The Cottbus-Großenhain Railway Company (, CGE) was a railway company in

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

. It owned rail links between Großenhain,

Cottbus Cottbus () or (;) is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital, Potsdam. With around 100,000 inhabitants, Cottbus is the most populous city in Lusatia. Cottbus lies in the Sorbian ...

and

Frankfurt (Oder) Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (, ; Central Marchian: ''Frankfort an de Oder,'' ) is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after Potsdam, Cottbus and Brandenburg an der Havel. With around 58,000 inh ...

History

It was founded in 1868, with the

Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company The Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company ( or LDE) was a private railway company in the Kingdom of Saxony, now a part of Germany. Amongst other things, it operated the Leipzig–Dresden railway, route between Leipzig and Dresden, opened in 1839, and w ...

(''Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie'') holding a third of the capital, as it had hoped for additional traffic as a result of the construction of the new line. They also took over its management when the 80 km long Cottbus–

Senftenberg Senftenberg ( German, ) or (Lower Sorbian, ) is a town in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district. Geography Senftenberg is located in the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia region at t ...

–Großenhain line opened on 20 April 1870. The first Director of the CGE until 1876 was

Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal (December 24, 1812 – June 3, 1894) was a German jurist and the son of Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal. Life He studied philosophy, history, mathematics and linguistics, as well as jurisprudence, a ...

. The company was based in Cottbus. The 71 km long extension of the main line to the northeast of Cottbus via Grunow to Frankfurt (Oder) was opened to traffic on 31 December 1876. From 1 June 1874. the CGE decided—at the request of the Prussian government—to operate its own line, as well as the newly opened Upper Lusatian Railway Company (''Oberlausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaf''). From 1 July 1878 it also managed the Ruhland–Lauchhammer (Ost) branch line. Since the traffic of the CGE was well developed, the Prussian government decided to acquire the company. It took over the administration and operation of the railway on 1 May 1882 and ownership on 1 September 1883. The CGE was dissolved.

Lines

* Großenhain–Cottbus * Cottbus–Frankfurt (Oder)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cottbus-Grossenhain Railway Company Defunct railway companies of Germany