The Lokalbahn AG company ( Lokalbahn Aktien-Gesellschaft ), or 'LAG' for short, was a private company based in Munich , Bavaria , whose lines of business was the construction and operation of branch lines (the so-called Lokalbahnen or Sekundärbahnen ) in Germany and Austria-Hungary . It existed from 1887 to 1938.
28-659: The company was founded on 9 February 1887 by the Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Co. and the Lechner & Krüzner Branch Line Construction and Operating Company ( Lokalbahnbau- und Betriebsunternehmung Lechner & Krüzner ). Krauss brought with them the narrow gauge Feldabahn in Saxony-Weimar, which had been built in 1879/80, into the new company. The LAG rapidly grew into an important transportation organisation. From 1889 to 1891 alone their routes grew to
56-454: A length of 430 kilometres. However this did not constitute a single network. The routes were built where tourism, mineral resources, industry, agriculture or forestry could anticipate a significant volume of traffic. The LAG had no preference for a particular system. There were steam and electrical operations, standard gauge and narrow gauge and both separate routes as well as the co-use of roads. These activities were complemented, at least for
84-669: A while, with a rack railway , the Schafbergbahn , steamship operations on the Wolfgangsee and horse and motorised transport. The LAG proved to be extremely progressive with its introduction of electrical train operations. The Württemberg railway line from Meckenbeuren to Tettnang was the first electrically operated standard gauge railway in Germany (the planning of which Oskar von Miller , amongst others, took part). The Ammergaubahn from Murnau to Oberammergau , which
112-531: The 1950s. The headquarters of the firm remained in Munich. KrausMaffei had produced injection moulding equipment since 1957. In 1964 the company Eckert & Ziegler GmbH was taken over. In the 1960s, KraussMaffei built several examples of the ML 4000 C′C′ diesel-hydraulic locomotive for demonstration and testing on American railroads. Southern Pacific and Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad participated in
140-559: The 1970s, KraussMaffei were involved in the development of the Transrapid magnetic levitation train. In 1986 the plastics equipment division was separated and became Krauss-Maffei Kunststofftechnik GmbH. Mannesmann acquired majority share of KraussMaffei in 1989, and bought out the remaining shares in 1996. In 1999 KraussMaffei merged with Demag to form the Mannesmann Demag Kraus-Maffei . In 1999
168-1282: The Bavarian state railway took over the line as part of the subsequent Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen railway . Opened: Fürth – Zirndorf on 30 November 1890, to Cadolzburg on 14 October 1892. (The line lies in Lower Silesia north of Görlitz and east of the Neiße , in present-day Poland ) Opened: Hansdorf – Priebus, 22.9 km on 1 October 1895. Rauscha – Freiwaldau , 8.4 km on 1 December 1896. Teuplitz – Sommerfeld , 19.6 km on 1 October 1897. Teuplitz – Sommerfeld, 19,6 km on 1 October 1897. Muskau – Teuplitz, 23,1 km on 15 June 1898. Priebus – Lichtenberg, 6,9 km on 1 October 1913. Opened: Munich-Isartal Station – Thalkirchen, 2.,1 km on 10 April 1892 (G), on 1 June 1892 (P) M.-Thalkirchen – Schäftlarn, 16 km long on 10 June 1891 Schäftlarn – Wolfratshausen , 7.9 km long on 27 July 1891 Wolfratshausen – Beuerberg, 10.9 km long on 15 August 1897 Beuerberg – Bichl, 13.5 km long on 23 May 1898 From 1900 electrically operated (600 V =) between Munich and Höllriegelskreuth- Grünwald . Since 1959 sections of
196-795: The Bavarian state railways temporarily took over the operation until the LAG became the owner on 19 November 1903 and continued operations, initially with steam locomotives. On 1 January 1905 electrical operation with 5,5 kV 16 Hz AC. Opened: 4 December 1895 with 2 railbuses. Own power station until 1926. From 1 February 1962 railbus operations. Closed: 30 May 1976. Opened: Salzungen – Dorndorf – Lengsfeld, 19.7 km long, 1 June 1879 (goods traffic), 22 June 1879 (passenger traffic). Dorndorf – Vacha , 5 km long, 10 August 1879. Lengsfeld – Dermbach , 8.8 km long, 6 October 1879. Dermbach – Kaltennordheim , 10.6 km long, 24 June 1880 (goods traffic), 1 July 1880 (passenger traffic). The line
224-535: The DR, as well as 228 standard gauge luggage vans and goods wagons and 40 narrow gauge ones. In addition the Reichsbahn received 74 rollbocks. The tank engine Füssen from 1889 has been preserved in running condition. Krauss-Maffei KraussMaffei is a German manufacturing company. It is a manufacturer of injection molding machines, machines for plastics extrusion technology, and reaction process machinery. It
