Thumer Netz

Thumer Netz
Thumer Netz
	Saxon IV K 99 534 at the train memorial in Geyer
Overview
Line number	6971/6972
Termini	Wilischthal Schönfeld-Wiesa; Meinersdorf;
Service
Type	narrow gauge rail way
Operator(s)	Royal Saxon State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, DR
Depot(s)	Thum, Geyer
History
Opened	December 15, 1886
Closed	December 31, 1975
Technical
Line length	44 km (27.34 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Minimum radius	50 m (164.0 ft)
Operating speed	30 km/h (19 mph)
Maximum incline	34 ‰
Route map
Route map

Thumer Netz

(to Zschopau)	(to Annaberg-Buchholz)
0.00 Wilischthal	Schönfeld-Wiesa	0.00
Zschopaubridge(55 m)	Schönfeld (Zschopautal)	1.34
1.27 to Wilischthal paper mill	Sehma bridge (7 m)	1.42
2.31 Wilischau	to Schönfeld paper mill	1.45
3.74 Grießbach (Wilischtal)	Tannenberg east	3.99
6.24 Gelenau	Tannenberg	4.99
7.19 Venusberg (until 1902)	Obertannenberg	6.10
8.38 Venusberg Spinnerei	Siebenhöfen	7.32
to Venusberg cotton mill	Geyer Hp	8.25
9.50 Lower Herold	Geyer	9.04
10.75 Middle Herold	Greifenbachtal bridge (180 m)	10.67
11.30 Herold	Ehrenfriedersdorf viaduct(181 m)	13.19
	Ehrenfriedersdorf	13.81
13.82 Eh'dorf (†1906)	Ehrenfriedersdorf Hp	15.91
	Thum	17.23
to Wilischthal
	An der alten Post (13 m)	18.26
	Jahnsbach	19.19
	Hormersdorf	22.32
	Auerbach	23.96
	Auerbach Hp	25.53
	Gornsdorf viaduct (124 m)	26.55
	Gornsdorf	27.09
	(22 m)	27.56
	(15 m)	27.65
	Gornsdorf Hp	28.39
	Meinersdorfer street (22 m)	29.06
	Zwoenitz river bridge (34 m)	29.26
	Bundesstrasse 180 (15 m)	29.39
	Meinersdorf	29.78
	(to Chemnitz and Aue)

The Thumer Netz was a narrow gauge railway network in the area around Thum in Saxony, Germany that operated from 1886 until 1975. It had a 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge. Total length was about 44 km (27.34 mi).

This network had three segments that connected three standard gauge stations: In Wilischthal and Schönfeld-Wiesa were connections to the Annaberg-Buchholz-Flöha railway, and in Meinersdorf was a connection to the Chemnitz–Adorf railway. The three segments had their hub in Thum. This set of railroads brought much-needed connectivity and transport capacity to the small towns and villages of the central Ore Mountains, which had formed a viable industry in the 19th century due to abundance of water power, wood, ore and other natural resources as well as cheap labour.

A landmark was the 180 m (590.6 ft) long and 35 m (114.8 ft) tall Greifenbach viaduct between Ehrenfriedersdorf and Geyer.