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Monument of the Petersbergbahn Mountain Station

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Königswinter

Monument of the Petersbergbahn Mountain Station

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Monument of the Petersbergbahn Mountain Station

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  • Location: Königswinter, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    April 9, 2022

    Road cycling

    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petersbergbahn#:~:text=Die%20Petersbergbahn%20war%20eine%20schmalspurige,des%20im%20Siebengebirge%20gelegenen%20Petersbergs.

    January 13, 2024

    Road cycling

    "The mountain station of the Petersbergbahn was located here from 1889 to 1958. The steam rack railway, built according to the system of the Swiss engineer Nikolaus Riggenbach, was opened on April 20, 1889 and acquired by the Cologne Mülhens family in 1913. Its length was 1,355 meters. It overcome a difference in altitude of 276 meters.
    Bergbahnen im Siebengebirge AG, Drachenfelsbahn, 1993"
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    May 30, 2024

    Hiking

    The mountain station of the Petersberg Railway was located here. The cog railway ran up the Petersberg from 1889 to 1958. The locomotive that was mainly used here at the time is on display at the valley station of the Drachenfels Railway.
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    Elevation 340 m

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    Location: Königswinter, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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