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Oberkirchen Viaduct

Oberkirchen Viaduct

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Oberkirchen Viaduct

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Location: Freisen, St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

December 31, 2021

𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐫ü𝐜𝐤𝐞 𝐎𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧
With its 12 arches, the Oberkirchen viaduct, built between 1934 and 1936, is by far the largest and most impressive structure on the Westrichbahn Türkismühle - Kusel. In terms of its design, it is one of the largest stone bridges in southwest Germany. It spans the Ostertal at a height of 30m over a length of 275m. The core of the bridge consists of reinforced concrete, the masonry was made with 16,000 m³ of local natural stone "Basalt - Deopryll". The stones come from the quarries of Heinrich Decker in Pfeffelbach and Thallichtenberg the rails on the valley bridge were also removed. The bridge was renovated in 1992. Since then, the “Fritz-Wunderlich-Wanderweg” has led over the building and allows hikers and cyclists a beautiful overview of the upper Ostertal. Source: Text information board
Here is an interesting website with the history of Oberkirchen.

oberkirchen-saarland.de/dies-das/historie

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

January 9, 2022

𝑺𝒊𝒆𝒃𝒛𝒊𝒈 𝑱𝒂𝒉𝒓𝒆 𝑬𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒃𝒂𝒉𝒏𝒃𝒂𝒖

𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟖 - The Landstuhl-Kusel railway line was opened.
𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟖 - the Trier-Türkismühle railway line
has been completed.
𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟔 - First suggestions to build the turquoise mill-Kusel intermediate piece.
𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎 - A committee is dealing with the rail project
𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒 - 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟖 - The First World War prevented further planning.
𝟏𝟐.𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟎 - The authorities of the 3 different countries met
𝟐𝟔.𝟎𝟗.𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔 - Foundation of an association to promote railway construction.
𝟎𝟔.𝟏𝟐.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎 - Popular protests against the authorities
𝟑𝟏.𝟎𝟑.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟏 - Takeover of railway construction in the Grenzland program
𝟎𝟕.𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟏 - “Green light” for the Türkismühle-Oberkirchen-Kusel line.
𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟐.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟐 - Start of construction in Türkismühle
𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟒 - Start of construction of the viaduct in Oberkirchen.
𝟏𝟓.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟓 - The first section of Türkismühle-Wolfersweiler was completed.
𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔 - The second section Wolfersweiler-Freisen was put into operation.
𝟏𝟓.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔 - The Kusel-Diedelkopf stretch was finished.
𝟏𝟓.𝟏𝟏.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔 - Commissioning of the remaining Freisen-Diedelkopf section.

With that the whole hotly contested (and 32.6 km long) railway line Türkismühle-Oberkirchen-Kusel was completed. Source: Text information board

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

January 9, 2022

𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒉𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒏𝒖𝒓 𝟑𝟑 𝑱𝒂𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒛𝒆𝒊𝒕

𝟐𝟏.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟓 - On the grounds of insufficient use “the passenger traffic Freisen-Schwarzerden was shut down.
𝟑𝟏.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 - Passenger traffic from Türkismühle-Freisen and freight traffic from Freisen-Schwarzerden were shut down.
𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 - Dismantling and dismantling of the tracks.
𝟏𝟑.𝟎𝟖.𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 - Suggestion to open the railway bridge as a vantage point.
𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟎 - A license agreement has been concluded with the Federal Railroad.
𝟏𝟔.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏 - Approval of the valley bridge as a vantage point by the former Saarland Prime Minister Dr. Roeder
𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟕 - The bridge had to be closed due to renewal of the defective bridge railingBr
𝟏𝟔.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏 - The bridge has been released again.
𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑 - The bridge had to be closed again for a few months due to renovation work.
𝟐𝟕.𝟎𝟖.𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑 - The official opening and handover of the now completed (24 km long) "Fritz-Wunderlich" bike and hiking trail from Freisen-Oberkirchen-Kusel
𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟔 - The viaduct is included in the list of monuments of the State Conservatory Office. Source: Text information board

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Oberkirchen Viaduct

1. Eulental Waterfall – Weiselberg Summit Cross loop from Schwarzerden

2. Eulental Waterfall – Weiselberg Shelter loop from Reitscheid

3. View of Oberkirchen – Oberkirchen Viaduct loop from Schwarzerden

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