Salzwedel–Dannenberg railway
Lüchow station in 1983
Overview
Line number6905
Service
Route number
  • 117a (1914)
  • 117b (1925)
  • 117c (1930)
  • 187d (1937)
  • 186f (1939)
  • 209d (1941)
  • 109h (1950-1970)
  • 152 (1971-1975)
  • 113 (since 2005)
Technical
Line length36.2 km (22.5 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map
from Oebisfelde
from Uelzen
0,0
 Salzwedel
20 m
Salzwedel Kleinbahnhof, from Diesdorf and Kalbe
to Stendal
from Wittenberge
5.0
 Bürgerholz
19 m
6.13
Saxony-Anhalt–Lower Saxony state border
6.5
B 248
19 m
6.7
 Lübbow
19 m
8.9
 Teplingen
18 m
L 262
18 m
10.6
 Wustrow (Han)
18 m
13.1
 Jeetzel
18 m
15.6
Lüchow Süd, LSE aus Schmarsau
15.7
B 248 and B 493
19 m
15.8
 Lüchow
20 m
16.9
 Tarmitz
18 m
18.3
Bridge over the Jeetzel
16 m
20.3
 Müggenburg
15 m
20.4
 Gollau
24 m
22.9
 Grabow (Dannenberg)
14 m
26.7
 Jameln (Dannenberg)
18 m
30.0
 Tramm
15 m
31.1
 Schaafhausen
14 m
B 248
18 m
B 191
18 m
32.8
Bridge over the Jeetzel
15 m
from Uelzen
33.3
 Dannenberg West
15 m
33.5
B 216
15 m
34.3
Bridge over the Alte Jeetzel
13 m
from Lüneburg
36.2
 Dannenberg Ost
13 m
to Wittenberge
Lüchow lay between the Wittenberge–Buchholz (above) and Stendal–Langwedel lines and was linked to a stub line in 1891

The Salzwedel–Dannenberg railway was a branch line between Salzwedel in the north of Saxony-Anhalt and Dannenberg in eastern Lower Saxony in Germany. It was built in 1891 by the Prussian state railways, initially as a stub line from Salzwedel to Lüchow and extended in 1911 to Dannenberg. Shortly before the end of the Second World War the line between Salzwedel in the Soviet Zone and Lübbow in the British Zone was cut. Passenger services ceased in 1975, goods trains continued tor run until the end of 1997. The section still being worked between Lüchow and the station at Dannenberg Ost has been owned since 2001 by the Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn (DRE) and is called the Jeetzel Valley Railway (Jeetzeltalbahn).[1]

Lüchow-Salzwedel (1891)

Footpath on the old railway embankment in the forest near Hoyersburg.

In the 1860s two railways were planned that would enable a direct connection between Berlin and Bremen. In both cases, a route via Lüchow was under discussion. The branch line Wittenberge-Buchenholz was built via Dannenberg, however, and then the Stendal-Langwedel line via Salzwedel. After the opening of this route in April 1873 Lüchow therefore asked to build a branch line to Salzwedel. It was 18 years before construction began on this spur track. The line from Oebisfelde to Salzwedel was the first to be built and was opened by the Prussian state railways in 1889. The construction of the branch to Lüchow began in 1891. Work over the open country progressed rapidly. Only between the subsequent halt of Bürgerholz and Lübbow did marshy terrain have to be crossed. In early March, the track to Wustrow was completed and by 22 April 1891 it had reached Lüchow. It was taken over by the state police on 28 September 1891 and opened on 1 October. The station at Lübbow could not be used immediately, because the community refused to supply the paving stones and the embankment for the link road to the station. The decision was first taken in 1892, so that the first train did not call at Lübbow until 1 May 1892, eight months after the opening of the line.

References

The information in this article is derived mainly from Eisenbahnzeit im Wendland. In addition the following sources are cited:

  1. ↑ Von Bahnkunden – für Bahnkunden. Selbstdarstellung. Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn, Berlin 22 February 2006, p. 9–12. (914 KB)

Sources

  • Ulrich Bornmüller, Dr. Rolf Meyer (Red.): Eisenbahnzeit im Wendland: Beiträge zur Eisenbahngeschichte des Landkreises Lüchow-Dannenberg. Hartmut Geller, Museumsverein Wustrow e.V., 1990, ISBN 3-925861-06-8
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