Bielsteintunnel

The Biel stone tunnel in the resin is a 465.7 m long, einröhriger, decommissioned and delivered, inundated railway tunnel in the Rübelandbahn (formerly resin sheet; originally Erzstufenbahn ) at Hüttenrode in the district of Harz, Saxony- Anhalt.

Geographical location

The disused Bielenstein tunnel is located in the Lower Harz Harz nature park / Saxony- Anhalt. It is located about 2 km north- northeast of Hüttenrode, a southwestern district of Blankenburg, and 1 km west-southwest of Biel stone summit (about 405 m above sea level. NN ) on the Rübelandbahn between the hairpin on Michael Stone Station and the former railway station Braunesumpf to an average of about 420 m above sea level. NN. Slightly southeast of the former tunnel, the federal road runs 27

History and Description

The Bielenstein tunnel was built under the 1872-1875 scale Erzstufenbahn with 465.7 m in length. During construction of the resin sheet, from 1885, the tunnel profile was expanded and built the Braunesumpf station. Because one for the construction of an overhead line would have the tunnel profile in the electrification of Rübelandbahn ( 1960-1965 ) must increase and there was the tunnel in a bad state of construction, it was abandoned and filled in later. Southeast of the old tunnel a realignment of the railway line was laid out in a parallel to the B 27 extending incision site.

Otto Ebert Bridge and Biel stone cliff

About 100 meters east of the East Portal of the Bielenstein tunnel is the Otto Ebert Bridge (402 m above sea level, . ⊙ 51.78502777777810.923416666667 ) that crosses the Rübelandbahn as a pedestrian bridge on forest road Herzogsweg and as No. 79 in the system of stamp points Harz hiking pin is included.

About 300 meters southeast of the Otto -Ebert- bridge and approximately 500 m southwest from the summit of Biel Biel stone is the stone cliff (at about 385 m above sea level. NN ).