Wurmberg Gondola Lift

The Wurmbergseilbahn, also called worm mountain cable car, is an original 1963 put into operation, now 2.8 km long cable car that runs from Braun situation on the Harz mountain range, located in Lower Saxony's district of Goslar Worm Mountain ( 971.2 m above sea level. NN ).

The gondola lift (small cable car ) is the longest cable car in northern Germany. Unlike many other cable cars it also has a central station that can be traversed without change. The cable car is open all year and serves as winter sports enthusiasts and hikers as a climbing aid.

Course

The funicular railway from the nucleus of Brown Location on the southern flank of the mountain worm up to the summit. Your lower station is at 567.5 m above sea level. Sea level at the northern edge of Brown situation; there is a large parking lot. From there, the gondolas run for a standing near the Rodelhaus middle station ( formerly Station toboggan house, now officially called Central Station Rodelhaus ) to about 730 m and then continue to the mountain station, which stands at around 965 meters above sea level on a small plateau of the worm mountain, near the mountain top; the way back is a mirror image. Thus, 397.5 m height difference arise. Not only at the mountain and valley stations but also at the middle station the get on and off is possible.

History and Specifications

Beginning of 1960 to the autumn of 1980

In the early 1960s the idea was born to build the Wurmbergseilbahn. It was built in two phases: Its upper part, the middle for runs from the ( today's ) mountain station was built by the Swiss company Von Roll, opened on 16 February 1963 served by shuttle bus service to and from Brown situation and had 41 colorful gondolas for two people. On 1 July 1967 the lower section, which leads from the valley to the middle station, opened; the bus service was discontinued. From then on it was a two- sections funicular with forced migration, for passing to the mountain station passengers, and with training and boarding option at all stations.

In 1977, the hill station was enlarged, also garages and a workshop for groomers the winter sports area on the mountain worm were integrated.

Autumn 1980 to summer 2000

Because the capacity limit of the cable car with its then 142 cabins had reached the end of the 1970s, she was fitted between autumn 1980 and October 1982, 160 new cabins, including automatic door opening. From then on could be transported 600 passengers per hour and direction.

Because the cable car was overloaded, especially in the 1990s, often and increasingly, it was demolished in the summer of 2000.

Since the summer of 2000 / January 2001

After the cable car demolition followed by construction of new since the summer of 2000 a new complex, built by the Austrian company Doppelmayr sections A cable car was inaugurated on 15 January 2001, the reported variously cost about 5.2 or 5.5 million euros. She received 74 panoramic cabins of the Swoboda company ( Carvatech ) for 6 persons each; thus can be transported 960 passengers per hour and direction. She runs up to 4 m / s (14,4 km / h) - depending on the setting of the variable speed control - in about 12 to 15 minutes from the valley to the mountain station. Although the cable car is currently completely continuous, there is training and boarding possibility not only to the valley and mountain station but also at the middle station. The Rope has 41 mm diameter and pulls the gondolas by and present in the mountain station electric drive with 560 kW output on the 23 cable car supports. During the building of the valley and mountain stations, although their roofs had to be raised for the new ropeway technology, are still in use, was the middle station, in an angular drive-through station with 14 degree deflection was installed, completely rebuilt.

View options

From the cabins of the cable car you can look down during most of the trip to Brown situation. Top can arrived you can enjoy the views from the mountain or worm from the observation deck at Tower of the start Wurmbergschanze including through the resin.

Leisure

The Wurmbergseilbahn is integrated with the valley, middle and top station in the winter sports area on the worm mountain. There, next to the ski jumps on Worm Mountain, numerous ski slopes and a snowboard slopes, trails and a toboggan run available; next to the cable car, there are other tows. Furthermore, the cable car is used as a feeder to the hiking area on the worm hill can be driven on the toboggan run in the warm season with Monster scooter.