United Bohemian Forest Local Railways
The United Bohemian Forest Local Railways (Czech: Sdružené pošumavské místní dráhy ) was a local rail company in what is now the Czech Republic , the railway area of which was in the southern Bohemian Forest . It was created in 1908 by the merger of the formerly independent companies Lokalbahn Strakonitz – Winterberg and Lokalbahn Wodňan – Prachatitz . The seat of the company was in Vienna.
history
prehistory
The first projects for a railway in the southern Bohemian Forest came from the 1870s. At that time a railway was planned from Liebenau in northern Bohemia to the imperial border near Kuschwarda and on to Passau . In 1873 this route was laid down in a state treaty with Bavaria. As a result of the economic crisis of 1873 , this line was ultimately not implemented. Only the section Rakonitz – Protivin was built in 1875/76 at state expense.
In the following years the Austrian state tried to realize this route, which it considered necessary, with private capital. However, it was still not possible to attract an investor for the entire route. As a result, individual sections of the project were licensed as state-guaranteed local railways. This enabled considerable savings in the construction and operation of the individual routes, so that investors could now be found for almost all sections. In connection with this, on January 8, 1892, the Strakonitz – Winterberg and Wodňan – Prachatitz lines were granted extensive benefits by law for the construction and operation of the route. In addition to a state-guaranteed return on the investment capital of four percent, a financial participation of the Kingdom of Bohemia was also promised.
Local railway Strakonitz – Winterberg
On April 18, 1892, Alois Nedobity in Winterberg, in association with the factory owner Karl Ritter Kralik von Mayrswalden and the property owner Franz Mayer, was given the right to build and operate a standard-gauge local train from the station to the “ princely Schwarzenberg” domain director Strakonitz the Kaiser Franz Joseph Bahn to Winterberg ”granted. Part of the concession was the condition that construction of the line began immediately and completed within one and a half years. The route was opened on October 15, 1893. The operation was carried out by the kk Austrian State Railways (kkStB) on behalf of the Strakonitz – Winterberg local railway .
On May 22, 1898, the Strakonitz – Winterberg local railway finally received the concession for the continuation of the route via Eleonorenhain to Wallern. The line was opened on November 6, 1899 (Eleonorenhain – Wallern) and July 9, 1900 (Winterberg – Eleonorenhain).
Local railway Wodňan – Prachatitz
At the same time as the Strakonitz – Winterberg local railway, the Wodňan – Prachatitz local railway was also licensed by the Austrian state on April 18, 1892. Here, too, the condition was set to begin construction of the line immediately and to finish it within a year and a half. The route was opened on October 15, 1893. The operation was carried out by the kkStB on behalf of the Wodňan – Prachatitz local railway .
On May 22, 1898, the local railway Wodňan – Prachatitz finally received the concession for the continuation of the line to Wallern. The line went into operation on October 16, 1899.
United Bohemian Forest Local Railways
In 1908 the Strakonitz – Winterberg local railway merged with the neighboring Wodňan – Prachatitz local railway. From then on, the company operated as the United Bohemian Forest Local Railways . With the Reich Law No. 36/1908 of February 22, 1908, the transfer of the route concessions to the new company was regulated and at the same time the continuation of the routes via Schwarzes Kreuz to Salnau and to the state border near Neuthal was licensed. A construction period of two years was planned, the new lines were opened on June 12, 1910. Operation was carried out by kkStB, and after the First World War by the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) from 1918 .
On January 1, 1925, the United Bohemian Forest Local Railways were nationalized by law. The route was integrated into the ČSD network.
The routes
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Strakonice – Volary railway line
- October 15, 1893: Strakonitz – Winterberg (Strakonice – Vimperk)
- July 9, 1900: Winterberg – Eleonorenhain (Vimperk – Lenora)
- November 6, 1899: Eleonorenhain – Wallern (Lenora – Volary)
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Railway line Číčenice – Haidmühle :
- October 15, 1893: Wodňan – Prachatitz (Číčenice – Prachatice)
- October 16, 1899: Prachatitz – Wallern (Prachatice – Volary)
- June 12, 1910: Wallern – Haidmühle (Volary – Haidmühle)
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Railway line Nová Pec – Černý Kříž :
- June 12, 1910: Salnau – Black Cross (Nová Pec – Černý Kříž)
With the exception of the cross-border section Nové Údolí – Haidmühle, which was closed in 1951, the routes still exist. (As of 2009)
Locomotives
The operating kkStB purchased a total of two locomotives of the kkStB series 178 and four of the kkStB series 97 for the account of the local railway Wodňan – Prachatitz . The locomotives had the company numbers 178.75 and 178.88 or 97.62–64, 97.174–175.
On account of the local railway Strakonitz – Winterberg, the operating kkStB procured a total of four locomotives of the kkStB series 97. The locomotives had the operating numbers 97.66–68 and 176–178.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ State Treaty of March 30, 1873
- ^ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe from January 8, 1892
- ^ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe from January 8, 1892
- ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe from May 20, 1892 1892
- ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe of June 7, 1898
- ^ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe from January 8, 1892
- ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe of June 7, 1898
- ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe of February 22, 1908
- ↑ State Law of Czechoslovakia No. 156/25