Bode Valley Gondola Lift

The Bode Valley Cable Car is a cable car in the Bode Valley near Thale in the Harz Mountains. You from January to October. The cable car was built in 1969-1970 in collaboration by the Czech Combine Transporta Chrudim and the PGH " Elektrotherm Quedlinburg ". The cable car was inaugurated on October 7, 1970 and was originally intended for use on the Dresden TV Tower. There, the path should lead from the River Elbe to the TV tower. 2011/2012 the railway was built.

It leads from the valley station at an altitude of 183 meters above sea level to the mountain station on the witches ' ​​dancing place, which is located 428 meters above the sea level.

First train

The first railway was opened in 1970. She had a total of three columns. Of these, the lowest location in the Bode Valley prop had a height of 45 meters. The other two pillars were executed because of the strong tendency than defectors.

The cable car was completely rebuilt in 1994 by the companies Girak and Siemens and cabins with the Swiss company CWA ( Model Omega II) equipped. The old cabins were sold individually, one ( number 09 ) is located in the base station. The 721 meter long " two-cable cabins small - orbit " possessed inclinations up to 75 percent. The supporting rope had 40 mm diameter, the tension cable 26 mm. The electric main drive was in the hill station. The cable car had a maximum speed of 3.5 m / s (12,6 km / h) and a capacity of 700 passengers per hour in each direction.

The lift that had 38 cabins for four persons, of which a maximum of 34 were in circulation

On October 3, 2011 was the last day of use of the cable car, which carried in almost 41 years, over 36 million passengers a day later already started the dismantling work. In 2011, a total of 570,000 passengers were counted.

Gondola version 1994-2011

Red gondola in 2012 with conventional ground

Green gondola from 2012 with glass floor

Second train

Since the original Czech plant manufacturer no longer exists, spare parts could be procured only very expensive. Therefore, it was decided to build a new railway. After the season in 2011 for the web has been completely removed. The gondolas are sold together, the supports and the complete drive system were dismantled and the most part scrapped. Then both valley and mountain station were gutted and modernized.

The new railway, which was opened on April 21, 2012, cost 4.7 million euros. It was converted to a gondola, but it had to be built five new pillars (formerly three). In only 21 cabins can accommodate up to six people. The burgundy - red of eleven nacelles modeled after the in the 1990s newly acquired gondolas. Ten gondolas in green color have a bullet-proof glass floor. The 270 - horsepower drive is now in the base station. Storage space for unused gondolas located only in the mountain station. The train overcomes a height difference of 244 meters and a driving length of 728 meters. The journey takes four to eight minutes at a maximum speed of five meters per second, the mileage is up to 1100 visitors per hour.