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View of Nieder Kostenzer Viaduct

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View of Nieder Kostenzer Viaduct

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Location: Kirchberg, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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2. View of Idarkopf loop from Nieder Kostenz

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August 23, 2021

The Nieder Kostenz Viaduct: part of the Simmern-Kirchberg-Hermeskeil railway line - part 1

From here you have a wonderful view of the Kyrbachtal and the railway viaduct at Nieder Kostenz. The railway bridge is part of the Hunsrückquerbahn, which leads from Langenlohnsheim via Simmern and Kirchberg to Hermeskeil. The first plans to build a railway line across the Hunsrück already existed around the middle of the 19th century. Since there were doubts about the profitability of the railway, the project initially met with little approval from the government and municipalities. It was not until many years later that the railway line from Langenlohnsheim to Simmern was built and opened in 1889. The first step towards developing the Hunsrück by rail had been taken. In order to promote the continuation of the railway in the direction of Morbach and Hermeskeil, the Kirchberg city council passed a petition in October 1889. It took another seven years until the Prussian House of Representatives secured the financing of the railway line from Simmern to Kirchberg on June 3, 1896. The start of construction was delayed, however, as requests for changes were repeatedly made to the district government. In 1899, construction work began on the Kirchberg - Morbach railway line. The construction workers were mostly Slovaks and Dalmatians. They worked day and night shifts. Finally the time had come: the connection from Simmern to Kirchberg was completed in 1901 and from Kirchberg to Morbach in 1902. Almost a year later one could travel by train from Langenlonsheim via Simmern-Kirchberg-Morbach to Hermeskeil and from there to Trier or via the turquoise mill to Saarbrücken or to transport goods. Kirchberg's importance as a market place was quickly recognized. From October 1904 until the outbreak of World War I, a special train ran between Morbach and Kirchberg on market days. Source: Text information board

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August 23, 2021

The Nieder Kostenz Viaduct: part of the Simmern-Kirchberg-Hermeskeil railway line - part 2

The number of six continuous pairs of trains per day makes it clear how important the railway was at the beginning of the 20th century. The railway line quickly developed as an engine for the domestic economy. The trains to Saarland made it possible for Hunsrückers to work in the mines there. At the end of the 1930s, further expansion of the Hunsrück Railway between Simmern and Hermeskeil began. Longer train stations, new signal box technology, modern ticket offices, but also new buildings were built. During the Second World War, the route between Morbach and Hermeskeil was interrupted between 1945 and 1950, as the viaducts at Hoxel and Geisfeld had been blown up in February 1945. In the 1950s, freight traffic quickly returned to its pre-war level. But the triumph of the automobile could no longer be stopped. In May 1976, passenger traffic between Simmern and Hermeskeil was stopped. Years of parallel bus service had helped to reduce the number of passengers on the trains. Source: Text information board

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August 23, 2021

Excerpt from the Hunsrücker Zeitung of March 28, 1983

,, Saturday morning at a small train station in the Hunsrück (Simmern). A rail bus arrives. A whistle sounds shortly afterwards. The railcar starts up - much to the astonishment of the train driver, who is standing on the platform and looking somewhat stunned "his train". He hadn't given a departure signal at all! The solution to the riddle: A school class also rode in the rail bus. The class teacher had a whistle with him in order to attract the attention of his students when the occasion came. Just as the train stopped at the station he was about to explain something to the class and whistled. The driver heard the whistle and reacted as he was used to - he drove off with the rail bus ... "

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Location: Kirchberg, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

View of Nieder Kostenzer Viaduct

1. View of Idarkopf loop from Kirchberg

2. View of Idarkopf loop from Nieder Kostenz

3. Elves' Path – Roman Watchtower Dill loop from Denzen

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