Predigtstuhl Cable Car

The Predigtstuhlbahn opens as a large cable car from Bad Reichenhall district of Kirchberg on the pulpit in Lattengebirge. She has over 80 years of operation, the oldest surviving original large cable car in the world.

Construction

The construction of the aerial tramway, including the three pillars in reinforced concrete, whose heights are 22, 32 and nine yards, were executed by the Munich branch of Hochtief AG.

The wire ropes were supplied by the company Westphalian wire industry, Hamm,. The actual cable car with the two cabins of the type gazebo was manufactured by the company Adolf Bleichert & Co. of Leipzig. They each hold 25 people and the cabin companion.

The Predigtstuhlbahn took after only one year of construction on July 1, 1928 on their journey.

In February 2009, the Predigtstuhlbahn had to file for bankruptcy, the driving was, however, not be affected. It is in negotiations with several potential investors about buying the car.

In December 2012, it was announced that the train along with mountain hotel and the pasture in the Schlegel trough 1 January 2013 of the acquired " Marga and Josef Posch GmbH & Co. KG ". The purchase price is said to have amounted to 1 million euros. Considerations of the City Council to acquire the plant as part of an alleged Vorkaufsrechtes were unsuccessful because no such right exists.

Specifications

• Height of valley station: 474 meters (m)
• Height of mountain station: 1583 m
• Difference in altitude: 1,140 m
• Length: 2,380 m
• Restraint height: 22 m, 32 m and 9 m
• Power: 105 hp
• Capacity: 110 people per hour
• Driving time: 8.5 minutes

Cabin

Top station

Mountain station with Mountain Hotel

The mountain restaurant with hotel

In the mountain station of the cable car building there is a mountain restaurant and a hotel, but the hotel is not currently occurring (2014).

From the terrace you have a beautiful view of Bad Reichenhall and Salzburg and the Chiemgau and Berchtesgaden Alps.

It is located at an altitude of 1583 m above sea level. NN is the oldest mountain hotel in Germany. It was also inaugurated in 1928.

Recreation and Sports

The web is an easy access to the bar mountain massif, thus shortening the tours to the individual peaks or exceeding the bar considerably Mountains. The paraglider Club Albatros Reichenhall eV uses the path around the launch sites in the Schlegel well and achieve in a short time at high Schlegel.