DGEG
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- to generate and maintain interest and understanding for the history of the railways within the framework of overall history,
- to foster scientific studies in this area,
- to preserve and maintain important cultural and technological monuments.
History
The society was founded on 22 April 1967 in KarlsruheKarlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
and was entered on the official register of clubs and societies there. Members of the society were able to gradually restore the Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...
-Dahlhausen
Dahlhausen
Dahlhausen is a South-Western district of the city of Bochum in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It borders to Essen and Hattingen. A large part of the border of Dahlhausen is formed by the river Ruhr. South of the Ruhr is the district of Burgaltendorf of the city of Essen.Dahlhausen houses the...
locomotive shed and its surroundings to their former condition after their closure by the Deutsche Bundesbahn
Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...
on 1 August 1969. Because the arrival of railway vehicles was imminent in 1972 and Dahlhausen was still not totally ready, the locomotive shed next to the workshop building of the old Neustadt/Haardt locomotive shed was rented. In 1981 then, the "DGEG Railway Museum of Neustadt/Weinstraße" emerged. Today the Würzburg Railway Museum is also operated by DGEG.
Collections
The society owns by far the largest and most valuable collection of railway vehicles and equipment in Germany. These include:
- The Bochum Dahlhausen Railway MuseumBochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum150px|right|thumb|[[The Industrial Heritage Trail|Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail]]The Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen is a railway museum situated south of the city of Bochum in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany...
(Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen).
- The Neustadt/Weinstraße Railway MuseumNeustadt/Weinstraße Railway MuseumThe Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum is one of the two railway museums run by the German Railway History Company, or DGEG. It is located in the station at Neustadt an der Weinstraße...
(Eisenbahnmuseum Neustadt/Weinstraße), that is located in the immediate vicinity of the main station at Neustadt an der WeinstraßeNeustadt an der WeinstraßeNeustadt an der Weinstraße is a town located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With 53,892 inhabitants as of 2002, it is the largest town called Neustadt.-Etymology:...
, in its former locomotive shed. The DGEG operates the Kuckucksbähnel (lit: 'Little Cuckoo Line') from there, using its own rolling stock.
- The DGEG's Würzburg Railway Museum (Eisenbahnmuseum Würzburg) organises public services and, on request, special services in the WürzburgWürzburgWürzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....
area with the DRG Class 52 goods train steam locomotive, no. 52 7409, which was built in 1943.
The DGEG also owns a large library (in cooperation with the University Library of Dortmund (Universitätsbibliothek Dortmund) whose books can be loaned through any public library in Germany, and an archive on the subject of railways in Witten
Witten
Witten is a university city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the home of the Witten/Herdecke University, the first private university in Germany.-Bordering municipalities:* Bochum* Dortmund* Herdecke* Wetter * Sprockhoevel* Hattingen...
. The collection of narrow gauge vehicles was dissolved and museum operations on the Jagsttal line (Jagsttalbahn) had to be given up on the closure of the route.
Organisation
The DGEG has around 2,000 members at present, that in several regions and towns have also formed membership groups. The office is located in WerlWerl
Werl is a town located in the district of Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Werl is easily accessible because it is located between the Sauerland, Münsterland, and the Ruhr Area...
.
The museums in Bochum, Neustadt und Würzburg are legally dependant profit centres within the society, the museum in Bochum is still a limited company
Limited company
A limited company is a company in which the liability of the members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. And the former of these, a limited company limited by shares, may be...
. Together this forms a charitable setup from which the DGEG can be operated.
In addition to this charitable base, there is a commercial one, that is called the DGEG Holding AG. Included in this holding company are the:
- DGEG Bahnen und Reisen Bochum AG, at the same time a railway services company as defined by the 'General Railway Law' (Allgemeines Eisenbahngesetz).
- DGEG Bahnen und Reisen Neustadt GmbH
- DGEG Bahnen und Reisen Würzburg GmbH
- DGEG-Medien GmbH, a publisher based in HövelhofHövelhofHövelhof is a municipality in the district Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Hövelhof is located in the Senne area, the eastern part of the Westfälische Bucht, approx...
, that at the same time issues the membership magazine Eisenbahn Geschichte .
See also
- Bavarian Localbahn SocietyBavarian Localbahn SocietyThe Bavarian Localbahn Society , with its headquarters in Tegernsee, is a society that is concerned with the history of the railways in Bavaria. Localbahn means 'branch line' and is mainly used in southern Germany and Austria in lieu of the usual term Nebenbahn...
which came from the DGEG. - List of DRG locomotives and railbuses
- List of Bavarian locomotives and railbuses
- List of Prussian locomotives and railbuses
External links
- DGEG
- Eisenbahnmuseum Neustadt
- Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen
- Eisenbahnmuseum Würzburg
- www.lokomotive-online.com/bayern.htm
- There is an English-language discussion forum at Railways of Germany