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Deutschneudorf
Deutschneudorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. Geography Deutschneudorf is situated next to the border to the Czech Republic in the valley of the Schweinitz river, downstream from Nová Ves v Horách. It is a dispersed settlement typical for the upper regions of the Ore Mountains. The villages of Deutschkatharinenberg and Oberlochmühle, located downstream on the Schweinitz, Brüderwiese, located upstream on the Schweinitz tributary Mühlgraben, and Deutscheinsiedel, northeast of the latter, have been incorporated administratively. The municipality is traversed by state road S214, which meets in Deutscheinsiedel with Saxon state roads S207 from Sayda and S213 from Seiffen, and with Czech state road 271 from Litvínov. History First mining activities in the area of the later municipality are reported from about 1514. August Rohdt, owner of smelting works in Grünthal was awarded the mines ''Fortuna'' and ''Pallas'' in 1620, and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olbernhau-Grünthal–Deutschneudorf Railway
The Olbernhau-Grünthal–Deutschneudorf railway, also known as Schweinitztalbahn, was a standard gauge branch line in Saxony from Olbernhau to Deutschneudorf in the Ore Mountains. For a short stretch, it also traversed Bohemia. It was opened in 1927 and closed in 1969. History Initial projects After the Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen railway, railway from Pockau to Olbernhau was opened in 1875, the communities in the valley of the Schweinitz (river), Schweinitz river requested already in 1887 that a narrow-gauge branch line from Olbernhau be built towards Deutschneudorf. This project was turned down for economic reasons. The discussion was taken up anew in 1908, and in its course the Austrian side proposed to build the railway in standard gauge and to extend it over Deutschneudorf into the lignite mining area of Litvínov, Oberleutensdorf in North Bohemia. This line of 32.3 km length was to be built within two years at a cost of 5.78 million German gold mark, Mark. Saxony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