252-643: The Isar. The town covers 9.13 square kilometres and is 577 meters above sea level. The current mayor of Wolfratshausen is Klaus Heilinglechner of the Bürgervereinigung Wolfratshausen (BVW), who was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2020. The Wolfratshausen city council ( Stadtrat ) governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 15 March 2020, and the results were as follows: The town of Wolfratshausen
280-478: The KrausMaffei trademarks following dissolution of Mannesmann Group. In 2016, KraussMaffei (by then only a plastics manufacturer) was purchased by ChemChina . In November 2018 KraussMaffei was the victim of a ransomware attack, leading to severe drawdown in the production. After the transaction, ChemChina held a good 60 percent of the shares, another Chinese sovereign wealth fund around 15 percent, and
308-523: The area of the town Forst (Lausitz) . The LAG acquired a total of 84 tank locomotives from Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Co., of which 53 machines went into the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1938. The standard gauge engines were mainly allocated to DRG Class 98. In addition 5 electric locos and 14 standard gauge railbuses as well as 6 narrow gauge railbuses went to the DR. Furthermore, 133 standard gauge and 34 narrow gauge passenger coaches went to
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#1732776387212336-564: The community of Vaterstetten , which is located north of the village of Parsdorf . KraussMaffei will cut 510 jobs worldwide by 2023, most of them in Germany, as the company reported in early 2020. Wolfratshausen Wolfratshausen ( German: [vɔlfʁaːtsˈhaʊzn̩] ) is a town of the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen , located in Bavaria , Germany . The town had a population of 19,033 as of 31 December 2019. The first mention of "Wolveradeshusun" appears in documents from
364-503: The company to the brink of ruin at the beginning of the 1930s. With the loans from Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft , reductions in capital and write-offs by the states of Bavaria and Württemberg, restoration to profitability was achieved again in 1934, however it only postponed the end. With effect from 1 August 1938 the entire assets transferred to the Deutsches Reich under a Reich law. Opened: 29 July 1888. The line shared
392-580: The defence component was spun off and merged with Wegmann & Co to become Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). Co-operation between companies was already well established, with Wegmann supplying tank turrets, among other things. After acquisition of Mannesmann's telecommunication business by Vodafone in February 2000, Mannesmann group was dissolved. KraussMaffei's locomotive production and defense division Krauss-Maffei Wegmann were bought by Siemens AG . In 2000 Krauss-Maffei Kunststofftechnik GmbH took over
420-694: The narrow gauge operation on two sections on 22 February 1959 (Ravensburg–Weingarten) and on 30 June 1959 (Weingarten–Baienfurt). Opening of the standard gauge for goods traffic: Niederbiegen-Baienfurt–Weingarten on 1 October 1911, of which 1.0 km was three-rail track shared with the tram services. Steam operated. Opened: Stadtamhof/ Regensburg – Donaustauf , 8.7 km long, 23 June 1889 (P), 1 May 1892 (G). Donaustauf – Wörth /Donau, 14.7 km long, 1 May 1903. From 1911/12 rollbock traffic. From 1955 worked by diesel locomotives. Withdrawal of passenger services on 1 October 1960. Full closure 31 December 1968. Opened: 8 May 1893 with factory connections in
448-638: The numerous railway routes in Hungary with a total length of over 700 kilometers, which had been built by the LAG. During the First World War and the years following, the company had to combat major difficulties. The loss of the Hungarian routes hit their accounts especially hard. After overcoming inflation, things improved again, however the worldwide economic crisis as well as the increasing pressure of competition from road transport services brought
476-524: The operating company. After the bankruptcy of the SEL in 1901 the Bavarian state railways took over the operations from time to time. A takeover of the vehicles, power station and operations by the LAG on 1 January 1904 followed. In 1959 it was converted to 15 kV AC and closed in 1973. Opened: 1 May 1900, from November 1898 trial runs. The planned three-phase electrical operations could not be achieved. Built by O.L. Kummer & Cie., Dresden. After its bankruptcy
504-713: The rest was free float. At the same time, production in China was stepped up: In addition, the ChemChina majority holding Qingdao Tianhua Institute of Chemistry Engineering (THY) took over a ChemChina plant in Sanming , which builds injection molding machines for the Chinese market. Starting in 2022, the company will relocate its headquarters and location in Allach in phases to an industrial estate currently under construction in
