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Görlitz–Dresden Railway
The Görlitz–Dresden railway is a two-track main line railway in the German state of Saxony, originally built and operated by the ''Saxon-Silesian Railway Company''. It runs through Upper Lusatia from Dresden via Bischofswerda, Bautzen and Löbau to Görlitz. The line is part of the route from Dresden to Wrocław and Pan-European Transport Corridor III. The first section of the line opened in 1845 and it is one of the oldest lines in Germany. History Construction and opening A treaty between Prussia and Saxony signed on 24 July 1843 authorised the construction of a cross-border railway and its proposed connection to the Lower Silesian-Markish Railway company's line from Görlitz to Węgliniec (Kohlfurt), which was the first step in the building of a railway between Dresden and Görlitz. The treaty required the construction of the line to be finished within four years. The ''Saxon-Silesian Railway Company'' (german: Sächsisch-Schlesische Eisenbahngesellschaft) was establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 KV AC Railway Electrification
Railway electrification systems using at are used on transport railways in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway. The high voltage enables high power transmission with the lower frequency reducing the losses of the traction motors that were available at the beginning of the 20th century. Railway electrification in late 20th century tends to use AC systems which has become the preferred standard for new railway electrifications but extensions of the existing networks are not completely unlikely. In particular, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (opened on 1 June 2016) still uses 15 kV, 16.7 Hz electrification. Due to high conversion costs, it is unlikely that existing systems will be converted to despite the fact that this would reduce the weight of the on-board step-down transformers to one third that of the present devices. History The first electrified railways used series-wound DC motors, first at 600 V and then 1,500 V. Areas with 3 kV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zittau–Löbau Railway
The Zittau–Löbau railway is a line in the German state of Saxony, originally built and operated by the ''Löbau-Zittau Railway Company''. The line opened in 1848 and it was one of the oldest lines in Germany. Only part of the line is still in service. It starts at Zittau and originally ran via Oderwitz and Herrnhut to Löbau. History The ''Löbau-Zittau Railway Company'' (german: Löbau-Zittauer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) received a concession on 25 June 1845 to build a line from Löbau to Zittau. The line was opened on 10 June 1848. The line was initially also operated by the ''Löbau-Zittau Railway''. On 1 January 1871 the line was acquired by the Royal Saxon State Railways. At the end of May 1998, passenger services were abandoned between Zittau and Löbau via Herrnhut. As a result, the Oberoderwitz–Herrnhut section lost virtually all of its traffic because local freight traffic ran only from Herrnhut to Löbau. Then, on 31 May 1999, the Oberoderwitz–Herrnhut section cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neukirch West–Bischofswerda Railway , German mathematician (1937-1997)
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Neukirch may refer to: ;Germany *Neukirch, Baden-Württemberg, in the Bodensee district *Neukirch/Lausitz, in the district of Bautzen, Saxony * Neukirch (bei Königsbrück), in the district of Kamenz, Saxony ;Switzerland *Neukirch an der Thur, a village in the canton of Thurgau ;Poland * the former German name of the village of Nowy Kościół, in southwestern Poland ;Australia * Neukirch, South Australia was a settlement now considered part of Ebenezer in the Barossa Valley ;People * Detlef Neukirch (born 1940), German chess master * Karl Neukirch, a German gymnast (1864-1941) *Jürgen Neukirch Jürgen Neukirch (24 July 1937 – 5 February 1997) was a German mathematician known for his work on algebraic number theory. Education and career Neukirch received his diploma in mathematics in 1964 from the University of Bonn. For his Ph.D. t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demitz-Thumitz
Demitz-Thumitz (German) or Zemicy-Tumicy (Upper Sorbian, ) is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany. It belongs to the district of Bautzen. Geography The municipality is situated at the edge of the Lausitzer Bergland (''Lusatian Hills''). Villages The following villages belong to the municipality (names given in German/Upper Sorbian): *Demitz-Thumitz/Zemicy-Tumicy *Wölkau/Wjelkowy *Medewitz/Mjedźojz *Birkenrode/Brězyšćo *Rothnaußlitz/ *Cannewitz/Chanecy *Karlsdorf/ *Pottschapplitz/Počaplicy *Pohla-Stacha/Palow-Stachow History Within the German Empire (1871-1918), Demitz-Thumitz was part of the Kingdom of Saxony. Transport Demitz-Thumitz is located at the railroad line Dresden-Görlitz and the Bundesstraße 6 (Dresden-Bautzen Bautzen () or Budyšin () is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree river. In 2018 the town's population was 39,087. Until 1868, its German na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoyerswerdaer Schwarzwasser
