Reisszug

The Reißzug ( also to be found in the writing variant Reiszug ) is provided to transport materials funicular railway in the Austrian city of Salzburg and leads from Nonnberg to the Hohensalzburg Fortress. It is probably the oldest surviving cable car in the world. Today it serves only the carriage of goods and is not publicly accessible essentially. The passenger of the fortress is the funicular Salzburg.

History

Naming

The name originated Reißzug Risen from the Middle High German word - go to today's word - with the former meaning, moving from bottom to top, rise ( cf. Engl to rise. ); move from top to bottom, fall '. ( Risen is also the word travel in the original meaning, departure, journey, train ' derived. ) The term - train is derived from the verb draw. The word originally referred to so a device can be transported by pulling things from bottom to top and vice versa with the. The name for the cable car has therefore - despite certain factual similarities - nothing to do with a train in the modern sense of a railway and not tear the term. The railway was formerly known from Risen as " travel ", but the production of a connection with a trip in the modern sense can be seen as Laienetymologie.

Architectural History

The Reißzug leads from Nonnberg monastery in the inner area of ​​the fortress and is in accordance with historical architectural findings in the area of ​​snake Ganges back at least to the year 1460, the troubled time of the reign of Bernhard von Rohr. However, it is also spoken by a construction only under Leonhard von Keutschach in 1502. 1515 Reißzug itself is described in detail in a secure source. The Reißzug was built especially for material transport. In winter, the train went several times a day, for another possibility to supply the castle was not usually given. Initially frequented two runner sled in the oncoming traffic, a little later track was laid hardwood on which moving the two opposite moving carts. The first documentary Reißzuggebäude with his former winch required for operation for over 300 m long hemp rope was probably built by Leonhard von Keutschach 1496. Today's Reißzuggebäude dates back to 1644th

The Reißzug inevitably broke through the defense of the fortress rings and therefore had to be even heavily secured. Get the many fortified Tordurchlässe. The so-called Hell Gate was built in 1504. About the Reißzug today integrated in the castle wall zip tower was built. Gone is the drawbridge over which the carts once rode in an emergency, but the two bridges of the tear could be thrown off the train. Also, the late-Gothic Kragturm to secure the gate entrance to the Nonnbergbastei was demolished in the 19th century.

The drive of this railway was to 1910 on a horizontal wooden winch with long lever arms with the help of muscle strength, usually of clamped, moving in a circle horses. Initially, and in the 19th century, prisoners were employed at least nine convicts were necessary for the operation. As of 1910, an electric mining winch was used.

1881-1885 the investment of the k and k military administration was redeveloped. Three wooden bridges were demolished and replaced by steel structures on which conventional railway tracks were re-laid with narrow gauge format. After a renovation in 1950 1951 the narrow gauge rails were converted to standard gauge. Other renovations were carried out in the years 1988-1990 and 2004. Reißzug can today, backed by infrared cameras, also operate at night. The drive and the monitoring carried out from the mountain station. The Reißzug used today basically alone for the transportation of the passenger ride by authorized personnel is permitted only in exceptional cases.

The calculations of Clemens M. Hutter, according to the web required in earlier centuries about an hour for a mountain ride. After installing the 38 -hp engine in 1910, a mountain trip took just under 30 minutes. Today the stretch will be in a good five minutes.

Specifications

• Difference in altitude: 80 m
• Track length: 190 m
• Gradient: 67 %
• Transportation devices: 1 1500 kg payload or 3 people
• Speed: 0.55 m / s
• Driving time: 5.45 min