532-770: The route have been closed. Today, the rest belongs to the Munich S-Bahn network. Opened: 15 August 1896. Built by LAG, Bad Wörishofen. On 12 November 1905 including 2 railbuses and power station bought and operated by the LAG. Opened: 28 May 1897. The branch line Bad Aibling-Feilnbach was built by the Actiengesellschaft Elektricitätswerke of Dresden , that had founded the South Germany Electrical Branch Line Company ( Süddeutsche Elektrische Lokalbahnen Aktiengesellschaft ) or SEL in 1899 as
560-683: The same terminus as the Royal Bavarian State Railways ( Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen ) and is now part of the Iller Valley line . The LAG took over as well from the state railway the operations on their route Sonthofen – Immenstadt on the Buchloe–Lindau railway . Opened: 1 June 1889. On 18 May 1889 the body of the Queen Mother, Marie of Bavaria, was transported by rail here. On 1 January 1908
588-726: The tests, but both found the locomotives unsuitable for service in the rugged Rocky Mountains through which the two railroads ran. KrausMaffei was a major tank manufacturer. In 1963 the company started production of the Leopard tank . Development and production of Leopard 2 tank started in 1972 in cooperation with Wegmann & Co . The "tank family" comprised not only main battle tanks, but also combat engineering vehicles, air defense tank Flakpanzer Gepard , self-propelled howitzer Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PzH 2000), and reconnaissance and transportation vehicles. More than 10,000 armoured vehicles based on Leopard tanks were produced since 1960s. In
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#1732776387212616-536: The year 1003. About 100 years later, Otto II, the Graf of Deißen-Andechs, built a castle on a hill overlooking the valley. The castle was destroyed on 7 April 1734 when lightning struck the tower where gunpowder was stored. Stones from the ruins were transported to Munich where they were used to build the Residenz. From 1280 the town was designated a market town. In 1286, Conrad Nantwein, a pilgrim from Northern Germany,
644-413: Was acquired by ChemChina in 2016. KraussMaffei was formed in 1931 from a merger of the two Munich firms of Maffei (founded 1838) and Krauss & Co. (founded 1860). Both belonged to the leading German makers of locomotives of various types. Maffei also built other steam-operated vehicles and, later, manufactured vehicles with combustion engines, including locomotives, trolleybuses and buses until
672-524: Was arrested and burned at the stake in Wolfratshausen. Pope Boniface VIII canonized Nantwein as St. Nantovinus in 1297. By the 15th century, the Loisach and Isar rivers were used for water transport, especially logging. River travel continued and rafts operated between Wolfratshausen and Munich. During World War II , a forced-labour subcamp of Dachau concentration camp named Föhrenwald
700-535: Was formerly the seat of the district government, but this moved to Bad Tölz in 1972. Wolfratshausen sits at the confluence of the Isar and Loisach Rivers, at 47°55′N 11°25′E / 47.917°N 11.417°E / 47.917; 11.417 approx. 30 km (19 mls.) southwest of Munich. A canal joins the two rivers to return water diverted for power generation at the Isar Amper Werke to
728-635: Was located between Wolfratshausen and Geretsried . Following the war, the labour camp was used as a displaced persons camp by the Allies. In 1957, Föhrenwald was transformed into a suburb of Wolfratshausen and renamed Waldram, to honour the Lord of Münsing who was one of the founders of the Benediktbeuern Abbey . In July 1983, Croatian emigre businessman Stjepan Đureković was assassinated by UDBA agents in Wolfratshausen. Wolfratshausen
756-702: Was sold to the company, became the first single-phase AC line in Germany. Apart from its own routes in southern Germany the company owned the majority of shares in the Lausitz Railway Company ( Lausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft ) and had a share in the Salzkammergut Lokalbahn AG and the Central Bank for Railway Stocks. The latter had, especially over the West Hungarian Lokalbahn-AG, influence on
784-532: Was taken over on 20 May 1902 by the Prussian state railways and taken into operation via Dorndorf to Vacha on 7 July 1906 as standard gauge. Narrow gauge ( 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in )) section opened: Ravensburg–Weingarten, 4.1 km long, 6 January 1888 (P), 15 July 1888 (G). Extension to Baienfurt on 13 September 1911 of 2.5 km. Start of steam operations, from 1 September 1910 electrical operations 700 V =. Closure of
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