24-515: The Bochum–Gelsenkirchen railway , also known as the Glückauf-Bahn (referring to Glück auf , the traditional German miners greeting), is a passenger railway from Bochum Central Station ( Hauptbahnhof ) to Gelsenkirchen Central Station in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia . It is served by Regionalbahn passenger service RB 46). It is also used by freight traffic from Bochum freight yard at
48-411: A typical 10-hour shift, the miner often had a challenging and dangerous 2 hours of climbing ahead of him, something that they believed needed a degree of luck to negotiate safely. If he slipped ( fahrtlos ), he fell down the shaft. The result was that at that time (16th to 18th centuries) fatal accidents were very common, and not just when entering or leaving the mine. It was often the case that friends on
72-774: Is not an official ecumenical event, nor is it organized or mandated by the clergy . The 100th Katholikentag took place in Leipzig in 2016. Both Switzerland and Austria have been celebrating Katholikentag for more than 100 years. During recent years the Austrian event has become attended by visitors from other participating countries, namely Poland , the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Hungary , Slovenia , Croatia , and Bosnia and Herzegovina . The most recent such Central European Katholikentag occurred during 2004 and featured more than 80,000 visitors, including Pope John Paul II . The theme of
96-676: The Katholikentag (“Catholic's day”) pilgrimages to Bochum, because the Bochum-Riemke–Wanne-Eickel line (discussed above) was overloaded. Originally built as a colliery railway (Carolinenglück Railway, see below), the section from Gelsenkirchen Hbf to Gelsenkirchen-Wattenscheid was dismantled in the 1960s, while the eastern branch to the Hanover and Königsgrube collieries was electrified in 1977 before its closure in 1990. A colliery railway connected from Gelsenkirchen-Wattenscheid station to
120-687: The 'Mijnbouwkundige vereeniging' from the Delft University of Technology . Katholikentag Katholikentag ( German: [katoˈliːkn̩ˌtaːk] , lit. ' Catholics Day ' ) is a festival -like gathering in German -speaking countries organized by laity of the Catholic Church . Katholikentag festivals occur approximately every 2–4 years in Germany , Switzerland , and Austria . The first official Katholikentag festival
144-558: The Catholic faith, and major German politicians and celebrities attend the event. During 1968, members of Katholikentag were among the dissidents and protesters of the encyclical Humanae Vitae . Katholikentag is now a major national event in Germany. Although major Church officials have become involved with the celebration, it has remained a function of the German Catholic laity, and
168-607: The German government . During the ensuing decades the Katholikentags increased in popularity and fame. They became an opportunity for Catholics to discuss and celebrate their faith . Since then, the Roman Catholic Church in Germany has become one of a set of state religions . Katholikentag in Germany is now managed by the Central Committee for German Catholics . It continues to be a cultural gathering for Germans of
192-717: The Hannover colliery (until 1973) and the Mannesmann steelworks in Wanne-Eickel (until its closure in 1980). The line went past the Hannover colliery to the east and the preserved Malakow tower of the mine is still recognisable. West of the mine and the neighbouring Königsgrube (“king's pit”) colliery was in places less than 100 metres away from the Gelsenkirchen-Wattenscheid–Wanne-Eickel railway (line 2232, see below). The Bochum-Riemke–Wanne-Eickel railway passed under
216-542: The connecting curve is dismantled and the station is closed. Since the closure of the curve, passenger trains depart from the southern platform in Wanne-Eickel over the longer, southern connecting curve without stopping at Gelsenkirchen Zoo. The 1968/69 timetable included a Wanne-Eickel–Gelsenkirchen-Zoo–Gelsenkirchen-Schalke–Bottrop-Süd– Oberhausen service. In 1940, there was a Wanne-Eickel–Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Schalke Nord–Gelsenkirchen-Hessler– Essen service. Freight from Bochum-Langendreer runs over line 2153. This bypasses
240-461: The construction of a connecting curve from Bochum Central Station ( Hauptbahnhof ) to the line towards Riemke in 1979, passenger services ran until 1990 from Bochum over the curve from Herne-Rottbruch to Herne , but subsequently services ran via Wanne-Eickel to Gelsenkirchen Central Station . Herne Rottbruch station represented a special case for operations, because it is located on a bridge over autobahn 43 , but it has not been served since 1990. In
264-502: The early 90s, the electronics manufacturer Nokia , which then had a factory near the railway, sponsored the modernisation of the fleet (starting with three vehicles of class 515 battery electric multiple units and followed by class 628 diesel multiple units). As a result, the line was renamed the Nokia-Bahn ("Nokia Railway") and Bochum-Graetz station was renamed Bochum-Nokia. Following Nokia's closure of its Bochum factory in late 2008,
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#1732872987113288-585: The east to the Carolinenglück colliery nearby. Along with the neighbouring collieries of Hannover , Holland and Rheinelbe , the Carolinenglück colliery had a rail connection to Gelsenkirchen CME (now Gelsenkirchen Central Station) in the 1850s. It was connected in 1867 to the Rhenish Railway Company 's new Osterath–Dortmund Süd railway . Parts of the line at the Carolinenglück mine were used for