Hoyerswerdaer Schwarzwasser is a river of Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Schwarze Elster, which it joins in Hoyerswerda. See also *List of rivers of Saxony A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... Rivers of Saxony Rivers of Germany {{Saxony-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Göda
Göda, in Sorbian Hodźij, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany. It belongs to the district of Bautzen and lies west of the eponymous city. The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all settlements bear names in both languages. Geography The municipality is located within the hills of Upper Lusatia Upper Lusatia (german: Oberlausitz ; hsb, Hornja Łužica ; dsb, Górna Łužyca; szl, Gōrnŏ Łużyca; pl, Łużyce Górne or ''Milsko''; cz, Horní Lužice) is a historical region in Germany and Poland. Along with Lower Lusatia to the .... Villages Several villages belong to the municipality: *Coblenz (''Koblicy'') with Coblenz, Dobranitz (''Dobranecy''), Kleinpraga (''Mała Praha''), Nedaschütz (''Njezdašecy''), Pietzschwitz (''Běčicy'') and Zischkowitz (''Čěškecy''); *Göda (''Hodźij''); *Göda surroundings with Birkau (''Brěza''), Buscheritz (''Bóšer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spree (river)
The Spree ( ; wen, Sprjewja, cs, Spréva) is, with a length of approximately , the main tributary of the River Havel. The Spree is much longer than the Havel, which it flows into at Berlin-Spandau; the Havel then flows into the Elbe at Havelberg. The river rises in the Lusatian Highlands, that are part of the Sudetes, in the Lusatian part of Saxony, where it has three sources: the historical one called ''Spreeborn'' in the village of Spreedorf, the water-richest one in Neugersdorf, and the highest elevated one in Eibau. The Spree then flows northwards through Upper and Lower Lusatia, where it crosses the border between Saxony and Brandenburg. After passing through Cottbus, it forms the Spree Forest, a large inland delta and biosphere reserve. It then flows through Lake Schwielochsee before entering Berlin, as '' Müggelspree'' The Spree is the main river of Berlin, Brandenburg, Lusatia, and the settlement area of the Sorbs, who call the River Sprjewja. For a very short d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bautzen Railway Station
Bautzen/Budyšin (german: Bahnhof Bautzen; hsb, Dwórnišćo Budyšin) is a railway station in the town of Bautzen, Saxony, Germany. The station lies on the Görlitz–Dresden railway line and the Bautzen–Bad Schandau railway line, the latter now not running to Bautzen. The station is also on the former Bautzen–Hoyerswerda railway. History The former engine shed or ''Bahnbetriebswerk'' of Bautzen ("Bw Bautzen") was located at Bautzen railway station towards the railway exit to Löbau/Görlitz and next to the industrial side of the old German Coach Works (''Waggonbau Bautzen''), today's Bombardier Transportation. From the opening of the Görlitz–Dresden railway in 1846, it belonged to the Saxon-Silesian Railway Company, which was nationalized in 1851. In 1922, the Görlitz–Dresden railway was nationalized to the Reichsbahndirektion Dresden. Following the restructuring of the railways after the Second World War, Bautzen was incorporated into Reichsbahndirektion Cottbus. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombardier Transportation
Bombardier Transportation was a Canadian-German rolling stock and rail transport manufacturer, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It was one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Bombardier Transportation had many regional offices, production and development facilities worldwide. It produced a wide range of products including passenger rail vehicles, locomotives, bogies, propulsion and controls. In February 2020, the company had 36,000 employees, and 63 manufacturing and engineering locations around the world. Formerly a subsidiary and rail equipment division of Bombardier Inc., the company was acquired by French manufacturer Alstom on 29 January 2021. History 20th century 1970s: Formation and first orders Canadian company Bombardier Inc. entered the rail market in 1970 when it purchased Lohnerwerke GmbH of Austria. Bombardier Transportation's first order for mass transit rolling stock was in 1974 for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bautzen–Bad Schandau Railway
The Bautzen–Bad Schandau railway is a 64-kilometre long railway line in the state of Saxony, Germany, which connects Bautzen to Bad Schandau via Neukirch/Lausitz, Neustadt in Sachsen and Sebnitz. The railway was opened fully in 1898. The part between Neustadt in Sachsen and Bad Schandau is also known as ''Sebnitztalbahn'' (Sebnitz valley railway). Today only the sections of Wilthen–Oberottendorf and Neustadt–Bad Schandau are still in operation. History Construction of the line began in 1874 and by the inauguration in 1877 had cost 9.8 million Reichsmark, 1 million of which going to the construction of the bridge over the Elbe at Bad Schandau. The Neustadt-Bad Schandau section opened on 1 July 1877 and the Bautzen-Neustadt section opened on 1 September 1877. Trains travelling on the 65 km long railway needed approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes. In Wilthen und Neustadt at the time, direct connections existed to the trains from and to Ebersbach and Dürrröhrsdorf. The railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
