Flensburg tram (1907-1973)

Description

The last use of a Flensburg tram car in a scrap yard. Just an exercise for the fire department, but for number 38, one of the previous Flensburg tram cars, the last emergency. For years, after the tram was closed down in 1973, it served as a toy in the kindergarten in Översee. Now, completely demolished, it will finally be torched. For decades, the tram and its rail network were part of Flensburg's inner city. Drivers, pedestrians, and the tram got along well, but soon after it was closed, the tracks had to be removed. The district heating pipes were to be laid on the entire street. The subsequent conversion to a pedestrian zone was long overdue. This tram was luckier; it wasn't torched. Escorted by the police, it travels at a snail's pace through the city. After more than 20 years of service on line 1, its new place of work is the kindergarten on Mürwicker Straße, where the children are already eagerly awaiting the arrival of their new toy. In May 1973, a so-called association railcar with the trailer of line 1 heads from the Südermarkt past the Deutsches Haus to the terminus and the federal station Engk. Due to the low clearance height, the pantograph only passes under the bridge of the harbor railway. This section of line 1 was only put into operation in 1929. The peripheral location of the newly built station necessitated a connection to the city center, as well as preparation for the return journey to the terminus at Ostsbadweg. A brief discussion with the dispatcher, and the four-and-a-half-kilometer journey can begin.

Yes, and you, FST. Entering the infamous Schusterkurve, named after a driver who once crashed a tram car into a tree because of excessive speed on this bend. See the Latvians of the Süder central access roads from the eastern and western surrounding areas, the market square developed as early as the Middle Ages. Flensburg residents love their Südermarkt, and this affection has been a constant, as evidenced by these film recordings from the 1930s. Before the Second World War, the Flensburg tram had its heyday. The weekly market and the tram were inextricably linked. From the Südermarkt, not only did line 1 continue to the train station, but also line 3 to the naval school in Mürwig. The harbor was also much more important back then than it is today. Freight transport was dominated by ships, and the short boat trip on the passenger ferry saved pedestrians the detour around the harbor tip. Back then, fish were still sold directly from the boat in the inner harbor, whether in typical Flensburg bad weather or sunshine. The tram was the backbone of local public transportation, as exemplified by tram number 18, which ran from 1912 on the Nordermarkt, passing by the Neptune fountain, a familiar sight for decades. But rum production was also part of Flensburg, and the heavy barrels were often transported to customers by horse-drawn cart.

From the Südermarkt, the tram continued through Flensburg in the 1930s. The journey leads over the Hol, and the policeman on Rathausstraße already had his hands full back then when the tram on line 2 passes the intersection here at the Catholic church in the Nordergraben on the way to the Norderhofenten. It continues through the main street with St. Mary's Church in the background. The Nordermarkt passes through the medieval arcades, known as Schrangen in Flensburg, and into Norderstraße. The Norder Tor is not Flensburg's landmark. After the expansion of the city to the north with the construction of the Neustadt in the 19th century, it lost its original function as the city gate. The Südermarkt 40 years later, the trams of the Verbandstyp still characterize the streetscape, but soon the Holm and the large street are to be converted into a pedestrian zone. The last days of line 1 are numbered. It will only be a few weeks before the route to the terminus at Ostsebadweg is open. The intersection at Rathausstraße. On this day, Alfons Jakusch, the legendary policeman, is on vacation. His colleague regulates the traffic like E, and with his hand it is [applause]. It's a shame the noisy ride around the bend at the Nordertor. Back then, the residents cursed it as a squeak. Today, many old Flensburg residents fondly recall the singing in the streets that can be heard far and wide on dry days. The residents of the Neustadt also enjoyed this. A distinctive noise was heard when the tram entered the curve on Appenraderstrasse in the direction of the tram depot. The ABM Raderstrasse stop was made from the depot. The eight railcars and eight trailers, which were still in operation in the last years of the Flensburg tramway, took over from here. The railway administration was located here, and the trains were reassembled for daily use. From here, the electrical energy, with a direct current of 600 volts, also took over.

Stops

Heiligengeistgang → Bundesbahnhof → Ostseebadweg → Südermarkt → Terrassenstraße → Norderstraße.

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