312-575: The former Bochum Süd station and Bochum-Präsident to Gelsenkirchen-Schalke Nord. The line was built in sections between 1867 and 1876 of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company . The curve connecting to Bochum Central Station was opened in 1979. Until 1978, the Deutsche Bundesbahn passenger service ran from Bochum-Langendreer via Bochum-Nord , Bochum- Riemke to Wanne-Eickel (see Bochum-Riemke–Wanne-Eickel line below). After
336-414: The hope of the miners : "es mögen sich Erzgänge auftun" ("may lodes [of ore] be opened") which is short for "Ich wünsche Dir Glück, tu einen neuen Gang auf" ("I wish you luck, open a new lode"), because, when mining for ore, without prospecting, no-one could predict with certainty whether the miners' work would lead to a reward. The greeting also expressed the desire that miners would return safely from
360-425: The latest the greeting was widespread among German-speaking speleologists (cave explorers) and is still the most common form of greeting in that community today. It is particularly commonly used when entering the cave. With the emergence of student culture in the 1800's student associations linked to mining related fields of study incorporated the 'Glück Auf' greeting as part of their identity. Most notable would be
384-604: The line was renamed the Glückauf-Bahn . At the timetable change of 2009/10, the station was renamed Bochum-Riemke. Since the timetable change in December 2023, Vias has operated the Ruhr-Sieg network consisting of the RB 46 (Bochum – Gelsenkirchen), the RE 16 (Essen – Iserlohn) and the RB 91 (Hagen – Siegen/Iserlohn). The Stadler Flirt electric multiple units on the line were acquired from
408-693: The mine after their shift. Today it is still a common form of greeting in the Ore Mountains region of eastern Germany and in the Ruhr area, specifically Bochum, which is home to the German Mining Museum ( Deutsches Bergbau-Museum ). The greeting emerged in the Saxon Ore Mountains towards the end of the 16th century, when the miners still entered and left the mines on foot using ladders ( Fahrten ) or man engines ( Fahrkunst ). That meant that, after
432-477: The next shift, who had been greeted on the way out, were left in the mine. The miner's greeting was already being used before 1700, being artistically employed in the old miner's song Glück Auf, der Steiger kommt ; it thus became part of the folksong repertoire. Mines were also named after the greeting, such as the Zeche Glückauf-Tiefbau , Zeche Glückauf Barmen or Zeche Glückaufsegen . By 1890 at
456-476: The previous operator DB Regio . The Wanne-Eickel–Gelsenkirchen-Zoo–Dorsten section is used in passenger operations by Regionalbahn service RB 43 . Until 1988, trains were operated by class 515 battery cars from the northernmost track of Wanne-Eickel station via a connecting curve directly to Wanne-Unser Fritz ("Our Fred", serving the Unser Fritz colliery, which was named after Frederick III ) station. Today,
480-525: The route of an iron ore railway built from the Rhine-Herne Canal to the Bochumer Verein steel works in the early 20th century. 51°30′18″N 7°12′05″E / 51.50500°N 7.20139°E / 51.50500; 7.20139 Gl%C3%BCck auf Glückauf (alternative spelling Glück auf ; also, as an exclamation: Glück auf! ) is the traditional German miners' greeting. It describes
504-529: The southern pair of tracks of the Gelsenkirchen–Wanne-Eickel main line at today's Görresstraße in Wanne-Eickel (exactly at the point where the parallel Gelsenkirchen-Wattenscheid–Wanne-Eickel line (line 2232) connected at a high level with the southern pair of tracks), then ran through Bickern junction and connected at Plutostraße with the northern tracks from Gelsenkirchen to Wanne-Eickel. This allowed Wanne-Eickel station to be reached by this line from
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#1732872987113528-411: The stations of Wanne-Eickel and Herne, reaching Recklinghausen and Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck directly. The line from Bochum-Riemke to Wanne-Eickel via Wanne-Röhlinghausen was used by passenger and freight traffic from 1886 to 1960. The chainage starts at the former Bochum Präsident station. Apart from passenger services between Bochum-Langendreer and Wanne-Eickel, it was used by freight traffic to
552-422: The west, unlike the still operational Bochum–Gelsenkirchen line, which reaches Wanne-Eickel from the east. This 10-km long line ran from Gelsenkirchen Central Station via Gelsenkirchen-Wattenscheid station, which is on the southern outskirts of the city, and back north to Wanne-Eickel. It was operated exclusively for freight, except for a brief period in the 1880s. However, the route was temporarily used in 1949 for
576-508: Was organized by Adam Franz Lennig and held in Mainz from 3 to 6 October 1848. The idea was a "general assembly of Catholic society in Germany" ( Generalversammlung des katholischen Vereins Deutschlands ), originally intended for delegates of the Catholic Church in Germany. The 87 delegates and about 100 visitors met with the aim of improving relations between the Catholic Church in Germany and
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