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18-659: Dr. Hermann Stern , deputy mayor of Reutte , saw a cable car up to the Zugspitze as an opportunity to promote the economy and tourism in the Reutte District . This cable car turned out to be his main economic project and was completed in 1926. After completion in January 1926, it was on July 5, 1926 that it was opened for public use - making it the first cable car leading to the Zugspitze. The Zugspitzbahn connected

36-822: A lawyer. Stern initially had a good relationship with the Social Democrats but was never one of them himself. Together with the social democrat August Wagner, he initiated the first democratization movement in Reutte . The Social Democratic Party said the following about him in 1920: „Dr. Stern gehört zwar nicht der sozialdemokratischen Partei an, ist von derselben auch nicht kandidiert worden, aber das schätzen wir an ihm, daß er stets warm für die Arbeiter eingetreten ist und, weil er auch ein Herz für die ärmere Bevölkerung hat, von den oberen Zehntausend angefeindet wird.“ This translates to, “Although Dr. Stern does not belong to

54-529: A seriously ill man, and tried in vain to be rehabilitated. He died in Innsbruck on August 24, 1952. In 1947, he was admitted to the bar again. His confiscation was expressly revoked by the municipality of Ehrwald in 1998. In 2017, the market municipality of Reutte unveiled a commemorative plaque in Hermann Stern's former home, which highlights some of his achievements. Plansee Plansee

72-548: A speed of 36 km/h. The tramway's two cabins can accommodate 100 persons each and have a transport capacity of 730 persons per hour each way. There is a cable lift from Ehrwald to the base of Zugspitze in Austria where the resort Ehrwald Alm houses skiers, and a ski run down to Ehrwald starts. The resort has a dramatic view of the face of Zugspitze. In 2016 the Tyrolean Zugspitze Wire Ropeway

90-519: Is a lake in Reutte District , Tyrol , Austria , located at 47°28′10″N 10°48′20″E  /  47.46944°N 10.80556°E  / 47.46944; 10.80556 . Its surface is approximately 2.87 km² and its maximum depth is 78 metres. It lies on Austrian Federal Highway B 179, which crosses the Ammersattel into Germany . Plansee and Heiterwanger See are probably the remains of an Ice Age meltwater reservoir that once covered

108-738: Is celebrating its 90th anniversary, after it was inaugurated on 5 July 1926 as the first so called Austrian Zugspitze Wire Ropeway, which was built by the German company Adolf Bleichert & Co. from Leipzig. Many special events accompany this jubilee year, including a special exhibition in the mountain museum at the summit station, where the history of this magnificent and technologically outstanding passenger ropeway, as well as its changes and modernization in recent decades are represented. 47°25′35″N 10°56′35″E  /  47.4264°N 10.9431°E  / 47.4264; 10.9431 Hermann Stern Hermann Stern (24 May 1878 – 24 August 1952)

126-457: The Austrian town of Ehrwald (1225 metres above sea level ) with the top station at 2,950 metres above sea level next to the summit of Zugspitze . Peter von Bleichert wrote a book on "Bleichert's Wire Ropeways" that contains information on the design, construction, and operation of the original Zugspitzebahn. The modern Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car has a top station opposite the one of

144-525: The Social Democratic Party , nor has he run for election by the party, we appreciate that he has always stood up firmly for the workers and because he also has a heart for the poorer population." In 1918, Stern played a vital role in a democracy movement in Reutte that aimed to restructure the town in a gradual process. In 1919, he became a member of the municipal council of Reutte. There he held various positions until 1927, ultimately as

162-469: The Zugspitze . The completion of this project in 1926 brought him to the peak of his popularity and also initiated his personal tragedy because the project failed due to the economic situation caused by the thousand-mark ban on the German Reich imposed by Hitler . In 1911, he married Anna Knittel, the daughter of a school inspector, Josef Knittel. They gave birth to five children. In 1926, he

180-666: The 15th century through gift or acquisition. Duke Siegmund and his successor, Emperor Maximilian I , tried to get their hands on the best fishing waters in the country. Lake Achen from the Georgenberg monastery , and the Plansee from the Stams monastery. In Maximilian's fishing book from 1500, the Heiterwanger and Plansee are described as two particularly important lakes for the sovereign's hunting and fishing pleasures. However,

198-486: The German Eibsee Cable Car system. It has a length of 3600 metres and an elevation gain of 1725 metres. The Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car runs over three aerial lift pylons . The double track ropes have a diameter of 62 mm each, and the hauling rope has a diameter of 38 mm. It runs on 2 x 500 kilowatts of power, generated in the valley station. The journey normally takes less than 10 minutes at

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216-515: The Stams monastery insisted on its rights and was granted a limited fishing right, which was confirmed in a contract of 1631 by Archduke Leopold V . In 1902, the Plansee power plant was put into operation, and in 1908 the canal to the Heiterwanger See was built, and was eventually widened in 1951. Thanks to the greater generation of electricity brought about by Hermann Stern who succeeded in 1922 in persuading Paul Schwarzkopf to found

234-460: The deputy mayor. Within the municipal council, he was responsible for the successful expansion of the municipal power station in Reutte and for the establishment of a hospital in the social field. When sugar prices doubled on December 1, 1919, there were major conflicts because the available sugar had not been distributed to the population before December 1. The district authorities claimed that there

252-572: The entire Zwischentoren ( de:Zwischentoren ) area up to the Ehrwald Basin ( de:Ehrwalder Becken ) . The lake is first mentioned in a border description of the diocese of Freising from the years 1073/78 as Planse, other early names include; Please , Plense and Plase. The Tyrolean princes and the Steingaden monastery held the fishing rights on the Plansee, as the Stams monastery in

270-538: The greater power generation he brought about. In 1922, he succeeded in persuading Paul Schwarzkopf to found the Plansee metal works. He founded an oil plant to exploit natural resources and several wood processing companies to promote the natural abundance of wood. In 1923, Stern was the executive director of the Tiroler Oelwerke LLC. His main economic project was the construction of a cable car up to

288-625: Was an Austrian lawyer, local politician, and economic pioneer. Born in Bolzano , South Tyrol , Hermann Stern was the seventh of the ten children of Johann Joachim Stern, a Jew who converted to Catholicism , and Gertraud Stern née Lechthaler. In 1902, he received his doctorate in law from the University of Innsbruck and passed his bar exam in 1906. He was initially secretary of the "Association of Catholic Agricultural Workers" in Innsbruck. In 1910, he moved to Reutte ( Tyrol, Austria ) as

306-512: Was made an honorary citizen of the municipality of Ehrwald for his services to the construction of the cable car up to the Zugspitze ( de:Zugspitzbahn ) . This honorary citizenship was withdrawn from him in 1940 because of his Jewish descent. In 1938, the German racial laws labeled him as a " half-Jew ." His offices were confiscated and he was imprisoned for 15 months. To keep him away from Tyrol forever, Gauleiter Franz Hofer had him expelled to Nuremberg. Stern went blind, returned in 1945 as

324-612: Was not enough sugar and that it was mainly needed only for the sick. Research by the Social Democrats and with the active support of Dr. Stern, however, brought to light that the Schretter company owned almost 10 times the declared amount of sugar. Through Stern's work, the sugar was confiscated and distributed to the population. As an economic pioneer, he pursued the course of using the available resources, such as water, wood, and electricity, for an economic upswing. Thanks to

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