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Samba Trail Between Kaisereiche and Honigstaler Bach

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Samba Trail Between Kaisereiche and Honigstaler Bach

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Samba Trail Between Kaisereiche and Honigstaler Bach

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3. Burlholz Picnic Area – Samba-Trasse loop from Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten

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December 13, 2020

The Burgholzbahn, also known as the Samba, was an eleven-kilometer-long, single-track railway line between Elberfeld and Cronenberg, both later districts of Wuppertal.

The railway line, which opened in 1891, owes its name to the Burgholz State Forest, through which most of the route runs. The reason for the construction was the great need for raw materials and coal by the flourishing tool industry in Cronenberg, as well as the need to transport the finished products inexpensively.

The height difference of around 140 meters meant that the route was quite winding. The route had a maximum gradient of 25‰ (1:40) at the Boltenberg stop. Until shortly after the Second World War, the route was mainly used for freight traffic, but passenger traffic was also handled. From the mid-1950s onwards, the majority of passenger transport was carried out by rail buses. The rocking of the cars in the numerous curves quickly earned the route the nickname Samba.

In addition to local transport between the Wuppertal city center and Cronenberg, the railway served primarily as a connection to leisure destinations, the Wuppertal Zoo, the Stadium at the Zoo, the Burgholz forest area and the Neuenhof outdoor swimming pool.

In the 1980s it became clear that the Deutsche Bundesbahn wanted to get rid of the route. The line finally had to be closed at the beginning of 1988 for safety reasons. Repairing the tracks was ruled out for cost reasons.

The majority of the route (also called the “Samba Route”) is still there today; However, the tracks were completely dismantled. By the summer of 2007, work was underway to complete a pedestrian and cycle path. The official inauguration of the route took place on October 27th with a celebration at the old Cronenberg train station and, among other things, a mountain run from the Zoo S-Bahn station to Cronenberg.

Between the former Hindenburgstrasse and Boltenberg stops, the route used to form the eastern border of the Wuppertal Zoo. After its expansion in a south-easterly direction in 2006, today's footpath and cycle path runs largely on a bridge across the zoo grounds, from where a view of the tiger enclosure is particularly possible.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgholzbahn

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

May 20, 2019

Samba route
Built in 1891 and closed in 1988, the former "Samba-Trasse" railway line is now an attractive cycling and hiking trail with information boards about the history. The natural path on the historic railway line runs over 10 km from Elberfeld to Cronenberg.
The idea of converting the approximately 10 km long samba route into a cycle and pedestrian path was born at the end of the 1980s. But it was only as part of the Regionale 2006 that this sub-project of zoo, stadium, samba street, which is so important for leisure and relaxation, was realized as one of the most beautiful projects, supported by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The closure of the line caused great consternation among all those who had a nostalgic love for it. Many a tear was shed at the sorrowful question: "Who will take us down to the valley in winter and who will take us up again?" But hand on heart: what breathes, namely the beautiful piece of nature between Elberfeld and Cronenberg, is not just preserved for us has remained, rather it now serves to enable us to meet each other there in a variety of ways.

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Karel Sachsen

February 22, 2021

Once to the zoo by bike and then further ...

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Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Samba Trail Between Kaisereiche and Honigstaler Bach

1. The Green Zoo Wuppertal – Arboretum Burgholz loop from Zoo/Stadion

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3. Burlholz Picnic Area – Samba-Trasse loop from Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten

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