Brüggelekopf chairlift
| Brüggelekopf chairlift | |
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 Valley station of the Brüggelekopf chairlift (2018)
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| Location: |
Alberschwende , Austria
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| Design type: | 1- CLF |
| Construction year: | 1966 |
| Mountain: | Brüggelekopf , (Alberschwende) |
| Valley station: | Alberschwende , 740 m |
| Height difference: | 426 m |
| Mountain station: | Brüggelekopf, 1166 m |
| Route length: | 1538 m |
| Driving time: | 11 min |
| Number of supports: | 18 pcs. |
| Capacity: | 468 people / hour |
| Manufacturer: | Felix Wopfner |
| Operator: | Liftbetriebe Alberschwende GmbH |
| Website: | Alberschwende lift operations |
The Brüggelekopf chairlift was a cable car (fixed-clamp 1- seater chairlift ) in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg . The valley and mountain stations are in the Alberschwende community . The chairlift finally ceased operations on January 21, 2018, after 51 years of operation, after the cable car concession had expired and an extension would have involved considerable investments.
Technical data of the system
This chairlift, firmly clamped to the hoist rope, was built and put into operation in 1967 by the Felix Wopfner company from Innsbruck .
- official opening: January 22, 1967
- Last public operating day: January 21, 2018
- Cable height in the valley station: 740 m
- Cable height in the mountain station: 1166 m
- Difference in altitude: 426 m
- Operating length ( inclined length ): 1538 m
- Supports: 18
- Mean slope: 15.7%
- Greatest slope: 28%
- Tensioning device: valley station (tension weight)
- Main drive: electric
- Drive station: valley station
- Driving equipment: armchair
- Nominal travel speed 2.3 m / s
- Travel time: approx. 11 minutes
- largest transport capacity per hour and direction: 468 people.
- Direction of travel: counterclockwise
Since the chairlift ceased operations on January 21, 2018, two of the armchairs have been exhibited in the House of History in Vienna . In April 2020 the supports of the lift were removed.
Future project
Various projects to replace the cableway that was discontinued on January 21, 2018 were considered, but no final and feasible concept for a future of a cable car to the Brüggelekopf has been found.
Ski Area
The Brüggelekopf chairlift is part of the Alberschwende ski area (winter sports region). Since 2002, attempts have been made in the ski area with artificial snow-making on an area of approx. 6 hectares to ensure winter sports operations when there is little natural snow.
1981 found here Grasski - World Cup place.
Trivia
After the end of the cable car operation, the previous ticket booth was obsolete and a re-use was considered. In cooperation with the Alberschwende municipality, the AllerHand craft association (Raimund Dür), architect Reinhold Knapp and mayor Angelika Schwarzmann, it was decided to build a mobile hotel room out of it. The implementation of the work was carried out by the pupils of grades 3a and 3b of the middle school Alberschwende under the technical guidance of an apprentice each from the companies Holzbau Werner Flatz and Holzbau Sohm.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ English : Chairlift fixed grip (CLF).
- ↑ Klaus Hämmerle: Lift with soul and history , Vorarlberger Nachrichten of January 19, 2018, p. A8.
- ↑ For information and technical data below, see: lift-world.info , 1-CLF Brüggelekopf, last accessed on January 20, 2018.
- ↑ Vorarlberg: Chairlifts from Brüggelekopf go to Vienna , vol.at from March 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Demolition work on the lift supports" on the website of the Alberschwende municipality (accessed on April 29, 2020)
- ^ Lift operations in Alberschwende: Snow-making in Alberschwende. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 3, 2018 ; accessed on April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Klaus Hämmerle: Lift with soul and history , Vorarlberger Nachrichten of January 19, 2018, p. A8.
- ↑ Middle School Alberschwende: From the Lifthüsle to the hotel room. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 15, 2018 ; accessed on April 12, 2020 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 27 ′ 1.8 ″ N , 9 ° 50 ′ 17.1 ″ E