Witzelhöhetunnel

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	View from the Langenschwarz depot on the Witzelhöhetunnel (in the background), May 1988
use	Railway tunnel
traffic connection	SFS Hannover – Würzburg
place	slot
length	796 m
Number of tubes	1
construction
Client	German Federal Railroad
start of building	February 1, 1984 (attack)
business
operator	DB network
release	1991 (commissioning)
location
Coordinates
North portal	50 ° 42 ′ 21 ″ N , 9 ° 36 ′ 54 ″ E
South portal	50 ° 41'56 " N , 9 ° 37'0" E

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Witzel height tunnel (occasionally also Witzel s height tunnel ) is a 796 m long rail tunnel of Hanover-Würzburg high-speed railway . It is located northeast of the small town of Schlitz in Hesse .

course

View from the north portal of the tunnel

The gradient rises to the south.

To the north, the Langenschwarz depot connects to the tunnel.

history

planning

The structure was in planning section 16 of the middle section of the new line.

In 1984 the building was planned to be 770 m long and cost 21.6 million DM.

construction

In September 1983, preparations for the tunnel construction began. The tunnel was on 1 February 1984 struck . According to his godmother , the tube was also called the Margret tunnel during the construction phase .

In mid-November 1984, during construction work on the tunnel, an approximately 20-meter-long section of the tunnel was buried. The danger was recognized in time to clear the area. The cause was suspected to be geological disturbances in the mountain wall.

Web links

Commons : Witzelhöhetunnel - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Bundesbahndirektion Frankfurt (M), project group NBS Frankfurt am Main of the Bahnbauzentrale (publisher): New lines Hanover-Würzburg from Kassel to Fulda, Cologne - Rhine / Main in the directorate area . Leaflet with 12 pages (10x21 cm), Frankfurt am Main, no year (approx. 1984)
^ ^A ^b Walter Engels: The central section of the new Hanover – Würzburg line . In: The Federal Railroad . tape 60 , no. 5 , 1984, ISSN 0007-5876 , pp. 401-410 .
↑ Belter: Great progress in building the tunnels for the new lines . In: Der Eisenbahningenieur , 34, 1983, issue 12, p. 661 f.
↑ Another tunnel collapse on the new railway line . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 270, 1984, ISSN 0174-4917 , p. 23.

[db-mitte-1984-1] Bundesbahndirektion Frankfurt (M), project group NBS Frankfurt am Main of the Bahnbauzentrale (publisher): New lines Hanover-Würzburg from Kassel to Fulda, Cologne - Rhine / Main in the directorate area . Leaflet with 12 pages (10x21 cm), Frankfurt am Main, no year (approx. 1984)

[bundesbahn-60-401-2] A ^b Walter Engels: The central section of the new Hanover – Würzburg line . In: The Federal Railroad . tape 60 , no. 5 , 1984, ISSN 0007-5876 , pp. 401-410 .

[ei-34-661-3] Belter: Great progress in building the tunnels for the new lines . In: Der Eisenbahningenieur , 34, 1983, issue 12, p. 661 f.

[sz-1984-11-22-4] Another tunnel collapse on the new railway line . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 270, 1984, ISSN 0174-4917 , p. 23.