Ehrenbreitstein chairlift

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Ehrenbreitstein chairlift
Location: Coat of arms Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein
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Mountains: Ehrenbreitstein rock tongue
» Westerwald ( Rhenish Slate Mountains )
Cable car type: EUB
Valley station: 50 ° 21 '41.2 "  N , 7 ° 36' 52"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '41.2 "  N , 7 ° 36' 52"  E
Mountain station: 50 ° 21 '49.8 "  N , 7 ° 36' 50.5"  E
background
Owner: KG chairlift
Opening: 1955
Company: J. Pohlig AG ( Cologne )
Last drive: November 2009
Dismantling: 2010
Replacement construction: 2010–2011 inclined elevator Ehrenbreitstein
Technical specifications
Length (lane): 290 m
Valley station: 106 m above sea level M.
Mountain station: 194 m above sea level M.
Height difference: 88 m
Armchair: 26 (2 people each)
Transport performance (max.): 400 people per hour and direction
Driving time (min.): 3 '44 "
Speed ​​(max.): 1.25 m / s ~ = 4.5 km / h
Conveyor rope diameter: 22 mm
Electric drive: in the valley station
Cable car supports : 6th

The chairlift Ehrenbreitstein was a 1955 put into operation chairlift that from Koblenz district Ehrenbreitstein to Ehrenbreitstein ran. Until 2009, the chairlift connected the Ehrenbreitstein district with the fortress by the shortest route. The chairlift was designed primarily for visitors to the Koblenz State Museum located on the fortress , tourists and day-trippers. Afterwards, the system was replaced in 2011 by the Ehrenbreitstein inclined elevator .

history

Built in 1955

The Ehrenbreitstein chairlift in Koblenz 2004
Mountain station of the chairlift with aisle for the route on the southeast slope to Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in 2006

The Ehrenbreitstein chairlift was built in 1955 by J. Pohlig AG from Cologne on the southeast side of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress on the steep slope of the mountain of the same name .

The operating times varied depending on the season and were based on the opening times of the Koblenz State Museum . Operations started at 9 or 10 a.m., the last trip between 5 and 8 p.m. During the winter break between November and March, the museum and chairlift were closed.

Dismantling 2010

The contract between the owner of the site (State of Rhineland-Palatinate ) and the operator of the facility was not extended after the 2009 season. At the end of November 2009, the operator ceased operations.

Several reasons led to this decision. One of the main reasons was to be able to ban the car traffic flowing in both directions from the narrow, steep rocky path in order to minimize the dangers of oncoming vehicles, black ice and groups of pedestrians. A car-free fortress could not be reached with the existing chairlift. There was no possibility of luggage transport for the visitors of the youth hostel, the possibility of barrier-free access and the possibility of automated operation on request in the less frequented times. An ascent on foot over the Felsenweg (an average of approx. 15% gradient) with luggage, prams, wheelchairs or walking aids is difficult without additional mobility.

As part of the transport concept for the Federal Garden Show 2011 in Koblenz, the possibility of installing an inclined elevator on the significantly steeper side of the Rhine was discussed , for example where the "rail travel" existed at the beginning of the 19th century when the fortress was rebuilt, a Prussian freight elevator from the bank of the Rhine up to the Great Traverse. It was decided not to build the new line. Instead, the existing chairlift was to be replaced by a gondola lift or an inclined lift and the footpath through the rock tunnels renovated. At the same time, the tunnels were to be prepared for art exhibitions and a new lighting concept installed. The raw rock walls were illuminated in high contrast by replacing the fluorescent tubes at the tunnel ridge with spot lights at foot level and framing the upgraded flooring of the path with contrasting ornamental gravel.

After the dismantling in mid-2010, the fully automatic, barrier-free inclined elevator Ehrenbreitstein with a shorter travel distance was opened at roughly the same location. The youth hostel was given direct access from the mountain station through the flag tower to the lower eastern front. Thanks to the inclined elevator with a cabin for 25 people, year-round daily over 19 hours of operation and newly created paid parking facilities for youth hostel guests next to the valley station, the Upper and Lower Courtyard could be car-free during the Federal Horticultural Show 2011 and since April 1, 2012.

The northern entrance to the fortress on the side of the rock plateau received a new car park after the building was dismantled for the 2011 Federal Horticultural Show. Since 2010, the rock plateau has been directly accessible from Koblenz on the left bank of the Rhine with the Koblenz cable car . This relieves the inclined elevator from the tourist flow. The footpath from the bank of the Rhine to the valley station through the rock tunnels was temporarily closed all day in 2011 due to vandalism. The tunnel has been permanently closed since 2013 due to a decision by the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate following renewed vandalism. Exceptions are guided excursions through the bunker, especially on memorial and cultural days.

Technical specifications

The plant was a gondola with the permanently attached cable Sesselgehängen called earlier "chair". Two more permanently installed ropes, to which electrical lines were attached from the valley station to the mountain station, ran over the cable car supports.

The seats, backrests and armrests of the armchairs were made of wood, screwed to the armchair suspension made of tubular steel. The armchairs had no footrests. In the 1950s, small awnings against rain were installed over each seat, which were permanently removed after a few years of operation.

