Schauinslandbahn
Freiburg’s cable car up the Schauinsland, the city’s local Black Forest mountain; opened 1930. See Freiburg (Literary) and the Travel note Freiburg.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experiencing Nature Take the Cable Car! | VAG Freiburg | subject | Three long-serving staff on running, rebuilding and relicensing the world’s first continuously circulating cable car. |
Experiencing Nature? Take the Cable Car! — VAG Freiburg (2025)
Source: Experiencing Nature Take the Cable Car! · Readwise highlight
When it opened in 1930, it was even a true wonder of the world, being the very first continuously circulating passenger cable car on the planet.
- Role: subject
- In the article: A VAG blog profile of three cable-car veterans at a handover: Günter Voigt (retiring after almost 38 years, 16 as operations manager), Manfred Bader (new operations manager) and Tobias Kunz (former EHC ice-hockey pro, now overall manager). They recall the reopening on 6 December 1987 at minus 20 °C in unheated cabins, shovelling half a metre of snow at the middle station during the 2012 overhaul, and the redesigned summit area with its viewing platform over the Rhine plain. Next up is renewing the operating licence in 2033.
- Why it matters: The cable car is the whole subject; the piece is about keeping a 1930 landmark running. It’s also a local place for Jason, Freiburg’s own mountain ride, and several other archived VAG articles cover it, so expect more sources here.