail operations
- Memorial of the Rüger family near Burkersdorf (many data from the route are incorporated into a tree trunk)
- standing rail: a memorial for the 100th birthday of the line near Burkersdorf
- the station building in Frauenstein has been renovated in an exemplary manner
See also
literature
- Ludger Kenning: Narrow gauge railways around Mügeln and Wilsdruff , Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn, 2000, ISBN 3-933613-29-9
- Erich Preuß, Reiner Preuß: Narrow gauge railways in Saxony , transpress Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-613-71079-X
- Ingrid Berg: Flying Sparks "and" Kleinbahn live , Freiberg, 2002,
Web links
- Descriptions of Saxon railway lines
- Klingenberg-Colmnitz – Frauenstein on www.stilllege.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.sachsenschiene.de and Stilllege.de (October 11, 2006)
- ↑ The Obercolmnitz stop on www.stilllege.de
- ^ The Niederpretzschendorf stop at www.sachsenschiene.net
- ^ The Pretzschendorf stop on www.sachsenschiene.net
- ↑ The Pretzschendorf stop at www.stilllege.de
- ↑ The Oberbobritzsch stop on www.sachsenschiene.net
- ↑ The Burkersdorf stop (near Frauenstein) on www.sachsenschiene.net
- ^ The Frauenstein train station on www.sachsenschiene.net