The length of the carriageway was 290 meters. She crossed the footpath to the valley station and the road from the bank of the Rhine to the upper fortress courtyard. The path of the chairlift had different gradients. The inclination of the road between supports 3 and 5 reached approx. 62 percent. The greatest distance between the supports was 83 meters. The 22 mm thick steel cable installed at the inauguration in 1955 achieved a breaking load of 38,000 kg.

Over the years, the system has been continuously adapted to changes in the regulations. The later additions to the supports for the harnesses of the maintenance staff and the accessible platform under the cross member of the supports were visible from afar.

Buildings

Valley station

The valley station, on the left the round tower of the Sauerwassertor, 2004

The station was on the edge of the low-lying settlement area of ​​the Ehrenbreitstein district in the north-east running Obertal. Built directly on the historic city wall of the Ehrenbreitstein city fortifications , it was located between a preserved round tower from the Sauerwassertor and the steep slate rock below the rock spur with Fort Helfenstein . The rear concrete wall of the station was connected to the city wall. The platform for entry and exit was reached via thirty-five-step external stairs that could only be reached by a footpath.

The footpath connected the bank of the Rhine with the valley about 26 meters higher. The ferry dock for the Rhine ferry from / to Koblenz and the Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein train station are on the banks of the Rhine . The path ascending from the Rhine crossed the slate rock under Fort Helfenstein. The footpath began at the “Stuhlbahn” car park between the Marstall and the Rhein-Museum , led along the south facade of the Marstall, ran about 300 meters through rock tunnels, after which the path led past the valley station after a few meters over a staircase into the valley. The passage through the tunnel was only opened during the operating hours of the chairlift. The passage is currently and probably permanently closed due to the constant destruction of the lighting equipment.

The route through the rock spur used the access roads leading from two directions to the “Felsenbunker” bunker (built 1941–1943 because of the air raids on Koblenz ) and the tunnels of the bunker itself. Until 1970, the entire bunker could be explored from the footpath. The tunnels branching off the path in the “rock labyrinth” area were open until 1985. The route through the rock that remained after 1985 leads through illuminated tunnels, the walls and ridges of which are predominantly made of slate in the raw state .

Mountain station

The mountain station in 2009

The uncovered mountain station was on the slope in a corner formed by the walls of the Great Traverse and the fortress church. From there an open staircase led to a small viewing platform, through a round arch in the wall into the Great Traverse, crossed it, also during the extensive excavations in 2008, and further through a round arch to the western part of the upper castle courtyard. Alternatively, stairs led from the mountain station down a few meters to the rock path, which runs uphill through the rock gate as a tunnel under the eastern part of the upper castle courtyard and ends in front of the curline at the level of the square.

Web links

Commons : Ehrenbreitstein chairlift  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  12. ↑ Technical data inclined elevator model Twinliner. In: Website of the inclined elevator. Ehrenbreitsteiner Schüttaufzug GmbH, accessed on September 27, 2014 .
  13. ↑ Travel times inclined elevator. In: Website of the inclined elevator. Ehrenbreitsteiner Schüttaufzug GmbH, archived from the original on November 10, 2014 ; accessed on September 27, 2014 .
  14. ↑ Information for guests of the youth hostel. In: Website of the inclined elevator. Ehrenbreitsteiner Schüttaufzug GmbH, accessed on September 27, 2014 .
  15. ↑ a b c Ehrenbreitstein Fortress Youth Hostel. The youth hostels in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, 2014, accessed on September 27, 2014 .
  16. ↑ Inclined elevator makes old dream come true. In: Koblenzer Rhein-Zeitung - online edition. Mittelrhein-Verlag, April 12, 2011, accessed on September 27, 2014 .
  17. ↑ Go to the elevator through the eye of the needle. Ehrenbreitsteiner Felsentunnel closed due to vandalism. Archived from the original on April 23, 2017. (PDF) In: Super Sonntag (Sunday newspaper) . 17, No. 30, July 31, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  18. ↑ Current notice. Fade-in next to the article 'Under the rock. The mysterious Ehrenbreitstein rock bunker. ' In: Ehrenbreitstein Fortress website. General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (GDKE-RLP) - Central Administration and Marketing (ZVM), 2013, accessed on October 8, 2014 .
  19. ↑ Update "Reopening of the Ehrenbreitstein rock tunnel". Free voters Koblenz, March 6, 2015, accessed on December 4, 2019 .
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  22. ↑ Construction work on the Sauerwasser Gate . In: Koblenzer Rhein-Zeitung (daily newspaper) , Mittelrhein-Verlag, November 10, 2010. 
  23. ^ BIZ-Koblenz: Historic Prussian city wall destroyed. In: online notices. blogspot.com, October 14, 2010, accessed September 27, 2014 .
  24. ↑ Analysis of photos, 35 steps in total, 16 steps including intermediate landing, plus 19 steps including landing
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  26. ↑ Fig. 04. Board for the rock bunker. to find: 'In the fortress'> 'Under the rock'> 'The mysterious Ehrenbreitstein rock bunker'. In: Ehrenbreitstein Fortress website. General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (GDKE-RLP) - Central Administration and Marketing (ZVM), 2012, accessed on October 8, 2014 .
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