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Railway Adventure Trail Ostertalbahn / Westrichbahn

Railway Adventure Trail Ostertalbahn / Westrichbahn

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Railway Adventure Trail Ostertalbahn / Westrichbahn

Recommended by 18 hikers out of 19

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Location: Freisen, St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany

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1. Mithraeum (Temple of Mithras) – Schwarzerdener Weiher loop from Schwarzerden

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2. Schwarzerden Railway Station – Mithraeum (Temple of Mithras) loop from Pfeffelbach

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3. Oberkirchen Viaduct – Schwarzerden Railway Station loop from Schwarzerden

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

January 10, 2022

𝐄𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐧 𝐄𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐠 𝐎𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐧 - 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐧

𝑺𝒊𝒆𝒃𝒛𝒊𝒈 𝑱𝒂𝒉𝒓𝒆 𝑬𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒃𝒂𝒉𝒏𝒃𝒂𝒖

𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟖 - The Landstuhl-Kusel railway line was opened.
𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟖-the Trier-Turkismühle railway line
has been completed.
𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟔 - First suggestions to expand the Turquoise Mill Kusel link.
𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎 - A committee is dealing with the railway project
𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒 - 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟖 - The First World War prevented further planning.
𝟏𝟐.𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟎 - The authorities of the 3 different countries met
𝟐𝟔.𝟎𝟗.𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔 - Founding of an association to promote railway construction.
𝟎𝟔.𝟏𝟐.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎 - Public protests against the authorities
𝟑𝟏.𝟎𝟑.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟏 - Takeover of the railway construction in the Grenzland program
𝟎𝟕.𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟏 - "Green light" for theTurkishmühle-Oberkirchen-Kusel line.
𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟐.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟐 - Start of construction in Turquoise Mill
𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟒 - Start of construction of the valley bridge in Oberkirchen.
𝟏𝟓.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟓 - The first section ofTurkishmühle-Wolfersweiler was completed.
𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔 - The second section Wolfersweiler-Freisen was put into operation.
𝟏𝟓.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔 - The Kusel-Diedelkopf route was finished.
𝟏𝟓.𝟏𝟏.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔 - Commissioning of the remaining route Freisen-Diedelkopf.

This completed the whole of the hotly contested (and 32.6 km long) railway line Turismuehle-Oberkirchen-Kusel. Source: text information board

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

January 10, 2022

𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒉𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝟑𝟑 𝑱𝒂𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒛𝒆𝒊𝒕

𝟐𝟏.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟓 - The Freisen-Schwarzerden passenger service was shut down on the grounds of "lack of use".
𝟑𝟏.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 - The Turismomühle-Freisen passenger traffic and the Freisen-Schwarzerden freight traffic have been shut down.
𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 - Dismantling and dismantling of the tracks.
𝟏𝟑.𝟎𝟖.𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 - Suggestion to release the railway bridge as a vantage point.
𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟎 - A permit agreement was concluded with the Bundesbahn.
𝟏𝟔.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏 - Approval of the valley bridge as a vantage point by the former Prime Minister of Saarland, Dr. Roeder
𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟕 - The bridge had to be closed due to the replacement of the defective bridge railing
𝟏𝟔.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏 - The bridge has been released again.
𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑 - The bridge had to be closed again for a few months for 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 valley bridge is included in the monument list of the state conservation office. Source: text information board

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Location: Freisen, St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany

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Railway Adventure Trail Ostertalbahn / Westrichbahn

1. Mithraeum (Temple of Mithras) – Schwarzerdener Weiher loop from Schwarzerden

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