On June 27, 1903, the Ratzeburger Kleinbahn AG opened a three-kilometer standard-gauge line from the state train station in Ratzeburg (Land) to the city of Ratzeburg. This was built on a dam through the Ratzeburg lake.
The Ratzeburg Kleinbahn ran from Ratzeburg to Klein Thurow from 1903 to 1934, but was economically only a manageable success due to the lack of a connection to the Mecklenburg rail network. The former Ratzeburg city train station on the Küchensee promenade now serves as a hotel. After all, the weather vane in the form of a steam locomotive still indicates the original use of the building. An information board describes the history of the small train.
The Ratzeburg city train station was located directly on the south bank of the Küchensee, on what is now Theaterplatz. Today's "Seegarten" was built as a representative reception building. The …